American Annals of Education, Հատոր 9 |
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Էջ 85
No book speuds so little time as this on the accessories or embellishinents of
thought ; none so little in unfolding and pursuing thought . It has been well said ,
that it is a book full of the seeds of things . ' It is a book in wbich systems often lie ...
No book speuds so little time as this on the accessories or embellishinents of
thought ; none so little in unfolding and pursuing thought . It has been well said ,
that it is a book full of the seeds of things . ' It is a book in wbich systems often lie ...
Էջ 150
The perverse way in which the old parson treated me ; at home the discontent
and grudging of my parents , especially of my father , who could not get on with
his work , and still thought , that had I kept by his way of life , he might now have
had ...
The perverse way in which the old parson treated me ; at home the discontent
and grudging of my parents , especially of my father , who could not get on with
his work , and still thought , that had I kept by his way of life , he might now have
had ...
Էջ 201
And what will their own language be but unmeaning jargon , producing , as a
necessary consequence , utter confusion of thought , and imbecility of mind , if
they are taught to reject those forms of sound words , which have cost the labor
and ...
And what will their own language be but unmeaning jargon , producing , as a
necessary consequence , utter confusion of thought , and imbecility of mind , if
they are taught to reject those forms of sound words , which have cost the labor
and ...
Էջ 258
... this way of learning a language ; for languages are only to be learned by rote ;
and a man , who does not speak English or Latin perfectly by rote , so that having
thought of the thing he would speak of , his tongue of course , without thought of ...
... this way of learning a language ; for languages are only to be learned by rote ;
and a man , who does not speak English or Latin perfectly by rote , so that having
thought of the thing he would speak of , his tongue of course , without thought of ...
Էջ 548
And what is thought but the embracing by a conscious spirit of the reality and
substance of nature ? In this union does the life of the soul gain developement
and daily strength , and hence has a genuine thought its quickening power . Ixion
and ...
And what is thought but the embracing by a conscious spirit of the reality and
substance of nature ? In this union does the life of the soul gain developement
and daily strength , and hence has a genuine thought its quickening power . Ixion
and ...
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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.