Mr. Mann's Seventh Annual Report: Education in Europe1844 - Education - 200 pages |
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Page 74
... speaking , however , music is taught ; and in Ger- many , where the blind , like all other classes of society , are taught music very thoroughly , I saw a common mode of per- formance on the organ which is very unusual in America . The ...
... speaking , however , music is taught ; and in Ger- many , where the blind , like all other classes of society , are taught music very thoroughly , I saw a common mode of per- formance on the organ which is very unusual in America . The ...
Page 75
... speaking as others speak , -alone restores him to society . That this can be done , and substantially in all cases , I have had abundant proof ; -nay , though an entire stran- ger , and speaking a foreign language , I have been able to ...
... speaking as others speak , -alone restores him to society . That this can be done , and substantially in all cases , I have had abundant proof ; -nay , though an entire stran- ger , and speaking a foreign language , I have been able to ...
Page 76
... speaking is accompanied by a new position of the organs of speech , and by a greatly increased action of the chest ; and it is immediately followed by a movement or recognition on the part of the third person . The pupil's hands are ...
... speaking is accompanied by a new position of the organs of speech , and by a greatly increased action of the chest ; and it is immediately followed by a movement or recognition on the part of the third person . The pupil's hands are ...
Page 77
... speaking , be said to learn sounds ; he only learns motions and vibrations , the former by the eye , the latter by the touch . The parties being seated as I have before described , so that the light shines full upon the teacher's face ...
... speaking , be said to learn sounds ; he only learns motions and vibrations , the former by the eye , the latter by the touch . The parties being seated as I have before described , so that the light shines full upon the teacher's face ...
Page 78
... speak , consists in train- ing them to arrange the organs of speech into all these posi- tions , and to practise , at ... speaking . An extraordinary fact , and one which throws great light upon the constitution of the mind , is , that ...
... speak , consists in train- ing them to arrange the organs of speech into all these posi- tions , and to practise , at ... speaking . An extraordinary fact , and one which throws great light upon the constitution of the mind , is , that ...
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Page 177 - ... it shall be the duty of such instructors to 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 196 - They beseech us to exchange the luxuries of sense for the joys of charity, and thus give to the world the example of a nation whose wisdom increases with its prosperity, and whose virtues are equal to its power. For these ends they enjoin upon us a more earnest, a more universal, a more religious devotion of our exertions and resources to the culture of the youthful mind and heart of the nation. Their gathered voices assert the eternal truth that, in a republic, ignorance is a crime ; and that private...
Page 137 - They rose ia their seats, they flung out both hands, their eyes kindled, and their voices became almost vociferous as they cried out the names of the different places, which under the magic of the teacher's crayon rose into view. Within ten minutes from the commencement of the lesson, there stood upon the...
Page 116 - Before the child is even permitted to learn his letters, he is under conversational instruction, frequently for six months or a year ; and then a single week is sufficient to introduce him into intelligible and accurate plain reading.
Page 145 - Music was not only tanght in school as an accomplishment, but used as a recreation. It is a moral means of great efficacy. Its practice promotes health ; it disarms anger, softens rough and turbulent natures, socializes, and brings the whole mind, as it were, into a state of fusion, from which condition the teacher can mould it into what forms he will, as it cools and hardens.
Page 88 - And they blessed Rebekah, and said unto her, Thou art our sister, be thou the mother of thousands of millions, and let thy seed possess the gate of those which hate them.
Page 73 - Those who, at the present day, would reject an improvement because of the place of its oiigin, belong to the same school of bigotry with those who inquired if any good could come out of Nazareth; and what infinite blessings would the world have lost had that party been punished by success...
Page 130 - ... separating the processes, or rules, so much as we do from each other. The pupils proceed less by rule, more by an understanding of the subject. It often happens to our children that while engaged in one rule, they forget a preceding. Hence, many of our best teachers have frequent reviews. But there, as I stated above, the youngest classes of children were taught addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division, promiscuously, in Ilic same lesson. And so it was in the later stages. The mind...
Page 82 - 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 178 - live peaceably with all men" (Horn. с!Цхн. v. 17), even with those of a different religious persuasion. Our Saviour, Christ, commanded his disciples to "love one another." He taught them to love even their enemies, to bless those that cursed them, and to pray for those who persecuted them. He himself prayed for his murderers. Many men hold erroneous doctrines, bat we ought not to hate or persecute them.