Education, Volume 10New England Publishing Company, 1890 |
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... century , inheriting its strange web of belief and unbelief . A better education would have jostled him against the thought of the world and might have given him some philosophy . As it is , he has little confidence in principles , does ...
... century , inheriting its strange web of belief and unbelief . A better education would have jostled him against the thought of the world and might have given him some philosophy . As it is , he has little confidence in principles , does ...
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... centuries ago , issued from Arabia to spread the Islam , had not only lighted the fire of faith in Spain , but had been the guardians and pro- moters of science saved from the ruins of Greece , while elsewhere in Europe barbarism and ...
... centuries ago , issued from Arabia to spread the Islam , had not only lighted the fire of faith in Spain , but had been the guardians and pro- moters of science saved from the ruins of Greece , while elsewhere in Europe barbarism and ...
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... centuries of Prussian and German history , mentions the great deeds of Fred- erick William , the great Elector , of Frederick the Great and his 66 till one successors , and ends with these words 26 [ September , EDUCATION .
... centuries of Prussian and German history , mentions the great deeds of Fred- erick William , the great Elector , of Frederick the Great and his 66 till one successors , and ends with these words 26 [ September , EDUCATION .
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... century ago very little provision was made for the education of girls . If they could read and write , and had a slight acquaint- ance with French and music , they were called accomplished . Yet this poor little pretence of learning was ...
... century ago very little provision was made for the education of girls . If they could read and write , and had a slight acquaint- ance with French and music , they were called accomplished . Yet this poor little pretence of learning was ...
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... century . The eagerness with which girls devoted themselves to the acqui- sition of book knowledge , when they were given the opportunity to go beyond the scant pastures of a primary education , seems to have occasioned general alarm ...
... century . The eagerness with which girls devoted themselves to the acqui- sition of book knowledge , when they were given the opportunity to go beyond the scant pastures of a primary education , seems to have occasioned general alarm ...
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Page 92 - A school or schools shall be established in each county by the legislature for the convenient instruction of youth, with such salaries to the masters paid by the public as may enable them to instruct youth at low prices: And all useful learning shall be duly encouraged and promoted in one or more universities.
Page 92 - The legislature shall, as soon as conveniently may be, provide, by law, for the establishment of schools throughout the State, in such manner that the poor may be taught gratis.
Page 192 - So here hath been dawning Another blue Day: Think wilt thou let it Slip useless away. Out of Eternity This new Day is born; Into Eternity, At night, will return. Behold it aforetime No eye ever did : So soon it forever From all eyes is hid. Here hath been dawning Another blue Day : Think wilt thou let it Slip useless away.
Page 178 - Assembly to encourage by all suitable means moral, intellectual, scientific, and agricultural improvement, and to provide by law for a general and uniform system of common schools, wherein tuition shall be without charge, and equally open to all.
Page 92 - That it be recommended to the respective assemblies and conventions of the United Colonies, where no government sufficient to the exigencies of their affairs has been hitherto established, to adopt such government as shall in the opinion of the representatives of the people, best conduce to the happiness and safety of their constituents in particular, and America in general.
Page 33 - Incipe, parve puer, risu cognoscere matrem ; matri longa decem tulerunt fastidia menses. Incipe, parve puer : cui non risere parentes, nee deus hunc mensa, dea nec dignata cubili est.
Page 79 - For these reasons it has been my ardent wish to see a plan devised on a liberal scale which would have a tendency to spread systematic ideas through all parts of this rising empire, thereby to do away local attachments and state prejudices as far as the nature of things would, or indeed ought to admit, from our national councils.
Page 79 - Item. — I give and bequeath, in perpetuity, the fifty shares which I hold in the Potomac company, (under the aforesaid acts of the Legislature of Virginia,) towards the endowment of a University, to be established within the limits of the district of Columbia, under the auspices of the general government...
Page 168 - The capital of the common school fund, the capital of the literature fund, and the capital of the United States deposit fund, shall be respectively preserved inviolate. The revenue of the said common school fund shall be applied to the support of common schools...
Page 80 - Looking anxiously forward to the accomplishment of so desirable an object as this is (in my estimation) my mind has not been able to contemplate any plan more likely to effect the measure than the establishment of a UNIVERSITY in a central part of the United States...