District School Journal, of the State of New-York, Volume 10C. Van Benthuysen and Company, 1849 - Education |
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... adoption . To the too general acquiescence in its correctness , and comprehensiveness , is attrib- utable the low state of schools , the dilapidation of school houses , the incompetency of teachers , the su- perficial character of their ...
... adoption . To the too general acquiescence in its correctness , and comprehensiveness , is attrib- utable the low state of schools , the dilapidation of school houses , the incompetency of teachers , the su- perficial character of their ...
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... adopted with reference to that object . the school a number of pupils , ( either male or Each county in the State is entitled to send to female , ) equal to twice the number of members of the Assembly in such county . The pupils are ap ...
... adopted with reference to that object . the school a number of pupils , ( either male or Each county in the State is entitled to send to female , ) equal to twice the number of members of the Assembly in such county . The pupils are ap ...
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... adopted by the State of New - York in educating this unfortunate class of her citizens . SERMONS , delivered in the Chapel of Brown University , by FRANCIS WAYLAND , President of the University . Boston : Gould , Kendall & Lincoln ...
... adopted by the State of New - York in educating this unfortunate class of her citizens . SERMONS , delivered in the Chapel of Brown University , by FRANCIS WAYLAND , President of the University . Boston : Gould , Kendall & Lincoln ...
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... adopt as our motto and exponent . Who among us will show us any good ? This is the inquiry which to - day brings together so many intelligent minds , and so many warm hearts , kindled by communion with each other into a congenial glow ...
... adopt as our motto and exponent . Who among us will show us any good ? This is the inquiry which to - day brings together so many intelligent minds , and so many warm hearts , kindled by communion with each other into a congenial glow ...
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... adopted the opinion , fancying that she must find means to become fair and young , then would this delusion operate disastrously upon her usefulness and her peace . To give her a looking glass , would then be to show her a good . And ...
... adopted the opinion , fancying that she must find means to become fair and young , then would this delusion operate disastrously upon her usefulness and her peace . To give her a looking glass , would then be to show her a good . And ...
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Page 105 - For the purpose of public instruction, we hold every man subject to taxation in proportion to his property, and we look not to the question whether he himself have or have not children to be benefited by the education for which he pays. We regard it as a wise and liberal system of police, by which property and life and the peace of society are secured.
Page 78 - Seest thou a man wise in his own conceit? there is more hope of a fool than of him.
Page 105 - By general instruction, we seek, as far as possible, to purify the whole moral atmosphere ; to keep good sentiments uppermost, and to turn the strong current of feeling and opinion, as well as the censures of the law and the denunciations of religion, against immorality and crime. We hope for a security beyond the law, and above the law, in the prevalence of enlightened and well-principled moral sentiment.
Page 47 - The spider's most attenuated thread Is cord, is cable, to man's tender tie On earthly bliss; it breaks at every breeze.
Page 33 - The pulsations of the air, once set in motion by the human voice, cease not to exist with the sounds to which they gave rise.
Page 80 - On wheels more swift than eagles' wings : Our life's a clock, and every gasp of breath Breathes forth a warning grief, till Time shall strike a death. How soon Our new-born light Attains to...
Page 56 - Or does he ever say, that there was not an interval of many ages betwixt the first act of creation, described in the first verse of the book of Genesis, and said to have been performed at the beginning; and those more detailed operations, the account of which commences at the second verse, and which are described to us as having been performed in so many days?
Page 33 - ... and in case a levy and sale shall be necessarily made by such collector, he shall be entitled to traveling fees, at the rate of...
Page 149 - The birds of fame have flown. Praise to the man ! A nation stood Beside his coffin with wet eyes, Her brave, her beautiful, her good, As when a loved one dies.
Page 94 - I behold most cheering indications of the near approach of that day, when all shall know the Lord, from the least unto the greatest.