There has been in our educational system an overemphasis on the acquirement of facts, a natural result of our modern dependence upon books; too much is accepted on authority, too little thought out at first hand.
An overemphasis upon self-denial sacrifices unnecessarily the sweetness and richness of life, stunts it, distorts it, robs it of its natural fruition.
In overemphasis of issues and overstatement of aims.
One feels here an allusion to that overemphasis on outward organisation which was to be Erasmus' great objection to the German reform.
In fact, this is really the only thing he finds to criticise in the Lutheran doctrine, the overemphasis on the element of grace in human action.
It is better not to "spoil" a course by overemphasis on sex, for much of the value of biology as a basis for sex-education is the fact that sex appears gradually and naturally and far away from human relations.
In all dealing with this problem of young people, we must beware of overemphasisor exaggeration.
His life shows such an overemphasisof certain Puritan traits as almost to presage the coming decline of clerical influence.
Such overemphasis placed on mere form tended to draw the attention of the writer away from the matter.
His fantastic and strained application of religious truth, his overemphasis of many things, and especially his conduct in zealously aiding and abetting the Salem witchcraft murders, were no mean factors in causing that decline.
We may admit that there is a good deal of overemphasis in this statement, but the doctrine itself does not seem strange or sensational to-day.
Many a boy's power to enjoy the rhythm and melody of poetry has been destroyed by the overemphasis of the critical facility during his high school course.
As was true of the aesthetic appreciation, a certain amount of understanding is necessary for true appreciation of any kind, but overemphasis of the intellectual element destroys the feeling element.
