Annual Meeting: Proceedings, Constitution, List of Active Members, and Addresses |
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Էջ vii
... elevated the tone of instruction , it has done harm by leading the people to under- value what costs them nothing , is some consolation that the fund is still entire , the interest , only , has been wasted , inquiry , what , with the ...
... elevated the tone of instruction , it has done harm by leading the people to under- value what costs them nothing , is some consolation that the fund is still entire , the interest , only , has been wasted , inquiry , what , with the ...
Էջ 12
... elevated the general mind . This fact confirms the respon- sibility of teachers . An additional happy effect of popular education , evincive of the responsibility of teachers , is an elevation of the literary and professional classes ...
... elevated the general mind . This fact confirms the respon- sibility of teachers . An additional happy effect of popular education , evincive of the responsibility of teachers , is an elevation of the literary and professional classes ...
Էջ 13
... elevated place where salutary intellectual influences will reach and bless them . Their responsibility is one of very in- teresting character . The effect of a cultivation of the understanding on moral character is too important to be ...
... elevated place where salutary intellectual influences will reach and bless them . Their responsibility is one of very in- teresting character . The effect of a cultivation of the understanding on moral character is too important to be ...
Էջ 61
... elevated position in society , look down with a curling lip and lowering brow upon the upward strides of the popular mass ; who are sincerely jealous of every facility which is offered for the intellectual melioration or personal ...
... elevated position in society , look down with a curling lip and lowering brow upon the upward strides of the popular mass ; who are sincerely jealous of every facility which is offered for the intellectual melioration or personal ...
Էջ 107
... elevated character ; and those schools which should not , at first , enjoy the advantages of these educated teachers , would finally de- rive great improvement from the general elevation of the tone of instruction around them . It is a ...
... elevated character ; and those schools which should not , at first , enjoy the advantages of these educated teachers , would finally de- rive great improvement from the general elevation of the tone of instruction around them . It is a ...
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adverb American teachers animal attention auroral light Boston called cation character CHARLES WHITE child choir common schools condition Connecticut cultivation DENISON OLMSTED diffused districts of England duty earth effect efforts elevated English language enlightened evils exercise exertions experience faculties faith feel furnish give grammar happiness heart Heaven higher honor human important improvement incubus influence inheritance of intelligence instinct Institute instruction intel intellectual powers intelligence interest introducing vocal music knowledge labors language laws Lecture literary responsibility Lowell Macedon mass matter means ment mind moral and religious mould ness nobler objects pagan island parents peculiar perform Pilgrim Fathers Plymouth colony popular education portunity practical present principles pupil relation religion religious nature responsibility of teachers rule sentence society soul spirit susceptible sweet charities taste taught teaching Thayer thing tion true truth verb whole words worship
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Էջ 131 - 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 94 - 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 128 - 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 earn'd.
Էջ 111 - 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 102 - ... devote his whole time, if necessary, " to ascertain the condition, increase the interest, and promote the usefulness of common schools.
Էջ 123 - Adieu to thee, fair Rhine ! How long delighted The stranger fain would linger on his way ! Thine is a scene alike where souls united Or lonely Contemplation thus might stray; And could the ceaseless vultures cease to prey On self-condemning bosoms, it were here, Where Nature, nor too sombre nor too gay, Wild but not rude, awful yet not austere, Is to the mellow Earth as Autumn to the year.
Էջ 70 - He who prays that the kingdom of God may come, and his will be done...
Էջ 94 - 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 111 - 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 106 - 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.