Hints to Parents: In Two PartsWhipple and Lawrence, 1825 - 72 pages |
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... able to draw a straight line in different directions . She then lets him try to draw a line twice as long , and parallel with the former ; the Mother and Child do the same thing , and always proclaim , the Mother what she has done , and ...
... able to draw a straight line in different directions . She then lets him try to draw a line twice as long , and parallel with the former ; the Mother and Child do the same thing , and always proclaim , the Mother what she has done , and ...
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... able to excite in her children religious sentiments ; which , howev- er , she alone can do , and therefore ought to do . : A child should not be left in the first period of its development to the action of its own will : its moral ...
... able to excite in her children religious sentiments ; which , howev- er , she alone can do , and therefore ought to do . : A child should not be left in the first period of its development to the action of its own will : its moral ...
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... able to sustain his attention longer , in observing and hearing about a kitten , a bird , an insect , a flower , & c . than a table , a chair , a bench , & c . although these would make a useful variety . Do you think that colours would ...
... able to sustain his attention longer , in observing and hearing about a kitten , a bird , an insect , a flower , & c . than a table , a chair , a bench , & c . although these would make a useful variety . Do you think that colours would ...
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... able to tell me how many colours there were of each sort , and I would gradually advance to ask him , if there were six blue , and four red , how many more blue there were than red , and how many less red than blue ; he should ...
... able to tell me how many colours there were of each sort , and I would gradually advance to ask him , if there were six blue , and four red , how many more blue there were than red , and how many less red than blue ; he should ...
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... able to teach ; and this is a most valuable power , one that would contribute more to the real improvement and genuine happiness of mankind , than any other ; a power , possessed by few , because the manner in which education has been ...
... able to teach ; and this is a most valuable power , one that would contribute more to the real improvement and genuine happiness of mankind , than any other ; a power , possessed by few , because the manner in which education has been ...
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affections amuse animal Basket Makers birds blessing brothers and sisters carp character chil child Child's heart Christian cing colour cubes CULTIVATION OF CHILDREN delight desire direction Divine Grace dren endeavour evil EXCITING THE ATTENTION exer EXERCISES FOR EXCITING exertion feel flowers follies forest live deer fruit garden George Wilson give glect gradually Granville Sharp gymnastic habit happiness HARVARD COLLEGE hear heart HINTS TO PARENTS infant faculties insect instruction interest Kames knowledge labours lesson Let Mothers lines little pupil manner maternal duties ment mention mind moral obedience objects in nature observe panions perfect perverted education Pestalozzi pleasure POWERS OF CHILDREN practice principle PUBLISHED BY WHIPPLE questions recollect Religion repeat sentences sentiments shew slate SPIRIT OF PESTALOZZI'S STRENGTHENING THE THINKING teach tence tench tender thing THINKING POWERS tion tree turbid unfold WHIPPLE AND LAWRENCE wild boars words young
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Page 59 - Slaves cannot breathe in England ; if their lungs Receive our air, that moment they are free ; They touch our country, and their shackles fall. That's noble, and bespeaks a nation proud And jealous of the blessing. Spread it then, And let it circulate through every vein Of all your empire ; that, where Britain's power Is felt, mankind may feel her mercy too.
Page 29 - Many examples may be put of the force of custom, both upon mind and body ; therefore, since custom is the principal magistrate of man's life, let men, by all means, endeavor to obtain good customs. Certainly, custom is most perfect when it beginneth in young years : this we call education, which is, in effect, but an early custom.
Page 61 - FROM Greenland's icy mountains, From India's coral strand; Where Afric's sunny fountains Roll down their golden sand; From many an ancient river, From many a palmy plain, They call us to deliver Their land from error's chain.
Page 46 - Come, let us go forth into the fields, let us see how the flowers spring, let us listen to the warbling of the birds, and sport ourselves upon the new grass. The winter is over and gone, the buds come out upon the trees, the crimson blossoms of the peach and the nectarine are seen, and the green leaves sprout. The hedges are bordered with tufts of primroses, and yellow cowslips that hang down their heads; and the blue violet lies hid beneath the shade.
Page 63 - It's no in making muckle, mair : It's no in books, it's no in lear, To make us truly blest : If happiness hae not her seat And centre in the breast, We may be wise, or rich, or great, But never can be blest : Nae treasures, nor pleasures, Could make us happy lang ; The heart ay's the part ay, That makes us right or wrang. Think ye, that sic as you and I, Wha drudge and drive thro...
Page 66 - It was the calmness of an intensity, kept uniform by the nature of the human mind forbidding it to be more, and by the character of the individual forbidding it to be less.
Page 61 - What though the spicy breezes Blow soft o'er Ceylon's isle, Though every prospect pleases, And only man is vile ; In vain with lavish kindness The gifts of God are strown; The heathen in his blindness Bows down to wood and stone.
Page 50 - ... strike through your eyelids, begin the day with praising God, who hath taken care of you through the night. Flowers, when you open again, spread your leaves, and smell sweet to His praise. Birds, when you awake, warble your thanks amongst the green boughs; sing to Him before you sing to your mates.
Page 67 - It implied' an inconceivable severity of conviction that he had one thing to do, and that he who would do some great thing in this short life, must apply himself to the work with such a concentration of his forces, as, to idle spectators who live only to amuse themselves, looks like insanity.
Page 49 - I will praise God with my voice ; for I may praise him, though I am but a little child. A few years ago, and I was a little infant, and my tongue was dumb within my mouth : And I did not know the great name of God, for my reason was not come unto me. But now I can speak, and my tongue shall praise him : I can think of all his kindness, and my heart shall love him.