Letters on the Elementary Principles of Education, Volumen 1I. Peirce, 1813 |
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... early impres- sions of terror . - Nature of timidity investigated.- Fear of death , the consequences of early association . LETTER IV . - Page 53 . ASSOCIATIONS OF AVERSION CONTINUED . Danger of early inspired antipathies . - Prejudice ...
... early impres- sions of terror . - Nature of timidity investigated.- Fear of death , the consequences of early association . LETTER IV . - Page 53 . ASSOCIATIONS OF AVERSION CONTINUED . Danger of early inspired antipathies . - Prejudice ...
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... early education is concerned , and to the practi- cal inferences arising from them , the pre- sent volume is devoted . Originally under- taken at the request of a particular friend , it is , in the sanguine hope of being more ...
... early education is concerned , and to the practi- cal inferences arising from them , the pre- sent volume is devoted . Originally under- taken at the request of a particular friend , it is , in the sanguine hope of being more ...
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... early association ex- emplified in the characters of the Hindoos and Americans . --Subject divided into two branches , viz . the culture of the heart , and understanding - Reasons for treating of the former first - Term association ...
... early association ex- emplified in the characters of the Hindoos and Americans . --Subject divided into two branches , viz . the culture of the heart , and understanding - Reasons for treating of the former first - Term association ...
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... early edu- cation ; and thus rendering it evident to every un- prejudiced mind , that if women were so educated as to qualify them for the proper performance of this momentous duty , it would do more towards the pro- gressive ...
... early edu- cation ; and thus rendering it evident to every un- prejudiced mind , that if women were so educated as to qualify them for the proper performance of this momentous duty , it would do more towards the pro- gressive ...
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... early education , which appear to my mind suffi- ciently convincing . Whether we cast our eyes on the effeminate and indolent inhabitants of the East , or turn our atten- tion to the more sturdy savages of the Western he- misphere ...
... early education , which appear to my mind suffi- ciently convincing . Whether we cast our eyes on the effeminate and indolent inhabitants of the East , or turn our atten- tion to the more sturdy savages of the Western he- misphere ...
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Página 137 - For that which I do I allow not: for what I would, that do I not; but what I hate, that do I.
Página 9 - The understanding, like the eye, whilst it makes us see and perceive all other things, takes no notice of itself: And it requires art and pains to set it at a distance, and make it its own object.
Página 254 - ... the appellation of benevolence,) these actions have been performed in so free and so kind a manner, that, if I was dry, I drank the sweetest draught, and if hungry, I ate the coarse morsel with a double relish.
Página 15 - When I call to remembrance the unfeigned faith that is in thee, which dwelt first in thy grandmother Lois, and thy mother Eunice ; and I nm persuaded that in thee also.
Página 21 - Yet empty of all good, wherein consists Woman's domestic honour and chief praise ; Bred only and completed to the taste Of lustful appetence, to sing, to dance, To dress, and troll the tongue, and roll the eye...
Página 161 - Unargued I obey : so God ordains; God is thy law, thou mine: to know no more Is woman's happiest knowledge and her praise.
Página 253 - I never addressed myself in the language of decency and friendship to a woman, whether civilized or savage, without receiving a decent and friendly answer. With man it has often been otherwise. In wandering over the barren plains of inhospitable Denmark, through honest Sweden...
Página 181 - As the strength of the body lies chiefly in being able to endure hardships, so also does that of the mind. And the great principle and foundation of all virtue and worth is plac'd in this: that a man is able to deny himself his own desires, cross his own inclinations, and purely follow what reason directs as best, tho' the appetite lean the other way.
Página 248 - WHEN civil dudgeon first grew high, And men fell out they knew not why ; When hard words, jealousies, and fears, Set folks together by the ears...
Página 198 - When a rich man is fallen, he hath many helpers: he speaketh things not to be spoken, and yet men justify him : the poor man slipped, and yet they rebuked him too; he spake wisely, and could have no place.