Prize Essay and Lectures, Delivered Before the American Institute of Instruction ... Including the Journal of Proceedings, Հատոր 9American Institute of Instruction, 1839 List of members included in each volume, beginning with 1891. |
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... truths and to train its powers to discover valuable truths . These will become objects for the heart , and , being themselves excellent , from their nature must exert ennobling influences on the moral feelings . The pursuit of knowledge ...
... truths and to train its powers to discover valuable truths . These will become objects for the heart , and , being themselves excellent , from their nature must exert ennobling influences on the moral feelings . The pursuit of knowledge ...
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... truth to a fearful extent are set aside , and any thing adopted in their place which can minister to the ruling passion for personal aggrandizement . The associations of men , the institutions of society , and the government itself ...
... truth to a fearful extent are set aside , and any thing adopted in their place which can minister to the ruling passion for personal aggrandizement . The associations of men , the institutions of society , and the government itself ...
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... truth , are vicious in principle , and must be un- satisfactory in their results . I have avoided the discussion of any one of the numerous questions of practical education , be- cause I have no store of observation and experience to ...
... truth , are vicious in principle , and must be un- satisfactory in their results . I have avoided the discussion of any one of the numerous questions of practical education , be- cause I have no store of observation and experience to ...
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... truth , except that of the immortality of the human soul , that can be put into human language . It is yet only dawning upon the world . The sky is but just reddening with its auroral light . But this light , like the ruddy harbinger of ...
... truth , except that of the immortality of the human soul , that can be put into human language . It is yet only dawning upon the world . The sky is but just reddening with its auroral light . But this light , like the ruddy harbinger of ...
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... truth and wisdom , to work out this destiny , each for itself , and in aid also of its brotherhood . - - The mission of humanity , as a race , as an infinite succes- sion of generations , the destiny to which it is called , and towards ...
... truth and wisdom , to work out this destiny , each for itself , and in aid also of its brotherhood . - - The mission of humanity , as a race , as an infinite succes- sion of generations , the destiny to which it is called , and towards ...
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Էջ 139 - 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 100 - 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 136 - I cannot tell what you and other men Think of this life, but, for my single self, I had as lief not be as live to be In awe of such a thing as I myself.
Էջ 121 - 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 112 - ... devote his whole time, if necessary, " to ascertain the condition, increase the interest, and promote the usefulness of common schools.
Էջ 76 - He who prays that the kingdom of God may come, and his will be done...
Էջ 136 - 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 earned.
Էջ 100 - 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 121 - 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 116 - 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.