@inbook{10.2307/j.ctt5vjcz6.8,
 ISBN = {9781846311406},
 URL = {http://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctt5vjcz6.8},
 abstract = {Of all the means which the mind possesses of obtaining knowledge, there is perhaps none more characteristic, more important, or of a more exalted nature, than Study.⁶Study is a twofold act. It requires in the first place, the exercise of perceptive powers, & then the exercise of the judgement. Whenever the mind is studiously engaged on a subject, of whatever nature it may be, the first efforts are, to obtain a knowledge of the circumstances known concerning it: The mind is almost passive in this state; its exertions being, only to facilitate the reception of ideas through the organs of},
 booktitle = {Michael Faraday’s Mental Exercises: An Artisan Essay-Circle in Regency London},
 edition = {1},
 pages = {41--46},
 publisher = {Liverpool University Press},
 title = {On Study},
 volume = {51},
 year = {2008}
}