Educational Review, Volume 55Nicholas Murray Butler, Frank Pierrepont Graves, William McAndrew Doubleday, Doran, 1918 - Education Vols. 19-34 include "Bibliography of education" for 1899-1906, compiled by James I. Wyer and others. |
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... seems to be worse than wasted , certainly as far as the good of the country at large is concerned , for half - baked opinions of partially educated men are the curse of a democratic country . The remedy for all of this lies in three ...
... seems to be worse than wasted , certainly as far as the good of the country at large is concerned , for half - baked opinions of partially educated men are the curse of a democratic country . The remedy for all of this lies in three ...
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... seem , would at least be illuminating , and it might help us to recast our whole educational theory . It might help us to understand one large reason why three chil- dren out of seven in the primary grade are repeating the work of that ...
... seem , would at least be illuminating , and it might help us to recast our whole educational theory . It might help us to understand one large reason why three chil- dren out of seven in the primary grade are repeating the work of that ...
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... seems to me to belong not to the present year only , but to all the years preceding , of which this new year is the crown and consum- mation . Standing near the close of a century of our history , filled with the sense of the duty of ...
... seems to me to belong not to the present year only , but to all the years preceding , of which this new year is the crown and consum- mation . Standing near the close of a century of our history , filled with the sense of the duty of ...
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... seems now to be at the parting of the ways . It is trying to adjust itself to the demands of a new age , and at the same time it is unwilling to depart from the purpose and ideal of education in the past , namely the rounding out of a ...
... seems now to be at the parting of the ways . It is trying to adjust itself to the demands of a new age , and at the same time it is unwilling to depart from the purpose and ideal of education in the past , namely the rounding out of a ...
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... seems to be no standard that could be made the working basis of any ideal coordination for a college seeking to hit upon the happy medium . As I have tried to emphasize , it is only thru strik- ing this happy medium that we will obtain ...
... seems to be no standard that could be made the working basis of any ideal coordination for a college seeking to hit upon the happy medium . As I have tried to emphasize , it is only thru strik- ing this happy medium that we will obtain ...
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Page 143 - But here the main skill and groundwork will be to temper them such lectures and explanations upon every opportunity as may lead and draw them in willing obedience, inflamed with the study of learning and the admiration of virtue; stirred up with high hopes of living to be brave men and worthy patriots, dear to God and famous to all ages.
Page 185 - The which observed, a man may prophesy, With a near aim, of the main chance of things As yet not come to life ; which in their seeds, And weak beginnings lie intreasured. Such things become the hatch and brood of time...
Page 137 - Give me the liberty to know, to utter, and to argue freely according to conscience, above all liberties.
Page 240 - If their names were not found in the registers of heralds, they were recorded in the Book of Life. If their steps were not accompanied by a splendid train of menials, legions of ministering angels had charge over them. Their palaces were houses not made with hands ; their diadems crowns of glory which should never fade away.
Page 143 - I shall detain you no longer in the demonstration of what we should not do, but straight conduct you to a hill-side, where I will point you out the right path of a virtuous and noble education; laborious indeed at the first ascent, but else so smooth, so green, so full of goodly prospect and melodious sounds on every side, that the harp of Orpheus was not more charming.
Page 307 - To elevate the character and advance the interests of the profession of teaching, and to promote the cause of popular education in the United States.
Page 248 - The hills, Rock-ribbed and ancient as the sun ; the vales Stretching in pensive quietness between ; The venerable woods — rivers that move In majesty, and the complaining brooks That make the meadows green ; and, poured round all, Old Ocean's gray and melancholy waste, — Are but the solemn decorations all Of the great tomb of man.
Page 142 - Tactics and warlike maxims, they may as it were out of a long war come forth renowned and perfect Commanders in the service of their country.
Page 141 - 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.
Page 240 - The difference between the greatest and the meanest of mankind seemed to vanish, when compared with the boundless interval which separated the whole race from him on whom their own eyes were constantly fixed.