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THE GREAT DIDACTIC OF COMENIUS

with psychology, it appeals all the more to men whose habit of mind leads them to action rather than to the analysis of mental phenomena. While there is scarcely a problem connected with education that is not discussed in the Great Didactic, the work never becomes academic, and the author never forgets that he is writing for the teacher in his class-room and not for the philosopher in his study.