Jukes-Edwards: A Study in Education and HeredityR.L. Myers & Company, 1900 - 82 pages |
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... world . A boy of twelve who has lived by his wits is often keener than a boy of the same age who has been well brought up at home and at school , but such a boy knows about as much and is about as much of a ( 7 ) THE JUKES,
... world . A boy of twelve who has lived by his wits is often keener than a boy of the same age who has been well brought up at home and at school , but such a boy knows about as much and is about as much of a ( 7 ) THE JUKES,
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... twelve as he will ever be , while the boy that gets an education becomes more and more of a man as long as he lives . But this might be said a thousand times to every truant , and it would have very little effect , because he thinks ...
... twelve as he will ever be , while the boy that gets an education becomes more and more of a man as long as he lives . But this might be said a thousand times to every truant , and it would have very little effect , because he thinks ...
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... twelve years each in lawless depredations . There were 130 criminals who were convicted more or less often of crime . What a picture this presents ! Some slight improvement was apparent when Mr. Dugdale closed his studies . This ...
... twelve years each in lawless depredations . There were 130 criminals who were convicted more or less often of crime . What a picture this presents ! Some slight improvement was apparent when Mr. Dugdale closed his studies . This ...
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... twelve years of age . When he was but ten years old he , with two other lads about his own age , made a booth of branches in a retired spot in a neighboring wood , where the three went daily for a season of prayer . He began the study ...
... twelve years of age . When he was but ten years old he , with two other lads about his own age , made a booth of branches in a retired spot in a neighboring wood , where the three went daily for a season of prayer . He began the study ...
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... twelve , entered college , there had been , all told , only about fifty graduates . It was during the time that he was a student that the college took the name of Yale . The first year he was there the college was in three places at the ...
... twelve , entered college , there had been , all told , only about fifty graduates . It was during the time that he was a student that the college took the name of Yale . The first year he was there the college was in three places at the ...
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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