Transactions of the ... Annual Meeting of the Western Literary Institute, and College of Professional Teachers, Band 5Josiah Drake, 1836 |
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... better Christian - a better sub- ject , by being enlightened . We , of America , ought to rejoice , whose moral influence is felt from the shores of England and France to the plains of Germany and Prussia . The barriers to knowledge are ...
... better Christian - a better sub- ject , by being enlightened . We , of America , ought to rejoice , whose moral influence is felt from the shores of England and France to the plains of Germany and Prussia . The barriers to knowledge are ...
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... better attention ; for now the period is supposed to have arrived , when all previous- ly contracted bad habits , are to be corrected and laid aside . Now , it is presumed , that the hindrances can be easily removed , and the way for ...
... better attention ; for now the period is supposed to have arrived , when all previous- ly contracted bad habits , are to be corrected and laid aside . Now , it is presumed , that the hindrances can be easily removed , and the way for ...
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... better is as little probable , as that " the Ethiopian should change his skin , or the leopard his spots . " Curative efforts by the influence of moral instruction , are for the most part unavailing . The formation of the char- acter at ...
... better is as little probable , as that " the Ethiopian should change his skin , or the leopard his spots . " Curative efforts by the influence of moral instruction , are for the most part unavailing . The formation of the char- acter at ...
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... better , more substantial than the cheaply furnished material of eulogy - I ask for paternal sympathy and help in her countless , arduous , and momentous duties : and I res- pectfully enter my protest against the current practice , of ...
... better , more substantial than the cheaply furnished material of eulogy - I ask for paternal sympathy and help in her countless , arduous , and momentous duties : and I res- pectfully enter my protest against the current practice , of ...
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... better - they send them to school , and pay considerable , and yet their children don't seem to be much the better . They then begin to find out , that the fault is altogether in the teacher ; he don't understand his business ; or if he ...
... better - they send them to school , and pay considerable , and yet their children don't seem to be much the better . They then begin to find out , that the fault is altogether in the teacher ; he don't understand his business ; or if he ...
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abstract acquired adopted application appointed attention better branches Carstairs cerned character Cincinnati classical College of Professional College of Teachers committee common schools Convention DANIEL DRAKE derived Domestic Education DONALD MCLEOD duty educa elementary emigrants English English language fact favor feel foreign furnish German give Greek Greek language habits human important improvement influence institutions intellectual interest J. L. VAN DOREN JOEL PARKER KINMONT knowledge labor Lane Seminary language Latin learned Lexington M. G. WILLIAMS mathematics means ment Miami University mind moral motion Natural Philosophy nature never object opinion parents Penmanship philosophy practical present President principles profes profession Professional Teachers pupils Quere recommend remarks republican Resolved respect SAMUEL LEWIS scholars signifies society student TALBOTT taught thing tion Transylvania University universal universal suffrage W. H. McGUFFY whole words writing youth
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Seite 1 - Promote, then, as an object of primary importance, institutions for the general diffusion of knowledge. In proportion as the structure of a government gives force to public opinion, it is essential that public opinion should be enlightened.
Seite 69 - And the fourth kingdom shall be strong as iron: forasmuch as iron breaketh in pieces and subdueth all things : and as iron that breaketh all these, shall it break in pieces and bruise.
Seite 69 - And as the toes of the feet were part of iron, and part of clay, so the kingdom shall be partly strong, and partly broken. And whereas thou sawest iron mixed with miry clay, they shall mingle themselves with the seed of men: but they shall not cleave one to another, even as iron is not mixed with clay.
Seite 65 - Also thou shalt not oppress a stranger: for ye know the heart of a stranger, seeing ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.
Seite 239 - Every man that has ever undertaken to instruct others can tell what slow advances he has been able to make, and how much patience it requires to recall vagrant inattention, to stimulate sluggish indifference, and to rectify absurd misapprehension.
Seite 48 - Nothing can be politically right that is morally wrong ; and no necessity can ever sanctify a law that is contrary to equity. Virtue is the soul of a Republic. To promote this, laws for the suppression of vice and immorality will be as ineffectual as the increase and enlargement of jails.
Seite 223 - On the fifth day of the moon, which according to the custom of my forefathers I always keep holy, after having washed myself and offered up my morning devotions, I ascended the high hills of Bagdad in order to pass the rest of the day in meditation and prayer. As I was here airing myself on the tops of the mountains, I fell into a profound contemplation on the vanity of human life ; and passing from one thought to another, " Surely," said I, " man is but a shadow, and life a dream.
Seite 235 - ... not likely to have what is usually termed a command of hand, — a power to execute well — without combining with it a correct idea of the forms of the letters. Execution, then, ought much rather to be the object of the teacher's attention than the mere forms of the letters. The growing taste of a pupil will gradually correct the imperfect, awkward, or fantastic forms he may have given his letters ; but it is not so easy to acquire a masterly command of hand by solitary practice, where the...
Seite 33 - The Western Literary Institute and College of Professional Teachers, according to its constitution adapted in 1834, states: "Whereas the Convention of Teachers assembled in Cincinnati, deeply impressed with the importance of organizing their profession in the Valley of the Mississippi, by a permanent association, in order to promote the sacred interests of Education so far as may be confided to their care, by collecting the distant members, advancing their mutual improvement and elevating the profession...