American Annals of Education, Հատոր 9Otis, Broaders and Company, 1839 |
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... observation : but it is , without doubt , equally true of all the rest . The boundless variety , which exists in the works of God , extends to every individual of every species ; and gives to each its own native characteristics , which ...
... observation : but it is , without doubt , equally true of all the rest . The boundless variety , which exists in the works of God , extends to every individual of every species ; and gives to each its own native characteristics , which ...
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... observation , sits erect in her seat , looks timidly at her new companions , and forms her figures upon the slate , and her strokes in the writing book , with the utmost deliberation , precision and care . She is an only child . Then ...
... observation , sits erect in her seat , looks timidly at her new companions , and forms her figures upon the slate , and her strokes in the writing book , with the utmost deliberation , precision and care . She is an only child . Then ...
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... observing teacher will be struck with observing how different the effects of ridicule , used as a cor- rective for faults , are upon different individuals . It is like opium , which , in some constitutions acts kindly , in others it ...
... observing teacher will be struck with observing how different the effects of ridicule , used as a cor- rective for faults , are upon different individuals . It is like opium , which , in some constitutions acts kindly , in others it ...
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... observations and the practical use of instruments . The observatory which he has reared , and the extensive collection of astronomical and other philosophical instru- ments he has made , furnish facilities for the successful conduct of ...
... observations and the practical use of instruments . The observatory which he has reared , and the extensive collection of astronomical and other philosophical instru- ments he has made , furnish facilities for the successful conduct of ...
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... observations were welcomed and immediately adopted by the principal oriental- ists in Europe . From this period to 1822 oriental literature had made rap- id advances in Europe . Hebrew , Syriac , and other biblical languages , were ...
... observations were welcomed and immediately adopted by the principal oriental- ists in Europe . From this period to 1822 oriental literature had made rap- id advances in Europe . Hebrew , Syriac , and other biblical languages , were ...
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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.