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... conceptions of numbers , which resembles , too nearly , the confusion and helplessness of mind felt by those unfortunate island- ers , in their attempts to transcend the limits of 28 EDUCATION OF THE PERCEPTIVE FACULTIES .
... conceptions of numbers , which resembles , too nearly , the confusion and helplessness of mind felt by those unfortunate island- ers , in their attempts to transcend the limits of 28 EDUCATION OF THE PERCEPTIVE FACULTIES .
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... conceptions ; the power which thus embodies sentiment , and gives shape to language and all other modes of expression , is suggestively named " Imagination , " - the imaging faculty . 1 The Sphere of Imagination . - The office of this ...
... conceptions ; the power which thus embodies sentiment , and gives shape to language and all other modes of expression , is suggestively named " Imagination , " - the imaging faculty . 1 The Sphere of Imagination . - The office of this ...
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... conceptions of intellect with the garb of symmetrical expression , forges the golden links of language for the continuous processes of reason , invests sentiment with the living maj- esty and power of utterance , and crowns the inspired ...
... conceptions of intellect with the garb of symmetrical expression , forges the golden links of language for the continuous processes of reason , invests sentiment with the living maj- esty and power of utterance , and crowns the inspired ...
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... conception , till we look at the graphic delineations which form the historical records of Nineveh , or at the symbolic hieroglyphics and the clumsy phonetic characters inscribed on the temples of Egypt , and then con- trast with these ...
... conception , till we look at the graphic delineations which form the historical records of Nineveh , or at the symbolic hieroglyphics and the clumsy phonetic characters inscribed on the temples of Egypt , and then con- trast with these ...
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... conception of meaning . Yet , in not a few schools is it the fact , that even quite young pupils are never asked , in performing a reading exercise , to point out , previous to the pronouncing of a sen- tence , those words in it which ...
... conception of meaning . Yet , in not a few schools is it the fact , that even quite young pupils are never asked , in performing a reading exercise , to point out , previous to the pronouncing of a sen- tence , those words in it which ...
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Page 308 - Promote, then, as an object of primary importance, institutions for the general diffusion of knowledge. In proportion as the structure of a government gives force to public opinion, it is essential that public opinion should be enlightened.
Page 329 - Wisdom and knowledge, as well as virtue, diffused generally among the body of the people, being necessary for the preservation of their rights and liberties; and as these depend on spreading the opportunities and advantages of education in the various parts of the country, and among the different orders of the people...
Page 258 - Of Law there can be no less acknowledged, than that her seat is the bosom of God, her voice the harmony of the world : all things in heaven and earth do her homage, the very least as feeling her care, and the greatest as not exempted from her power : both Angels and Men, and creatures of what condition soever, though each in different sort and manner, yet all, with uniform consent, admiring her as the Mother of their peace and joy.
Page 244 - DEAR common flower, that grow'st beside the way, Fringing the dusty road with harmless gold, First pledge of blithesome May, Which children pluck, and, full of pride uphold, High-hearted buccaneers, o'erjoyed that they An Eldorado in the grass have found, Which not the rich earth's ample round May match in wealth, thou art more dear to me Than all the prouder summer-blooms may be.
Page 327 - That every township in this jurisdiction, after the Lord hath increased them to the number of fifty house-holders, shall then forthwith appoint one within their town (1) Mass. Col. Recs. II. p. 203. to teach all such children as shall resort to him to write and read...
Page 491 - God, who at sundry times, and in divers manners, spake in times past unto the fathers by the prophets, hath in these last days spoken unto us by his Son...
Page 472 - ... although we think we govern our words, and prescribe it well loquendum ut vulgus sentiendum ut sapientes, yet certain it is that words, as a Tartar's bow, do shoot back upon the understanding of the wisest, and mightily entangle and pervert the judgment.
Page 25 - E'er wore his crown as loftily as he Wears the green coronal of leaves with which Thy hand has graced him. Nestled at his root Is beauty, such as blooms not in the glare Of the broad sun. That delicate forest flower, With scented breath, and look so like a smile, Seems, as it issues from the shapeless mould, An emanation of the indwelling Life, A visible token of the upholding Love, That are the soul of this wide universe.
Page 448 - Let it flame or fade, and the war roll down like a wind, We have proved we have hearts in a cause, we are noble still, And myself have awaked, as it seems, to the better mind ; It is better to fight for the good, than to rail at the ill...
Page 314 - God hath tempered the body together, having given more abundant honor to that part which lacked : that there should be no schism in the body ; but that the members should have the same care one for another. And whether one member suffer, all the members suffer with it ; or one member be honored, all the members rejoice with it.