Education of Deaf and Dumb1834 |
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... less was it made a subject of examination and discussion . The speaking world had all acquired language through the medium of sound , and know- ledge through the medium of language . The belief was therefore universally prevalent , that ...
... less was it made a subject of examination and discussion . The speaking world had all acquired language through the medium of sound , and know- ledge through the medium of language . The belief was therefore universally prevalent , that ...
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... less sur- prise , than to behold the sun rising in the west . Through the ear we have ourselves acquired our mother tongue . Through the ear we have learned the use of those visible characters , representing sounds , by means of which ...
... less sur- prise , than to behold the sun rising in the west . Through the ear we have ourselves acquired our mother tongue . Through the ear we have learned the use of those visible characters , representing sounds , by means of which ...
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... equivalent verbal expressions ; which we cannot , in short , define , but which we are , neverthe- less , in the daily habit of employing , and employing correctly . * But the deaf and dumb person can derive no benefit 11.
... equivalent verbal expressions ; which we cannot , in short , define , but which we are , neverthe- less , in the daily habit of employing , and employing correctly . * But the deaf and dumb person can derive no benefit 11.
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... less rapid ; on account , at once , of this want of exercise , and of the greater labor requisite to con- duct mental operations by the direct intuition of ideas , than by means of the signs which artificial languages afford to ...
... less rapid ; on account , at once , of this want of exercise , and of the greater labor requisite to con- duct mental operations by the direct intuition of ideas , than by means of the signs which artificial languages afford to ...
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... less free to impart similar services in turn ; that their disposition , in short , should become selfish . Nor is it wonderful , that perceiving themselves to be often the subject of the conversations which take place in their presence ...
... less free to impart similar services in turn ; that their disposition , in short , should become selfish . Nor is it wonderful , that perceiving themselves to be often the subject of the conversations which take place in their presence ...
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Abbé Abbé Sicard acquaintance acquired attained Board census character circumstances communication conversation course deaf and dumb deaf mutes Degerando degree directors distinguished dumb persons employed exercises exhibition exist express extended faculties favor German schools German teachers guage Hartford hearing Heinicke hundred ideas important instructors instrument intel intellectual intelligible intercourse ISRAEL RUSSELL John Slidell Julia Brace knowledge l'Epée labor language of action language of gestures language of signs Laura Bridgman Laurent Clerc letters lips manual alphabet means ment mental methodical signs mind moral natural natural signs necessary New-York institution objects observation Owego pantomime Paris peculiar Peet possessed practice present principal pupils religious remarkable respect Saxony scholars Seneca Lake sentences Sicard sounds speak speech spoken language success system of instruction taught teaching articulation thought tion utter words writing written language Wurtemburg York Institution
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Page 182 - Jesus answered and said unto them, ' Go ' and shew John again those things which ye ' do hear and see : the blind receive their ' sight, and the lame walk, the lepers are ' cleansed, and the deaf hear, the dead are ' raised up, and the poor have the gospel
Page 182 - And they bring unto him one that was deaf, and had an impediment in his speech; and they beseech him to put his hand upon him.
Page 182 - And He charged them that they should tell no man: but the more He charged them, so much the more a great deal they published it; and were beyond measure astonished, saying, "He hath done all things well: He maketh both the deaf to hear, and the dumb to speak.
Page 182 - Because thou sayest, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing ; and knowest not that thou art wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked...
Page 182 - THE wilderness and the solitary place shall be glad for them; And the desert shall rejoice, and blossom as the rose. It shall blossom abundantly, and rejoice Even with joy and singing: The glory of Lebanon shall be given unto it, The excellency of Carmel and Sharon, They shall see the glory of the Lord, And the excellency of our God.
Page 28 - And he said unto them, Set your hearts unto all the words which I testify among you this day, which ye shall command your children to observe to do, all the words of this law. For it is not a vain thing for you ; because it is your life...
Page 2 - By quick instinctive motion, up I sprung, As thitherward endeavouring, and upright Stood on my feet: about me round I saw Hill, dale, and shady woods, and sunny plains, And liquid lapse of murmuring streams; by these Creatures that lived and moved, and walked or flew; Birds on the branches warbling; ~a.ll things smiled; With fragrance and with joy my heart o'erflowed.
Page 181 - And in that day shall the deaf hear the words of the book, And the eyes of the blind shall see out of obscurity, and out of darkness. The meek also shall increase their joy in the Lord , And the poor among men shall rejoice in the Holy One of Israel.
Page 38 - In all cases where the parents of pupils sent to the Institution for the education of the deaf and dumb...
Page 182 - I counsel thee to buy of me gold tried in the fire, that thou mayest be rich ; and white raiment, that thou mayest be clothed, and that the shame of thy nakedness do not appear ; and anoint thine eyes with eye-salve, that thou mayest see.