Annual reports on education (ed. by mrs. M. Mann).Horace B. Fuller, 1868 - Education |
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... human life , and the activity of those misguided energies of men which have hitherto almost baffled the beneficent intentions of Nature for human happiness ! Descriptions of battles , sackings of cities , and the captivity of nations ...
... human life , and the activity of those misguided energies of men which have hitherto almost baffled the beneficent intentions of Nature for human happiness ! Descriptions of battles , sackings of cities , and the captivity of nations ...
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... human being will fall into ; and the virtues celebrated are such as few will ever have an opportunity to achieve . Hence sympathy and aver- sion , desire and apprehension , are kept at the highest tension ; but it is upon incidents and ...
... human being will fall into ; and the virtues celebrated are such as few will ever have an opportunity to achieve . Hence sympathy and aver- sion , desire and apprehension , are kept at the highest tension ; but it is upon incidents and ...
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... human mind , has made many books ridiculous and contemptible , which once were con- sulted as oracles , and filled their readers with terror and rever- ential awe . The fictions of the last century , whose texture consists of events ...
... human mind , has made many books ridiculous and contemptible , which once were con- sulted as oracles , and filled their readers with terror and rever- ential awe . The fictions of the last century , whose texture consists of events ...
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... human power . When an uninstructed person looks upon the outward form of a man , he thinks nothing of the skilfully - adjusted organs , nor of the mysterious functions of vitality , within it . The vibrating nerves , which convey ...
... human power . When an uninstructed person looks upon the outward form of a man , he thinks nothing of the skilfully - adjusted organs , nor of the mysterious functions of vitality , within it . The vibrating nerves , which convey ...
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... human means , whether a man shall go through the world and out of it , elated by delusive hopes , or tormented by causeless fears . Among the agencies that operate to these momentous ends , books , certainly , occupy a conspicuous place ...
... human means , whether a man shall go through the world and out of it , elated by delusive hopes , or tormented by causeless fears . Among the agencies that operate to these momentous ends , books , certainly , occupy a conspicuous place ...
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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.