The Journal of Education for Upper Canada, Volumes 3-4J. H. Lawrence, 1850 - Education |
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... according to his property - a sys- tem the life of which is the genius of Christianity , the soul of patriot- ism , the spirit of the highest civilization . It is my present object to present some of those grounds of encouragement ...
... according to his property - a sys- tem the life of which is the genius of Christianity , the soul of patriot- ism , the spirit of the highest civilization . It is my present object to present some of those grounds of encouragement ...
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... according to the law , to be Free Schools . In many of the districts , people will not be quite ready to avail themselves of the benefits contemplated by the law . The machinery is new , aid it is not to be expected that its movements ...
... according to the law , to be Free Schools . In many of the districts , people will not be quite ready to avail themselves of the benefits contemplated by the law . The machinery is new , aid it is not to be expected that its movements ...
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... according to which Trustees are authorized to collect school - rate bills ; and the sum or sums thus collected , after deduct- ing the lawful expenses of collection , shall be paid into the hands of the local School Superintendent , and ...
... according to which Trustees are authorized to collect school - rate bills ; and the sum or sums thus collected , after deduct- ing the lawful expenses of collection , shall be paid into the hands of the local School Superintendent , and ...
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... according to the skill required . There will be little or no difficulty in providing compensation for their Teachers in the several District Towns , out of the Grammar and Common School funds already allotted to their localities . As ...
... according to the skill required . There will be little or no difficulty in providing compensation for their Teachers in the several District Towns , out of the Grammar and Common School funds already allotted to their localities . As ...
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... according to their property ? ] From the Niagara Mail , January 23rd , 1850 . " The mode of assessment in this Town in general worked well , and met with the approval of the great body of the people . If it bore hard on some who had no ...
... according to their property ? ] From the Niagara Mail , January 23rd , 1850 . " The mode of assessment in this Town in general worked well , and met with the approval of the great body of the people . If it bore hard on some who had no ...
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Page 38 - Be it a weakness, it deserves some praise, We love the play-place of our early days. The scene is touching, and the heart is stone That feels not at that sight, and feels at none.
Page 37 - At Lincoln Cathedral there is a beautiful painted window, which was made by an apprentice out of the pieces of glass which had been rejected by his master. It is so far superior to every other in the church, that, according to the tradition the vanquished artist killed himself from mortification.
Page 7 - He is nature's fresh picture newly drawn in oil, which time, and much handling, dims and defaces. His soul is yet a white paper unscribbled with observations of the world, wherewith, at length, it becomes a blurred notebook.
Page 84 - Thou shalt rise up before the hoary head, and honor the face of the old man, and fear thy God: I am the LORD.
Page 21 - He paused, as if revolving in his soul Some weighty matter, then, with fervent voice And an impassioned majesty, exclaimed — " O for the coming of that glorious time When, prizing knowledge as her noblest wealth And best protection, this imperial Realm, While she exacts allegiance, shall admit An obligation, on her part, to teach Them who are born to serve her and obey ; Binding herself by statute to secure For all the children whom her soil maintains The rudiments of letters, and inform The mind...
Page 69 - ... would in due time produce all the rest and which, if it be not got and settled so as to keep out ill and vicious habits, languages and sciences and all the other accomplishments of education will be to no purpose but to make the worse or more dangerous man.
Page 96 - PREVENT us, O Lord, in all our doings with Thy most gracious favour, and further us with Thy continual help ; that in all our works begun, continued, and ended in Thee, we may glorify Thy holy Name, and finally by Thy mercy obtain everlasting life ; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
Page 43 - The supreme executive power shall be vested in a. President, who shall be elected by the people, and shall hold his office for the term of two years.
Page 7 - His hardest labour is his tongue, as if he were loath to use so deceitful an Organ; and he is best company with it when he can but prattle. We laugh at his foolish sports, but his game is our earnest; and his drums, rattles, and hobby-horses, but the Emblems and mocking of man's business.
Page 137 - Trust no future, howe'er pleasant! Let the dead past bury its dead! Act, — act in the living present! Heart within, and GOD o'erhead!