The American Journal of Education, Volumen 2Henry Barnard F.C. Brownell, 1856 |
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... - men who may come from a distance will probably wish to be present at both of these literary anniversaries , the committee have thought that the in ermediate 24 AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF INSTRUCTION . Constitution and Officers-1830.
... - men who may come from a distance will probably wish to be present at both of these literary anniversaries , the committee have thought that the in ermediate 24 AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF INSTRUCTION . Constitution and Officers-1830.
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Henry Barnard. anniversaries , the committee have thought that the in ermediate time may be both pleasantly and profitably occupied by a series of plain and practical lectures , on important subjects con- nected with education ; and ...
Henry Barnard. anniversaries , the committee have thought that the in ermediate time may be both pleasantly and profitably occupied by a series of plain and practical lectures , on important subjects con- nected with education ; and ...
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... thought , that strong hands were in the work , and that he was no longer toiling alone . The formation of the Institute , it is hoped , will do something toward elevating the standard and increasing the efficiency of popular instruction ...
... thought , that strong hands were in the work , and that he was no longer toiling alone . The formation of the Institute , it is hoped , will do something toward elevating the standard and increasing the efficiency of popular instruction ...
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... homestead , and the paternal acres at Groton , became objects of deep interest . He continued to reside in Boston , but the improvement of the farm at Groton occupied much of his thought , and gave a 40 WILLIAM LAWRENCE .
... homestead , and the paternal acres at Groton , became objects of deep interest . He continued to reside in Boston , but the improvement of the farm at Groton occupied much of his thought , and gave a 40 WILLIAM LAWRENCE .
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... thought I could not better dispose of a portion of my abundance than to give to the academy over which you preside , a sum of money , for the advancement of education for all coming time . I , therefore , hereby give to Groton Academy ...
... thought I could not better dispose of a portion of my abundance than to give to the academy over which you preside , a sum of money , for the advancement of education for all coming time . I , therefore , hereby give to Groton Academy ...
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Página 465 - If a nation expects to be ignorant and free in a state of civilization, it expects what never was and never will be.
Página 409 - And it came to pass, as the camels had done drinking, that the man took a golden ear-ring of half a shekel weight, and two bracelets for her hands of ten shekels weight of gold...
Página 65 - Whether we provide for action or conversation, whether we wish to be useful or pleasing, the first requisite is the religious and moral knowledge of right and wrong ; the next is an acquaintance with the history of mankind, and with those examples which may be said to embody truth, and prove by events the reasonableness of opinions. Prudence and justice are virtues and excellences of all times and of all places. We are perpetually moralists ; but we are geometricians only by chance.
Página 73 - Thy soul was like a star, and dwelt apart: Thou hadst a voice whose sound was like the sea: Pure as the naked heavens, majestic, free, So didst thou travel on life's common way, In cheerful godliness; and yet thy heart The lowliest duties on herself did lay.
Página 617 - There it was that I found and visited the famous Galileo, grown old, a prisoner to the Inquisition, for thinking in astronomy otherwise than the Franciscan and Dominican licensers thought.
Página 64 - But when God commands to take the trumpet, and blow a dolorous or a jarring blast, it lies not in man's will what he shall say, or what he shall conceal.
Página 82 - The interim of unsweating themselves regularly, and convenient rest before meat, may, both with profit and delight, be taken up in recreating and composing their travailed...
Página 75 - 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.
Página 59 - I call therefore a complete and generous education, that which fits a man to perform justly, skilfully, and magnanimously all the offices, both private and public, of peace and war.
Página 60 - I endure to interrupt the pursuit of no less hopes than these, and leave a calm and pleasing solitariness, fed with cheerful and confident thoughts, to embark in a troubled sea of noises and hoarse disputes, put from beholding the bright countenance of truth in the quiet and still air of delightful studies...