Jukes-Edwards: A Study in Education and HeredityR.L. Myers & Company, 1900 - 82 pages |
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... less than the physical , mental and moral conver- sions of all classes among the masses at home as well as abroad , in the East as well as in the West . A problem is primarily something thrown at us as a chal- lenge for us to see ...
... less than the physical , mental and moral conver- sions of all classes among the masses at home as well as abroad , in the East as well as in the West . A problem is primarily something thrown at us as a chal- lenge for us to see ...
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... crimes , which mark the doer as a sneak and a coward . These men rob hen roosts , waylay help- less women and old men , steal clothing in hallways , and burn buildings . They are always cowardly about everything THE JUKES 11.
... crimes , which mark the doer as a sneak and a coward . These men rob hen roosts , waylay help- less women and old men , steal clothing in hallways , and burn buildings . They are always cowardly about everything THE JUKES 11.
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... less often of crime . What a picture this presents ! Some slight improvement was apparent when Mr. Dugdale closed his studies . This resulted from evening schools , from manual training schools , from im- proved conditions of labor ...
... less often of crime . What a picture this presents ! Some slight improvement was apparent when Mr. Dugdale closed his studies . This resulted from evening schools , from manual training schools , from im- proved conditions of labor ...
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... less , upon no account except for some real good . Resolved , to maintain the strictest temperance in eating and drinking . Yale in the days of Mr. Edwards was not the Yale of the closing year of the nineteenth cen- tury . It has now ...
... less , upon no account except for some real good . Resolved , to maintain the strictest temperance in eating and drinking . Yale in the days of Mr. Edwards was not the Yale of the closing year of the nineteenth cen- tury . It has now ...
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... doubtless be able to think more clearly , and shall gain time : 1. By lengthening out my life . 2. Shall need less time for digestion after meals . 3. Shall be able to study more closely , without INHERITance anD TRAINING 25.
... doubtless be able to think more clearly , and shall gain time : 1. By lengthening out my life . 2. Shall need less time for digestion after meals . 3. Shall be able to study more closely , without INHERITance anD TRAINING 25.
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Aaron Burr American Andover Theological Seminary born Boston brilliant Burr's CHAPTER character chil child childhood church clergyman Connecticut crime criminals daughters descendant of Jonathan died Dugdale Edwards family eight eleven children eminent family of Jonathan famous father fessor fifty George George Hoadley gradu graduate of Amherst graduate of Harvard graduate of Yale graduated from Yale Hamilton Hamilton College Haven Hoadley honor husband important Indian inheritance intellectual John Jonathan Edwards Jukes large family law school lawyer leader legislature lived LL.D Major Dwight married Rev merchant missionary moral mother never Northampton oldest pastor pauperism physician Pierrpont preached President Timothy Dwight Princeton professor prominent Richard senate Sereno Edwards Dwight sons Stockbridge Indians Theodore Dwight Theodore Dwight Woolsey Theodore William Dwight thinker thirteen Timothy Dwight Timothy Edwards tion twelve twenty Tyler uncle United vigor wards women Woolsey wrote York City young
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Page 36 - BE NOBLE ! and the nobleness that lies In other men, sleeping, but never dead, Will rise in majesty to meet thine own...
Page 38 - She is of a wonderful sweetness, calmness and universal benevolence of mind, especially after this Great God has manifested Himself to her mind. She will sometimes go about from place to place, singing sweetly; and seems to be always full of joy and pleasure, and no one knows for what.
Page 23 - Resolved, That I will do whatsoever I think to be most to the glory of God and my own good, profit and pleasure, in the whole of' my duration; without any consideration of the time, whether now, or never so many myriads of ages hence. Resolved to do whatever I think to be my duty, and most for the good and advantage of mankind in general. Resolved, so to do, whatever difficulties I meet with, how many soever, and how great soever.
Page 23 - Resolved, Never to lose one moment of time, but to improve it in the most profitable way I possibly can.
Page 25 - By a sparingness in diet, and eating as much as may be, what is light and easy of digestion, I shall doubtless be able to think more clearly, and shall gain time; i.
Page 24 - Resolved, Never to speak evil of any one so that it shall tend to his dishonor, more or less, upon no account, except for some real good.
Page 39 - In her directions and reproofs, in matters of importance, she would address herself to the reason of her children, that they might not only know her inclination and will, but at the same time be convinced of the reasonableness of it.
Page 40 - ... them. Her system of discipline was begun at a very early age, and it was her rule, to resist the first, as well as every subsequent exhibition of temper or disobedience in the child, however young...
Page 24 - I give these books for the founding of a college in this colony...
Page 8 - Jukes" is a name given to a large family of degenerates. It is not the real name of any family, but a general term applied to forty-two different names borne by those in whose veins flows the blood of one man. The word "jukes