human
To learn by _memory_ (or by
gpt
) conveys to my own mind a very different notion from what I conceive to be expressed by the words
human
To learn by _heart_. Just as there is an evident difference between a _gentleman in heart and feeling_, and a _gentleman in manners and education only_; so there is a like difference (as I conceive) between learning by heart and learning by rote; namely, the difference between a _moral_, and a merely _intellectual_, operation of the mind. To learn by _memory_ is to learn by _rote_, as a parrot: to learn by _heart_ is to learn _morally--practically_. Thus, we say, we give our hearts to our pursuits: we
gpt
pray to Him
human
and
gpt
we
human
gpt
and
human
i. e.
gpt
Auriga:
human
Auriga non dicitur ab auro, sed ab aureis: sunt enim aureæ lora sive fræni, qui equis ad aures alligantur; sicut oreæ, quibus ora coercentur.