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(B-027173) Ward, Justine. Thomas Edward Shields: Biologist, Phychologist, Educator. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1947. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. 309 pages. Fine in Very Good DJ. DJ lightly edgeworn. Scarce book. The true story of a man who started out as a child incapable of learning. A victim of misunderstanding, of unsound psychology and prehistoric teaching methods, he was relegated to manual work on a farm. There, he rescued himself by the force of his innate genius, won for himself a tardy education, became a priest, a scientist and an educator. Shields was the outstanding Catholic educational leader of his time. (Shields, Thomas E.)