Learns

Examples

• There is no art which one government sooner learns of another, than that of draining money from the pockets of the people. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• In other words, what he learns are connections. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
• At most he learns simply to improve his existing technique; he does not get new points of view; he fails to experience any intellectual companionship. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
• What the pupil learns he at least understands. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
• The pupil learns symbols without the key to their meaning. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
• One learns more in a town than you _analfabetos_ learn in thy sea or thy land. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
• One learns also that the royal Carriages are getting yoked, as if for Metz. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• It is frequently stated that a person learns by merely having the qualities of things impressed upon his mind through the gateway of the senses. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
• You see that even a villain and murderer can inspire such affection that his brother turns to suicide when he learns that his neck is forfeited. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
• And again, if he is forgetful and retains nothing of what he learns, will he not be an empty vessel? Plato. The Republic.
• When he grows up to manhood, he learns that his alleged are not his real parents; but who the real are he is unable to discover. Plato. The Republic.
• The bacteriologist with the same instrument scrutinizes the drinking water and learns whether the dangerous typhoid germs are present. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• We shall never know any peace till that child learns to go to bed properly. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• The acts by which a scientific man in his laboratory learns more about flame differ no whit in principle. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
• He learns to understand both himself and the world of men and things. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
• He learns in consequence of his direct activities. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
• What he already knows functions and has value in what he learns. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
• Here is a young man who learns suddenly that, if a certain older man dies, he will succeed to a fortune. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• Euclid, calling his servant, said, Give him sixpenc e, since he must make gain out of what he learns. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
• Where young folks learns wot's right? Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• As a part of this intercommunication one learns much from others. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
• The savage who seizes hold of a broken bough is in possession of the _lever_, the uses of which he learns by the facility it affords in moving other objects. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
• An accidental kick against a loose stone shows the action of propulsive force; and the stone that he has struck with his foot, he learns to throw with his hand. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.

Edited by Debra