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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... soul , that can be put into human language . It is yet only dawning upon the world . The sky is but just reddening with its auroral light . But this light , like the ruddy harbinger of the morning , is the certain presage of the full ...
... soul , that can be put into human language . It is yet only dawning upon the world . The sky is but just reddening with its auroral light . But this light , like the ruddy harbinger of the morning , is the certain presage of the full ...
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... soul , all in conformity to the laws of this great relationship . Men can be sure that the functions of their own bodies , the workings of their own spirits , the events of providence , and all the infinite operations and processes of ...
... soul , all in conformity to the laws of this great relationship . Men can be sure that the functions of their own bodies , the workings of their own spirits , the events of providence , and all the infinite operations and processes of ...
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... soul . Intellectual power is too much coveted and honored , and moral worth not enough . From this wrong appreciation , it comes , of course , that intel- lectual culture is much regarded , and moral culture much neg- lected . This is ...
... soul . Intellectual power is too much coveted and honored , and moral worth not enough . From this wrong appreciation , it comes , of course , that intel- lectual culture is much regarded , and moral culture much neg- lected . This is ...
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... soul , changing all the heart's greenness to ashes , and making its flesh harder than the nether mill - stone . The intellect is very slowly and gradually unfolded , it fully possesses itself only during the ripe period of manhood , and ...
... soul , changing all the heart's greenness to ashes , and making its flesh harder than the nether mill - stone . The intellect is very slowly and gradually unfolded , it fully possesses itself only during the ripe period of manhood , and ...
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... soul , and responded to their mysterious stirrings . When has self - reproach for wrong doing been more keenly and bitterly felt , than in the very days of the nursery ? When has irrepressible joy at the thought of duty performed , or ...
... soul , and responded to their mysterious stirrings . When has self - reproach for wrong doing been more keenly and bitterly felt , than in the very days of the nursery ? When has irrepressible joy at the thought of duty performed , or ...
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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.