A Digest of the Common School System of the State of New York: Together with the Forms, Instructions, and Decisions of the Superintendent; an Abstract of the Various Local Provisions Applicable to the Several Cities &c.; and a Sketch of the Origin, Progress, and Present Condition of the System |
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... it is a full and correct exposition of that system ; and entitled to the confidence
of officers and inhabitants of school districts , Town and County Superintendents
of common schools , and others interested in the cause of popular education .
... it is a full and correct exposition of that system ; and entitled to the confidence
of officers and inhabitants of school districts , Town and County Superintendents
of common schools , and others interested in the cause of popular education .
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... virtue and wisdom must reign , and vice and ignorance must cease to prevail .
Virtue and wisdom are the parents of private and public felicity : vice and
ignorance , of private and public misery . “ If education be the cause of the
advancement ...
... virtue and wisdom must reign , and vice and ignorance must cease to prevail .
Virtue and wisdom are the parents of private and public felicity : vice and
ignorance , of private and public misery . “ If education be the cause of the
advancement ...
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If education be the cause of the advancement of other nations , it must be
apparent to the most superficial observer of our peculiar political institutions , that
it is essential , not to our prosperity only , but to the very existence of our
government .
If education be the cause of the advancement of other nations , it must be
apparent to the most superficial observer of our peculiar political institutions , that
it is essential , not to our prosperity only , but to the very existence of our
government .
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If we regard it as connected with the cause of religion and morality merely , its
aspect is awfully solemn . But the other view of it already alluded to , is sufficient
to excite the keenest solicitude in the legislative body . It is a subject , let it be ...
If we regard it as connected with the cause of religion and morality merely , its
aspect is awfully solemn . But the other view of it already alluded to , is sufficient
to excite the keenest solicitude in the legislative body . It is a subject , let it be ...
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And the commissioners cannot but hope that that Being who rules the universe in
justice and in mercy , who rewards virtue and punishes vice , will most graciously
deign to smile benignly on the humble efforts of a people , in a cause purely ...
And the commissioners cannot but hope that that Being who rules the universe in
justice and in mercy , who rewards virtue and punishes vice , will most graciously
deign to smile benignly on the humble efforts of a people , in a cause purely ...
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Page 19 - Who can doubt that, in the course of time and things, the fruits of such a plan would richly repay any temporary advantages which might be lost by a steady adherence to it? Can it be that Providence has not connected the permanent felicity of a nation with its virtue? The experiment, at least, is recommended by every sentiment which ennobles human nature. Alas! is it rendered impossible by its vices?
Page 36 - The first duty of government, and the surest evidence of good government, is the encouragement of education. A general diffusion of knowledge is the precursor and protector of republican institutions, and in it we must confide as the conservative power that will watch over our liberties and guard them against fraud, intrigue, corruption and violence.
Page 189 - If the sum of money, payable by any person named in such tax-list, shall not be paid by him or collected by such warrant within the time therein limited, it shall and may be lawful for the trustees to renew such warrant in respect to such delinquent person...
Page 244 - In case any person shall refuse or neglect to pay the tax imposed on him, the collector shall levy the same by distress and sale of the goods and chattels of the person who ought to pay the same, or of any goods and chattels in his possession...
Page 29 - I am happy to have it in my power to Say that my worthy friend Cap! Lewis is recovering fast, he walked a little to day for the first time, I have discontinued the tent in the hole the ball came out...
Page 266 - Any person conceiving himself aggrieved may appeal or petition to the commissioner of education who is hereby authorized and required to examine and decide the same; and the...
Page 235 - ... color of their offices, or for any refusal or omission to perform any duty enjoined by law, and which might have been the subject of an appeal to the superintendent, no costs shall be allowed to the plaintiff, in cases where the court shall certify that it appeared on the trial that the defendants acted in good faith.
Page 198 - When trustees are required or authorized by law, or by a vote of their district, to incur any expenses for such district, and when any expenses incurred by them are made, by express provision of law, a charge upon such district, they may raise the amount thereof by tax in the same manner as if the definite sum to be raised had been voted by a district meeting.
Page 313 - Act; but it shall not be competent for the said Board of Education to decide what version, if any, of the Holy Scriptures, without note or comment, shall be used in any of the schools : Provided, that nothing herein contained shall be so construed as to violate the rights of conscience as secured by the Constitution of this State and of the United States.
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| Title | A Digest of the Common School System of the State of New York: Together with the Forms, Instructions, and Decisions of the Superintendent; an Abstract of the Various Local Provisions Applicable to the Several Cities &c.; and a Sketch of the Origin, Progress, and Present Condition of the System |
| Author | Samuel Sidwell Randall |
| Contributor | New York (State) |
| Publisher | C. Van Benthuysen & Company, 1844 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 25 Apr 2006 |
| Length | 335 pages |
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