If mankind be so intensely corrupt, if the world be the pandaemonium which he paints it, legislation would be in vain: chrestomathic education, and panopticon discipline would be fruitless […]
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Chrestomathic
//ˌkɹɛstəˈmæθɪk//
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1 entries- хрестомати́йный adj (that has a practical use)
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1834-1847, Robert Southey, The Doctor […] the art of destruction applied to noxious animals, a science which the said Jeremy proposes should form part of the course of studies in his Chrestomathic school.
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