Note 286 — Chapter XXII · THE SCIENCE OF EDUCATION.—HERBERT SPENCER AND ALEXANDER BAIN.

We might dwell on Mr. Bain’s observations relative to punishments. Here is what Gréard says of them: “Mr. Bain, with infinite good sense and disciplinary tact, is much less concerned with applying the rule than with the conditions according to which it should be applied. On this point he enters into details full of scruples. He does not hesitate to call to his aid the knowledge of the masters of penal jurisprudence, and his recommendations, added to those of Bentham, comprise not less than thirty articles.”