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... hand , that the opportunities of the diligent for study are destroyed by the disorderly , or that public or private property is wantonly sacrificed or destroyed by the maliciously mischievous ; suppose that indignities and insults are ...
... hand , that the opportunities of the diligent for study are destroyed by the disorderly , or that public or private property is wantonly sacrificed or destroyed by the maliciously mischievous ; suppose that indignities and insults are ...
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Now , suppose a student should see an incendiary , with torch in hand , ready to set fire to the dwelling in which I and my family are lying in unconscious slumber , ought he not , as a man , to say nothing of his duty as a student , to ...
Now , suppose a student should see an incendiary , with torch in hand , ready to set fire to the dwelling in which I and my family are lying in unconscious slumber , ought he not , as a man , to say nothing of his duty as a student , to ...
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... hands of a fellow student , I should not like to have him make report , or give evidence against me , and I must do as I would be done by . How short - sighted and one - sided is this view ! Suppose you had been made , or were about to ...
... hands of a fellow student , I should not like to have him make report , or give evidence against me , and I must do as I would be done by . How short - sighted and one - sided is this view ! Suppose you had been made , or were about to ...
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... hand over hand on a knotted rope ; others , in succession , played leap - frog over a wooden horse ; then they marched to the beat of the drum . The smaller or weaker boys begin with the lowest grade of exercise , and follow up ...
... hand over hand on a knotted rope ; others , in succession , played leap - frog over a wooden horse ; then they marched to the beat of the drum . The smaller or weaker boys begin with the lowest grade of exercise , and follow up ...
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... hands and acknowledge even the brave hearts of such teachers , laboring with Christ - like ardor for their charge , and striving daily to become more full of the power for effecting good in the world , either as teachers of youth or ...
... hands and acknowledge even the brave hearts of such teachers , laboring with Christ - like ardor for their charge , and striving daily to become more full of the power for effecting good in the world , either as teachers of youth or ...
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Page 13 - Or tell a more marvellous tale. So she keeps him still a child, And will not let him go, Though at times his heart beats wild For the beautiful Pays de Vaud ; Though at times he hears in his dreams The Ranz des Vaches of old, And the rush of mountain streams From glaciers clear and cold ; And the mother at home says, " Hark ! For his voice I listen and yearn ; It is growing late and dark, And my boy does not return !
Page 162 - 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 167 - ... blood into the channels of the public prosperity. Tell me, ye who tread the sods of yon sacred height, is Warren dead ? Can you not still see him, not pale and prostrate, the blood of his gallant heart pouring out of his ghastly wound, but moving resplendent over the field of honor, with the...
Page 167 - Can you not still see him, not pale and prostrate, the blood of his gallant heart pouring out of his ghastly wound, but moving resplendent over the field of honor, with the rose of Heaven upon his cheek, and the fire of liberty in his eye ? Tell me, ye, who make your pious pilgrimage to the shades of Vernon, is Washington indeed shut up in that cold and narrow house ? That which made these men, and men like these, cannot die. The hand that traced the charter of independence is indeed motionless,...
Page 223 - ... paid as an equivalent for exemption from military duty, and the clear proceeds of all fines collected in the several counties for any breach of the penal laws...
Page 13 - Father has written for thee." "Come wander with me," she said, "Into regions yet untrod, And read what is still unread In the manuscripts of God." And he wandered away and away With Nature, the dear old nurse, Who sang to him night and day The rhymes of the universe. And whenever the way seemed long, Or his heart began to fail, She would sing a more wonderful song, Or tell a more marvellous tale.
Page 13 - And Nature, the old nurse, took The child upon her knee, Saying : " Here is a story-book Thy Father has written for thee." " Come, wander with me," she said, "Into regions yet untrod; And read what is still unread In the manuscripts of God." And he wandered away and away With Nature, the dear old nurse, Who sang to him night and day The rhymes of the universe.
Page 33 - ... their means to advance the dignity, respectability, and usefulness of their calling; and who, in fine, believe that the time has come when the teachers of the nation should gather into one great Educational Brotherhood.
Page 278 - I hold that the greatest friend to man is labor ; that knowledge without toil, if possible, were worthless; that toil in pursuit of knowledge is the best knowledge we can attain ; that the continuous effort for fame is nobler than fame itself; that it is not wealth suddenly acquired which is deserving of homage, but the virtues which a man exercises in the slow pursuit of wealth, — the abilities so called forth, the self-denials so imposed : in a word, that Labor and Patience are the true schoolmasters...
Page 66 - ... subjects, require patient application and habits of abstraction, on the part of the older pupils, which can with difficulty, if at all, be attained by many pupils, amid a multiplicity of distracting exercises, movements and sounds. The recitations of this class of pupils, to be profitable and satisfactory, must be conducted in a manner which requires time, discussion and explanation, and the undivided attention both of pupils and teachers.