American Annals of Education, Հատոր 9 |
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Էջ 133
We also had in mind , the value and reputation of his great work , the Life of
Washington , of which , the book before us is an abridgment . The fact that the
abridgment was made by Marshall himself , excited no little interest and
prepossession .
We also had in mind , the value and reputation of his great work , the Life of
Washington , of which , the book before us is an abridgment . The fact that the
abridgment was made by Marshall himself , excited no little interest and
prepossession .
Էջ 174
... the influence of the orator . Just in proportion to the intensity and steadfastness
of the mental interest in the object , will be the degree of muscular attention , if the
body is vigorous in health , and buoyant in spirits . A skilful performer may play ...
... the influence of the orator . Just in proportion to the intensity and steadfastness
of the mental interest in the object , will be the degree of muscular attention , if the
body is vigorous in health , and buoyant in spirits . A skilful performer may play ...
Էջ 284
the interest of which is annually distributed among the counties for the support of
schools , amounts to $ 719 , 784 61 . This is all loaned to the State , at six per
cent . interest ; and the amount of interest , for the last year , which is now ready
for ...
the interest of which is annually distributed among the counties for the support of
schools , amounts to $ 719 , 784 61 . This is all loaned to the State , at six per
cent . interest ; and the amount of interest , for the last year , which is now ready
for ...
Էջ 286
She does not teach them what sort of expression they must wear upon their faces
, when they enter a room full of company , in order that they may seem to be
interested in others ; she directs as to the feelings of interest and benevolence
which ...
She does not teach them what sort of expression they must wear upon their faces
, when they enter a room full of company , in order that they may seem to be
interested in others ; she directs as to the feelings of interest and benevolence
which ...
Էջ 495
Many facts are stated in the Report , which confirm the Minister ' s remark in
respect to the growing interest in the minds of the Russian people on the subject
of education , illustrating the important fact , that among whatever people a good
...
Many facts are stated in the Report , which confirm the Minister ' s remark in
respect to the growing interest in the minds of the Russian people on the subject
of education , illustrating the important fact , that among whatever people a good
...
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Էջ 246 - The end then of learning is to repair the ruins of our first parents by regaining to know God aright, and out of that knowledge to love him, to imitate him, to be like him, as we may the nearest by possessing our souls of true virtue, which being united to the heavenly grace of faith, makes up the highest perfection...
Էջ 248 - I call therefore a complete and generous education that which fits a man to perform justly, skillfully, and magnanimously all the offices both private and public of peace and war.
Էջ 246 - And though a linguist should pride himself to have all the tongues that Babel cleft the world into, yet if he have not studied the solid things in them as well as the words and lexicons, he were nothing so much to be esteemed a learned man, as any yeoman or tradesman competently wise in his mother dialect only.
Էջ 228 - Committee, for the consideration of all matters affecting the Education of the People. For the present it is thought advisable that this Board should consist of: The Lord President of the Council. The Lord Privy Seal. The Chancellor of the Exchequer. The Secretary of State for the Home Department, and The Master of the Mint.
Էջ 39 - It is chiefly through books that we enjoy intercourse with superior minds, and these invaluable means of communication are in the reach of all. In the best books great men talk to us, give us their most precious thoughts, and pour their souls into ours.
Էջ 39 - Shakespeare to open to me the worlds of imagination and the workings of the human heart, and Franklin to enrich me with his practical wisdom, I shall not pine for want of intellectual companionship, and I may become a cultivated man though excluded from what is called the best society in the place where I live.
Էջ 247 - Hence appear the many mistakes which have made learning generally so unpleasing and so unsuccessful ; first, we do amiss to spend seven or eight years merely in scraping together so much miserable Latin and Greek, as might be learned otherwise easily and delightfully in one year.
Էջ 169 - 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 251 - ... save an army by this frugal and expenseless means only ; and not let the healthy and stout bodies of young men rot away under him for want of this discipline ; which is a great pity, and no less a shame to the commander.
Էջ 253 - ... what the laws are of a true epic poem, what of a dramatic, what of a lyric, what decorum is, which is the grand masterpiece to observe.