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Vexed, a municipal school superintendent applied to Mr. Wells a term defined by Messrs. Funk and Wagnalls as meaning "an obstinate or stupid person; a blockhead...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: A Blockhead | 10/15/1923 | See Source »

...start at the top. There are seven maxims which might well be followed. First, look well to your own self. Dress according to your station. Second, know the thing that you are doing, and know that you know it. Third, do not burn the midnight oil. He is a blockhead who cannot do all his work in the day time. It is merely a matter of concentration, pure and simple...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: COMMENT | 10/9/1916 | See Source »

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