William Hughes Mearns — a remark

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“Writing is an outward expression of instinctive insight that must be summoned from the vastly deep of our mysterious selves. Therefore, it cannot be taught; indeed, it cannot even be summoned; it can only be permitted.”

The teacher's task is to make room for what cannot be forced · Educational writing, commonly attributed

About William Hughes Mearns

William Hughes Mearns

28 September 1875–13 March 1965

William Hughes Mearns entered the world on September 28, 1875, in the bustling streets of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the son of James H. Mearns and Lelia Cora Evans. From his very first breaths in that vibrant Quaker City, young William—soon to be known simply as Hughes Mearns—seemed destined to bridge the realms of…

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