Annual reports on education (ed. by mrs. M. Mann).Horace B. Fuller, 1868 - Education |
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... given , and thus all parts of the State were enabled to compare notes , and profit by each other's wisdom , or be warned by each other's fail- ures . Some of these yearly abstracts make volumes of five hundred pages , and were a very ...
... given , and thus all parts of the State were enabled to compare notes , and profit by each other's wisdom , or be warned by each other's fail- ures . Some of these yearly abstracts make volumes of five hundred pages , and were a very ...
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... given prominence in the labors of the year . These discussions alone are selected for the pres- ent volume . The Tenth Report was republished by the State after Mr. Mann left the office . It states all the provisions of law in regard to ...
... given prominence in the labors of the year . These discussions alone are selected for the pres- ent volume . The Tenth Report was republished by the State after Mr. Mann left the office . It states all the provisions of law in regard to ...
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... given especial attention in my circuit through the State , is the observance or non - observance of the law " for the better in- struction of youth employed in manufacturing establish- ments . " This law was enacted in April , 1836 ...
... given especial attention in my circuit through the State , is the observance or non - observance of the law " for the better in- struction of youth employed in manufacturing establish- ments . " This law was enacted in April , 1836 ...
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... given us . It is not long since , that , in one of our most intelligent cities , a splendid granite church took fire ; and when it was found impossible to extin- guish the flames in its interior , the chief - engineer forbade the engine ...
... given us . It is not long since , that , in one of our most intelligent cities , a splendid granite church took fire ; and when it was found impossible to extin- guish the flames in its interior , the chief - engineer forbade the engine ...
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... given expenditure of time and money would return quadruple products in value or in quantity , could there be found a dissenting voice against its immediate adoption ? Yet who will venture to say that one fourth , or even one - fortieth ...
... given expenditure of time and money would return quadruple products in value or in quantity , could there be found a dissenting voice against its immediate adoption ? Yet who will venture to say that one fourth , or even one - fortieth ...
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Page 546 - ... to countenance and inculcate the principles of humanity and general benevolence, public and private charity, industry and frugality, honesty and punctuality in their dealings; sincerity, good humor, and all social affections, and generous sentiments, among the people.
Page 631 - ... hath made of one blood all nations of men to dwell on all the face of the earth...
Page 383 - All mankind by their fall, lost communion with God, are under his wrath and curse, and so made liable to all the miseries of this life, to death itself, and to the pains of hell for ever.
Page 730 - ... the principles of piety, justice, and a sacred regard to truth, love to their country, humanity and universal benevolence, sobriety, industry and frugality, chastity, moderation and temperance, and those other virtues which are the ornament of human society, and the basis upon which a republican constitution is founded...
Page 623 - That the selectmen of every town in the several precincts and quarters where they dwell, shall have a vigilant eye over their brethren and neighbors, to see, first, that none of them shall suffer so much barbarism in any of their families, as not to endeavor to teach by themselves or others, their children and apprentices so much learning, as may enable them perfectly to read the English tongue, and knowledge of the capital laws, upon penalty of twenty shillings for each neglect therein...
Page 251 - But a man who is born deaf, dumb, and blind is looked upon by the law as in the same state with an idiot : he being supposed incapable of any understanding, as wanting all those senses which furnish the human mind with ideas.
Page 522 - ... and it is further ordered, that where any town shall increase to the number of one hundred families or householders they shall set up a grammar school, the master thereof being able to instruct youth so far as they may be fitted for the university...
Page 522 - It is therefore ordered, That every township in this jurisdiction, after the Lord hath increased them to the number of fifty householders, shall then forthwith appoint one within their town to teach all such children as shall resort to him to write and read...
Page 590 - ... endeavor to lead their pupils, as their ages and capacities will admit, into a clear understanding of the tendency of the above-mentioned virtues, to preserve and perfect a republican constitution, and secure the blessings of liberty, as well as to promote their future happiness, and also to point out to them the evil tendency of the opposite vices.
Page 587 - Whatsoever things are true, honest, just, pure, lovely, and of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things.