learning by heart

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Furthermore, the constant learning by heart infallibly leads to slavish repetition and mental servility.

From The Myths of the New World A Treatise on the Symbolism and Mythology of the Red Race of America by Brinton, Daniel Garrison

Many schools realise, too, that learning by heart and, in general, memorising from books are not the only means of storing the mind of a child.

From Essays on Education and Kindred Subjects Everyman's Library by Spencer, Herbert

She was learning by heart her scene from Shakespeare, when her mother suddenly put her head in at the door and said, "Diphtheria!"

From Countess Erika's Apprenticeship by Schubin, Ossip

The instruction in the schools of poetry seems to have been entirely oral, and the course consisted largely in learning by heart the verses in which the native lore was enshrined.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 5 "Cat" to "Celt" by Various

Much attention was paid to learning by heart the lessons of the previous day.

From Stories of Authors, British and American by Chubb, Edwin Watts