Prize Essay and Lectures, Delivered Before the American Institute of Instruction ... Including the Journal of Proceedings, Հատոր 9American Institute of Instruction, 1839 List of members included in each volume, beginning with 1891. |
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... learning , may never dawn , even in faintest glimmer , on its darkness ; but in every human soul , with its ordinary endowments , there will be ac- tivity , life , at times , probably , intense burning life , either of the higher or the ...
... learning , may never dawn , even in faintest glimmer , on its darkness ; but in every human soul , with its ordinary endowments , there will be ac- tivity , life , at times , probably , intense burning life , either of the higher or the ...
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... learning of Ba- con can keep sweet his memory , or wipe off the cloud that is daily and silently gathering over the brightness and sullying the glory of his name . Time is ever setting right the wrong judgments of men ; reversing their ...
... learning of Ba- con can keep sweet his memory , or wipe off the cloud that is daily and silently gathering over the brightness and sullying the glory of his name . Time is ever setting right the wrong judgments of men ; reversing their ...
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... learning something to guide them in their opinions , or direct them to a particular course of conduct , there can be little hope that their patience and attention will continue unwearied . And such a risk must a lecturer upon this ...
... learning something to guide them in their opinions , or direct them to a particular course of conduct , there can be little hope that their patience and attention will continue unwearied . And such a risk must a lecturer upon this ...
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... learning music , because it is so deep and abstruse a subject , would be hardly more judicious than one who should close an infant's eye , and bid him not look upon objects about him , until he should be able to understand the structure ...
... learning music , because it is so deep and abstruse a subject , would be hardly more judicious than one who should close an infant's eye , and bid him not look upon objects about him , until he should be able to understand the structure ...
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... learning , whether small or great , performs but a part of its duty , if it aims not at controlling , to a greater or less degree , the public sentiment , and adding to that common stock of dignity and im- portance from which we must ...
... learning , whether small or great , performs but a part of its duty , if it aims not at controlling , to a greater or less degree , the public sentiment , and adding to that common stock of dignity and im- portance from which we must ...
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Էջ 139 - Insomuch that the multitude wondered, when they saw the dumb to speak, the maimed to be whole, the lame to walk, and the blind to see : and they glorified the God of Israel.
Էջ 100 - That the selectmen of every town in the several precincts and quarters where they dwell, shall have a vigilant eye over their brethren and neighbors, to see, first, that none of them shall suffer so much barbarism in any of their families, as not to endeavor to teach by themselves or others, their children and apprentices so much learning, as may enable them perfectly to read the English tongue, and knowledge of the capital laws, upon penalty of twenty shillings for each neglect therein...
Էջ 136 - I cannot tell what you and other men Think of this life, but, for my single self, I had as lief not be as live to be In awe of such a thing as I myself.
Էջ 121 - By greatness, I do not only mean the bulk of any single object, but the largeness of a whole view, considered as one entire piece.
Էջ 112 - ... devote his whole time, if necessary, " to ascertain the condition, increase the interest, and promote the usefulness of common schools.
Էջ 76 - He who prays that the kingdom of God may come, and his will be done...
Էջ 136 - I would not have a slave to till my ground, To carry me, to fan me while I sleep, And tremble when I wake, for all the wealth That sinews bought and sold have ever earned.
Էջ 100 - Forasmuch as the good education of children is of singular behoof and benefit to any commonwealth, and whereas many parents and masters are too indulgent and negligent of their duty in that kind: It is therefore ordered by this Court and the authority thereof, that the selectmen of every town, in the several precincts and quarters where they dwell, shall have a vigilant eye over their brethren and neighbors, to see first : that none of them shall suffer so much barbarism in any of their families,...
Էջ 121 - By greatness, I do not mean the bulk of any single object only." For then, when it is asked — What does he mean more than the bulk of a single object ? the answer conies out precisely as the author intends, " the largeness of a whole view.
Էջ 116 - CONSIDER a human soul without education like marble in the quarry, which shows none of its inherent beauties; until the skill of the polisher fetches out the colours, makes the surface shine, and discovers every ornamental cloud, spot, and vein that runs through the body of it.