The Journal of Education for Upper Canada, Volumes 3-4J. H. Lawrence, 1850 - Education |
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... less courteous reception ; was at one time assail- ed as a public pauper , and at another time denounced as a ... less wise and less practical in the momentous affairs of common schools . They re- quire the simple application of a few ...
... less courteous reception ; was at one time assail- ed as a public pauper , and at another time denounced as a ... less wise and less practical in the momentous affairs of common schools . They re- quire the simple application of a few ...
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... less than another . In 1800 , the merchant could not pass from England to Canada , or back again , with any certainty of reaching the port of destination in a specific time - it might be one month , it might be three . In 1850 he can ...
... less than another . In 1800 , the merchant could not pass from England to Canada , or back again , with any certainty of reaching the port of destination in a specific time - it might be one month , it might be three . In 1850 he can ...
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... less we have in the sieve , the more easily it passes through . The system - maker passes through the region of truth as a travel- ling merchant does through a country ; both care only for their wares , and are blind to everything ...
... less we have in the sieve , the more easily it passes through . The system - maker passes through the region of truth as a travel- ling merchant does through a country ; both care only for their wares , and are blind to everything ...
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... less than 160 miles to Toronto to obtain a certificate of qualification as a Master of a Grammar School although he did not know the Greek Alphabet , and nothing more of Latin than the simplest elements of Grammar . These remarks will ...
... less than 160 miles to Toronto to obtain a certificate of qualification as a Master of a Grammar School although he did not know the Greek Alphabet , and nothing more of Latin than the simplest elements of Grammar . These remarks will ...
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... less with the machinery employed . In a great system of national education - speaking in the most general terms , and without special reference to Canada or any other country , - -one or two great principles may be alluded to as consti ...
... less with the machinery employed . In a great system of national education - speaking in the most general terms , and without special reference to Canada or any other country , - -one or two great principles may be alluded to as consti ...
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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!