American Annals of Education, Հատոր 9 |
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Էջ 37
But if to find realities in what are to most men mere words , - - to have penetrated
to the heart of things , while the most grasp only at the shadow and are content
with the form , - if in morals to discern between the precious and the vile , by ...
But if to find realities in what are to most men mere words , - - to have penetrated
to the heart of things , while the most grasp only at the shadow and are content
with the form , - if in morals to discern between the precious and the vile , by ...
Էջ 85
It has been well said , that it is a look * full of the seeds of things . ' It is a book in
which systems often lie compressed within the limits of a sentence ; or in which
inany a lofty tree , covered with the flowers , foliage , and fruit of expanded and ...
It has been well said , that it is a look * full of the seeds of things . ' It is a book in
which systems often lie compressed within the limits of a sentence ; or in which
inany a lofty tree , covered with the flowers , foliage , and fruit of expanded and ...
Էջ 117
As things now are , they are seldom expected - nor , as I was going to say
permitted — to do much for us in the way of prevention . Their whole aim is at the
correction of evils which , for the most part might have been prevented . Thus it is
that ...
As things now are , they are seldom expected - nor , as I was going to say
permitted — to do much for us in the way of prevention . Their whole aim is at the
correction of evils which , for the most part might have been prevented . Thus it is
that ...
Էջ 127
But in our better class of schools , these things are unheard of , and the checks ,
to which I have already alluded , constitute what , in a practical sense at least ,
may be called a constitution , and the term constitutional or limited monarchy is
far ...
But in our better class of schools , these things are unheard of , and the checks ,
to which I have already alluded , constitute what , in a practical sense at least ,
may be called a constitution , and the term constitutional or limited monarchy is
far ...
Էջ 157
These things , it would appear , cause difficulties in Hanover , which in many
other places are little felt . But the Prime Minister Münchausen had as good as
founded the Georgia Augusta himself ; and he was wont to watch over it with
singular ...
These things , it would appear , cause difficulties in Hanover , which in many
other places are little felt . But the Prime Minister Münchausen had as good as
founded the Georgia Augusta himself ; and he was wont to watch over it with
singular ...
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Էջ 238 - 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 240 - 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 123 - Poetry, even that of the loftiest and, seemingly, that of the wildest odes, had a logic of its own, as severe as that of science; and more difficult, because more subtle, more complex, and dependent on more, and more fugitive causes. In the truly great poets, he would say, there is a reason assignable, not only for every word, but for the position of every word...
Էջ 31 - No matter how poor I am ; no matter though the prosperous of my own time will not enter my obscure dwelling, if the sacred writers will enter and take up their abode under my roof, if Milton will cross my threshold to sing to me of Paradise, and...
Էջ 218 - 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 31 - 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 31 - 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 239 - 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 155 - 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 272 - That thirty-six sections, or one entire township, which shall be designated by the President of the United States, together with the one heretofore reserved for that purpose, shall be reserved for the use of a seminary of learning, and vested in the legislature of the said state, to be appropriated solely to the use of such seminary by the said legislature.