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... never ceased to have a strong hold in the affections of the people , and is as prosperous now as in any previous period of our history . In no part of the world is the Teacher more respected , his talents better appreciated , or do his ...
... never ceased to have a strong hold in the affections of the people , and is as prosperous now as in any previous period of our history . In no part of the world is the Teacher more respected , his talents better appreciated , or do his ...
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... never promising to do more than to get " through by daylight . " Imagine , if you can , the horrors of riding in a crowded stage - coach , day after day , and night after night , for a week or a fortnight ; of the frightful exhaustion ...
... never promising to do more than to get " through by daylight . " Imagine , if you can , the horrors of riding in a crowded stage - coach , day after day , and night after night , for a week or a fortnight ; of the frightful exhaustion ...
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... never been a member . I am happy to state , that , while many of our worthy members have done much good to the Society for Improving Prison Discipline , no one of them has been subjected to prison discipline for the good of society . In ...
... never been a member . I am happy to state , that , while many of our worthy members have done much good to the Society for Improving Prison Discipline , no one of them has been subjected to prison discipline for the good of society . In ...
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... . I think I may say the investigation was careful in regard to every inmate of each institution . Much the larger portion of all those in these institutions never received any systematic training xliv JOURNAL OF PROCEEDINGS .
... . I think I may say the investigation was careful in regard to every inmate of each institution . Much the larger portion of all those in these institutions never received any systematic training xliv JOURNAL OF PROCEEDINGS .
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... never received any systematic training in our public schools . The great truth to be deduced from these statistics is , that it is the duty of every State to provide homes for those who are destitute of one . A large part of the crime ...
... never received any systematic training in our public schools . The great truth to be deduced from these statistics is , that it is the duty of every State to provide homes for those who are destitute of one . A large part of the crime ...
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Página 111 - ... have a vigilant eye over their brethren and neighbors, to see first : that none of them shall suffer so much barbarism in any of their families, as not to endeavor to teach, by themselves or others, their children and apprentices, so much learning, as may enable them perfectly to read the English tongue, and knowledge of the capital laws, upon penalty of twenty shillings for each neglect therein...
Página 119 - God, and for the support and maintenance of public Protestant teachers of piety, religion, and morality, in all cases where such provision shall not be made voluntarily.
Página 111 - Forasmuch as the good education of children is of singular behoof and benefit to any commonwealth, and whereas many parents and masters are too indulgent and negligent of their duty in that kind: It is...
Página 123 - All moneys raised by taxation in the towns and cities for the support of public schools, and all moneys which may be appropriated by the State for the support of common schools, shall be applied to, and expended in, no other schools than those which are conducted according to law, under the order and superintendence of the authorities of the town or city in which the money is to be expended ; and such moneys shall never be appropriated to any religious sect for the maintenance, exclusively, of its...
Página iii - It has grown with our growth, and strengthened with our strength. It has entered into and modified all our institutions, civil and political. None other can be substituted.
Página 119 - III. [As the happiness of a people, and the good order and preservation of civil government, essentially depend upon piety, religion and morality ; and as these cannot be generally diffused through a community, but by the institution of the public worship of God, and of public instructions in piety, religion and morality...
Página 132 - Wisdom and knowledge, as well as virtue, diffused generally among the body of the people, being necessary for the preservation of their rights and liberties; and as these depend on spreading the opportunities and advantages of education in the various parts of the country, and among the different orders of the people, it shall be the duty of...
Página 71 - Subterranea," he speaks of the chemists as a strange class of mortals, impelled by an almost insane impulse to seek their pleasure among smoke and vapour, soot and flame, poisons and poverty. ' Yet among all these evils,' he says, ' I seem to myself to live so sweetly, that may I die if I would change places with the Persian king.
Página 132 - Promote then, as an object of primary importance, institutions for the general diffusion of knowledge. In proportion as the structure of government gives force to public opinion, it is essential that public opinion should be enlightened.
Página 111 - Berkeley, then governor of that province, in an official communication to the lords of the colonies, observed, " I thank God, that there are no free schools nor printing presses here ; and, I hope, that we shall not have them here these hundred years ; for learning has brought disobedience and heresy and sects into the world, and printing hath divulged them in libels against the best governments.