Journal of the Proceedings of a Convention of Literary and Scientific Gentlemen: Held in the Common Council Chamber of the City of New York, October, 1830

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J. Leavitt and G. & C. & H. Carvill, 1831 - 286 páginas
 

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Página 6 - BBOWN, of the said district, hath deposited in this office the title of a book, the right whereof he claims as author, in the words following, to wit : " Sertorius : or, the Roman Patriot.
Página 6 - In conformity to the act of Congress of the United States, entitled "an act for the encouragement of learning, by securing the copies of maps, charts, and books, to the authors and proprietors of such copies, during the time therein mentioned." And also to an act entitled "an act supplementary to an act entitled an act for the encouragement of learning, by securing the copies of maps, charts, and books, to the authors and proprietors of such copies, during the times therein mentioned, and extending...
Página 183 - Governor's communication which relates to the amendment proposed by the State of Pennsylvania to the Constitution of the United States, made the following report : — The committee to whom was referred the communication of the Governor of...
Página 89 - Greek instructer; the scholar may be permitted to have a manual grammar, but the instructer must be his own grammar while in the recitation room; he must put the example of the subject, whatever it happens to be, upon the board; he must explain it in a familiar manner, and inform his scholars with regard to the rules and exceptions, and when they have fully understood his explanations and remarks he may then efface from his board all the examples, and require his pupils to come the next day prepared,...
Página 162 - I venerate many of our institutions ; but after all is done that the wisdom of their guardians can accomplish, in these methods, we are still told, that our colleges are frequently scenes of rebellion — that our literary institutions are infested with a spirit of insubordination, which perplexes their governors, alarms their friends, distresses parents, and leads to the destruction of many a promising youth.'* ' Something more must be done, then. As one important step, provision must be made, and...
Página 182 - ... exception, had uniformly fallen on the most learned and distinguished men, in every branch, that could be obtained. They were appointed nominally by government, in fact by public opinion. The compensation for each never exceeded five hundred dollars : but the consideration attached to the place, made it the highest object of ambition to every citizen, however favored by wealth, or other adventitious circumstances. The education was rather general and correct, than profound in any particular branch...
Página 154 - ... reformation. But in a public trial, under an invariable law, the benefit of private influence, and of the experience and tact of the teacher, is lost. 'But all these means of discipline, however important in their place, will be insufficient, unless the appeal be made to the moral sense. There is but one governor whose sight we cannot escape — whose power we cannot resist. A sense of his presence and of duty to him, will accomplish more than all the laws and penalties which can be devised,...
Página 44 - Resolved, That a committee of five members be appointed to whom shall be referred the subject of organization, powers, duties, and restrictions of the legislature, whose duty it shall...
Página 220 - On the 20th this body chose Franklin a member of Congress by the highest number of votes cast for any candidate. The last act of the Constitutional Convention was to adopt the following resolution unanimously : " Resolved, That the thanks of this Convention be given to the President for the honor he has done it by filling the chair during the debates on the most important parts of the bill of rights and frame of government, and for his able and disinterested advice thereon.
Página 166 - ... augment the force, and confirm the illusions of passion. They must be corrected by the patient lessons of wisdom and kindness, and the progress of reason and experience. In the mean time, I know of no method which is so likely to be effectual, as to bring the pupil into the presence of that Governor before whom the proudest spirit bows with reverence, and call on him to obey that law to which the rulers of the earth may submit without humiliation.

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