The School and the Schoolmaster: A Manual for the Use of Teachers, Employers, Trustees, Inspectors, &c., &c., of Common Schools. In Two Parts |
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... desire for knowl edge . And even industry , although it always brings some blessings to those whom it employs , can still do compara- tively little for men who alienate their higher natures when they labour , or who waste its fruits in ...
... desire for knowl edge . And even industry , although it always brings some blessings to those whom it employs , can still do compara- tively little for men who alienate their higher natures when they labour , or who waste its fruits in ...
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... desires as bound- less as his own immortality . To educate the intellect , then , is to so unfold , direct , and strengthen it , that it shall be prepared to be , through all its future course , a zealous and successful seeker after ...
... desires as bound- less as his own immortality . To educate the intellect , then , is to so unfold , direct , and strengthen it , that it shall be prepared to be , through all its future course , a zealous and successful seeker after ...
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... desires , cross his own inclinations , and purely fol- low what reason directs as best , though the appetite lean the other way . " Again , man begins life without taste . Through his sen- ses , he is early attracted and charmed by what ...
... desires , cross his own inclinations , and purely fol- low what reason directs as best , though the appetite lean the other way . " Again , man begins life without taste . Through his sen- ses , he is early attracted and charmed by what ...
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... desire for knowledge , or a love of good books . He knows as little of his own frame , of the laws of his intellectual and moral nature , of the constitution of the material world , and of the past history of his country and race , as ...
... desire for knowledge , or a love of good books . He knows as little of his own frame , of the laws of his intellectual and moral nature , of the constitution of the material world , and of the past history of his country and race , as ...
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... desire ; while it is forgotten , that that knowledge can be mastered and appropriated only by the vigorous exercise and application of all our intellectual faculties . If the mind of a child , when learning , remains nearly passive ...
... desire ; while it is forgotten , that that knowledge can be mastered and appropriated only by the vigorous exercise and application of all our intellectual faculties . If the mind of a child , when learning , remains nearly passive ...
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Page 18 - Caesar carelessly but nod on him. He had a fever when he was in Spain, And when the fit was on him, I did mark How he did shake : — 'tis true, this god did shake.
Page 329 - O for the coming of that glorious time When, prizing knowledge as her noblest wealth And best protection, this imperial Realm, While she exacts allegiance, shall admit An obligation, on her part, to teach Them who are born to serve her and obey ; Binding herself by statute to secure For all the children whom her soil maintains . The rudiments of letters, and inform The mind with moral and religious truth...
Page 365 - The warbling woodland, the resounding shore, The pomp of groves, and garniture of fields; All that the genial ray of morning gilds, And all that echoes to the song of even, All that the mountain's sheltering bosom shields, And all the dread magnificence of heaven, O how canst thou renounce, and hope to be forgiven ! X.
Page 63 - Let it simply be asked, where is the security for property, for reputation, for life, if the sense of religious obligation desert the oaths which are the instruments of investigation in courts of justice ? And let us with caution indulge the supposition that morality can be maintained without religion. Whatever may be conceded to the influence of refined education on minds of peculiar structure, reason and experience both forbid us to expect that national morality can prevail in exclusion of religious...
Page 74 - Anon they move In perfect phalanx to the Dorian mood Of flutes and soft recorders...
Page 94 - My heart leaps up when I behold A rainbow in the sky : So was it when my life began ; So is it now I am a man ; So be it when I shall grow old, Or let me die ! " The child is father of the man ; And I could wish my days to be Bound each to each by natural piety.
Page 12 - Therefore since custom is the principal magistrate of man's life, let men by all means endeavour to obtain good customs. Certainly custom is most perfect, when it beginneth in young years : this we call education, which is, in effect, but an early custom.
Page 72 - The man that hath no music in himself, Nor is not moved with concord of sweet sounds, Is fit for treasons, stratagems and spoils; The motions of his spirit are dull as night And his affections dark as Erebus: Let no such man be trusted.
Page 14 - I call therefore a complete and generous education that which fits a man to perform justly, skilfully, and magnanimously all the offices both private and public of peace and war.
Page 12 - For nature crescent does not grow alone In thews and bulk; but as this temple waxes, The inward service of the mind and soul Grows wide withal.