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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... Entered , according to Act of Congress , in the year 1842 , by HARPER & BROTHERS , In the Clerk's Office of the Southern District of New - York . Education Book Purchase Fund 371 P866 ADVERTISEMENT . It is proper to state , that this 71971.
... Entered , according to Act of Congress , in the year 1842 , by HARPER & BROTHERS , In the Clerk's Office of the Southern District of New - York . Education Book Purchase Fund 371 P866 ADVERTISEMENT . It is proper to state , that this 71971.
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... Districts , incorpora- ted Academies , and County Clerks ' Offices of the State of New - York , as well as in the hands of the Governors of the several states , and of the Deputy Superintendents of Common Schools in the several counties ...
... Districts , incorpora- ted Academies , and County Clerks ' Offices of the State of New - York , as well as in the hands of the Governors of the several states , and of the Deputy Superintendents of Common Schools in the several counties ...
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... to Act of Congress , in the year 1842 , by HARPER & BROTHERS , In the Clerk's Office of the Southern District of New - York . Education Book Pureliase Fund 371 P 866 ADVERTISEMENT . It is proper to state , that this 71971.
... to Act of Congress , in the year 1842 , by HARPER & BROTHERS , In the Clerk's Office of the Southern District of New - York . Education Book Pureliase Fund 371 P 866 ADVERTISEMENT . It is proper to state , that this 71971.
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... Districts , incorpora- ted Academies , and County Clerks ' Offices of the State of New - York , as well as in the hands of the Governors of the several states , and of the Deputy Superintendents of Common Schools in the several counties ...
... Districts , incorpora- ted Academies , and County Clerks ' Offices of the State of New - York , as well as in the hands of the Governors of the several states , and of the Deputy Superintendents of Common Schools in the several counties ...
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... Districts V. The Improvement of Common Schools ( continued ) . Or- ganization in Cities . - 1 . District System . 2. Mon- itorial . 3. Fächer System . 4. American System . 5. Diversity of Class - books VI . Same Subject continued ...
... Districts V. The Improvement of Common Schools ( continued ) . Or- ganization in Cities . - 1 . District System . 2. Mon- itorial . 3. Fächer System . 4. American System . 5. Diversity of Class - books VI . Same Subject continued ...
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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.