...(Cambridge, 1988). 7 See Barbara Herrnstein Smith, Contingencies of Value (Cambridge, Mass., 1988). ' "In this life, we want nothing but Facts, sir; nothing but Facts" ' (p. 47). This famous demand, announced in the Gradgrind schoolroom in the opening chapter of the...

...the crust of a plum pie, as if the head had scarcely warehouse-room for the hard facts stored inside. The speaker's obstinate carriage, square coat, square...we want nothing but Facts, Sir; nothing but Facts!' The speaker, and the schoolmaster, and the third grown person present, all backed a little, and swept...

...crust of a plum pie, as if the head had scarcely ware house- room for the hard facts stored inside. The speaker's obstinate carriage, square coat, square...we want nothing but Facts, sir; nothing but Facts!" The speaker, and the schoolmaster, and the third grown person present, all backed a little, and swept...

...speaker who said "in conclusion" three times. It wasn'ta pretty sight. How to Do Terrific Research "In this life we want nothing but Facts, sir, nothing but Facts." — CHARLES DICKENS Research. The word alone turns off many people. In fact, doing research often ranks...

...softness and comforting animality of "fur." In making his points, Gradgrind is insistence personified: "The speaker's obstinate carriage, square coat, square...stubborn fact, as it was - all helped the emphasis" (1). In such a grinding-in of the point about Gradgrind, we have moved well beyond the habitual Dickensian...

...the children. Moral dispositions, it seems to be believed, can and should be transmitted in this way: 'In this life, we want nothing but Facts, Sir; nothing but Facts!' The speaker, and the schoolmaster, and the third grown up person present, all backed a little, and...

...can only form the minds of reasoning animals upon Facts: nothing else will be of any service to them. In this life, we want nothing but Facts, sir; nothing but Facts!" In all endeavours, great or small, grand or insignificant, relevant or irrelevant, facts alone never...

..."Teach these boys and girls nothing but Facts. Plant nothing else, and root out everything else. ... In this life, we want nothing but Facts, sir; nothing but Facts." There, I have just summoned the ghost of two more facts: the author of Hard Times (Charles Dickens)...

...forehead"; a mouth that was "wide, thin, and hard"; a voice "inflexible, dry, and dictatorial"; and an "obstinate carriage, square coat, square legs, square shoulders — nay, his very neckcloth [was] trained to take him by the throat with an unaccommodating grasp, like a stubborn fact." ' But...

...the crust of a plum pie, as if the head has scarcely warehouse-room for the hard facts stored inside. The speaker's obstinate carriage, square coat, square...we want nothing but Facts, sir; nothing but Facts." * What connections, if any, do you see to the current discussion? Back to Bruner for a Minute Jerome...