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Page 23
It covers a field of investigation by far too extensive for our present limits . But in
the belief that much is to be learned from antiquity , we propose to point out some
of the characteristics of republican education as it existed in Greece and Rome .
It covers a field of investigation by far too extensive for our present limits . But in
the belief that much is to be learned from antiquity , we propose to point out some
of the characteristics of republican education as it existed in Greece and Rome .
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Writing was learned at the same time with reading , * and to be ignorant of letters
was a mark of the greatest disgrace . A man who was in this condition was
regarded as wholly unworthy of the privileges of citizenship , and was branded
with ...
Writing was learned at the same time with reading , * and to be ignorant of letters
was a mark of the greatest disgrace . A man who was in this condition was
regarded as wholly unworthy of the privileges of citizenship , and was branded
with ...
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... extended , new sources of knowledge and new subjects of investigation
presented themselves . Learned men flocked to Athens , and students resorted
thither in great numbers for the purpose of acquiring or completing an education
1842.
... extended , new sources of knowledge and new subjects of investigation
presented themselves . Learned men flocked to Athens , and students resorted
thither in great numbers for the purpose of acquiring or completing an education
1842.
Page 30
Their national pride led them ( and not without some reason , ) to regard other
nations when compared with themselves , as barbarians , and the languages of
such nations , if learned at all , were learned not as a means of education , but for
...
Their national pride led them ( and not without some reason , ) to regard other
nations when compared with themselves , as barbarians , and the languages of
such nations , if learned at all , were learned not as a means of education , but for
...
Page 49
To us it appears that on this subject much is to be learned from antiquity . The
importance of religion and the insufficiency of education without it to secure
morality and give permanence to free institutions , are abundantly illustrated by
the ...
To us it appears that on this subject much is to be learned from antiquity . The
importance of religion and the insufficiency of education without it to secure
morality and give permanence to free institutions , are abundantly illustrated by
the ...
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