...classic portrait of nineteenth-century English industrial life in Hard Times (1854), when he introduces "Thomas Gradgrind, sir. A man of realities. A man of facts and calculations." What Gradgrind wanted, sir, was "Facts." "Teach these boys and girls nothing but Facts. Facts alone...

...who embodies the new capitalist spirit, even in his relationship to his own children, Louisa and Tom: Thomas Gradgrind, sir. A man of realities. A man of...over, and who is not to be talked into allowing for anything over. Thomas Gradgrind, sir — peremptorily Thomas — Thomas Gradgrind. With a rule and...

...Few people are as continually, calculatingly rational as Thomas Gradgrind in Dickens's Hard Times: Thomas Gradgrind, sir. A man of realities. A man of facts and calculations. A man who proceeds on the principle that two and two are four, and nothing over, and who is not to be talked into allowing...

...regard children simply as fodder for political statistics or the achievement of 'targets'. Just like: Thomas Gradgrind, sir. A man of realities. A man of...over, and who is not to be talked into allowing for anything over . . . With a rule and a pair of scales, and the multiplication table always in his pocket,...

...other hand, is a social philosopher, educationalist, and politician. Dickens describes him as follows: Thomas Gradgrind Sir. A man of realities. A man of...principle that two and two are four, and nothing over. . . . With a rule and a pair of scales, and the multiplication table always readv in his pocket . ....

...muzzle with facts. . . . Thomas Gradgrind, sir, a man of realities—a man of facts and calculations—a man who proceeds upon the principle that two and two...over, and who is not to be talked into allowing for anything over. In such terms Mr. Gradgrind always mentally introduced himself, whether to his private...

...gallons of facts poured into them until they were full to the brim. CHAPTER 2 Murdering the Innocents Thomas Gradgrind, sir. A man of realities. A man of...over, and who is not to be talked into allowing for anything over. BOOK THE FIRST - SOWING ILLUSTRATIONS Stephen and Rachael in the sick-room 449 Mr Harthouse...

...industries that have shown substantial benefits to consumers since the introduction of competition. 5 'A man of realities. A man of facts and calculations....principle that two and two are four, and nothing over . . . with a rule and a pair of scales and the multiplication tables always in his pocket, sir, ready...

...achievement of pedagogical 'targets'. Just like Thomas Gradgrind, sir. A man of realities. A man offscts and calculations. A man who proceeds upon the principle...over, and who is not to be talked into allowing for anything over. . . . With a rule and a pair of scales, and the multiplication table always in his pocket,...

...up my own children, and this the principle on which I bring up these children. Stick to Facts, Sir! '...Thomas Gradgrind, Sir. A man of realities. A man...and two are four, and nothing over, and who is not talked into allowing for anything over. Thomas Gradgrind, Sir - peremptorily Thomas Thomas Gradgrind....