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... language , arith- metic , geography , or other , that cannot be taught , and more thoroughly , in one - half the time it re- quires at present . I know very well the slippery ground upon which I stand in the estimation of those self ...
... language , arith- metic , geography , or other , that cannot be taught , and more thoroughly , in one - half the time it re- quires at present . I know very well the slippery ground upon which I stand in the estimation of those self ...
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... language of the untutored native have swayed the action of an American Senate . It is the schools which have transformed the chief into a statesman , and the rude maiden of the forest into the accom- plished mistress of our literature ...
... language of the untutored native have swayed the action of an American Senate . It is the schools which have transformed the chief into a statesman , and the rude maiden of the forest into the accom- plished mistress of our literature ...
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... language which adequately express my admiration of this fea- ture in American society ; and , when the prejudices engendered by my own education in an ancient country sometimes rise up within me , I look out mentally to the school ...
... language which adequately express my admiration of this fea- ture in American society ; and , when the prejudices engendered by my own education in an ancient country sometimes rise up within me , I look out mentally to the school ...
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... language which is used by the rest of the human race he is likely to come in con- tact with ; then , that he shall be prepared to under- stand the common arts of civilization , so that the craft of the majority may not lay him under too ...
... language which is used by the rest of the human race he is likely to come in con- tact with ; then , that he shall be prepared to under- stand the common arts of civilization , so that the craft of the majority may not lay him under too ...
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... language ; 2d , as an art ; 3d , as a science . In the primary and grammar schools , drawing is to be regarded as a language for the expression of form with accuracy ; and its acquisition should be as much a matter of method or a matter ...
... language ; 2d , as an art ; 3d , as a science . In the primary and grammar schools , drawing is to be regarded as a language for the expression of form with accuracy ; and its acquisition should be as much a matter of method or a matter ...
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adopted American attention AUGUST 15 blackboard Boston boys branches character Charlestown child civilization class of schools Committee common schools course culture DAVID CROSBY Directors duties elementary Elizabeth Peabody English exer exercise experience fact fair division geometric German girls give given grammar schools Henry Barnard high schools higher human hundred important industrial Institute of Instruction intelligence interest ject knowledge labor lecture lessons Lewiston literature Lowell Mason lower classes man's Mass Massachusetts memory ment mental methods metic mind musical instruction nature Normal School o'clock objects parents perfection person physical plane geometry popular practical present President primary schools professional teacher Prussia public schools pupils reading Real School school-master singing society soul study-plan subordination taught teach drawing thought tion triads WALTER SMITH week whole
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Página 33 - There is that scattereth, and yet increaseth; and there is that withholdeth more •than is meet, and it tendeth to poverty.
Página 114 - If a nation expects to be ignorant and free in a state of civilization, it expects what never was and never will be.
Página 109 - Hitherto it is questionable if all the mechanical inventions yet made have lightened the day's toil of any human being. They have enabled a greater population to live the same life of drudgery and imprisonment, and an increased number of manufacturers and others to make fortunes.
Página 99 - To establish public institutions, rewards, and immunities for the promotion of agriculture, commerce, trades, and manufactures.
Página 36 - Societies, and with individuals. 4. The Treasurer shall collect and receive all' moneys of the Institute, and shall render an accurate statement of all his receipts and payments, annually, and whenever called upon by the Board of Directors ; to whom he shall give such bonds for the faithful performance of his duty, as they shall require. He shall make no payment except by their order.
Página 82 - Education makes a man a more intelligent shoemaker, if that be his occupation, but not by teaching him how to make shoes; it does so by the mental exercise it gives, and the habits it impresses.
Página 111 - I have no conception of any manner in which the popular republican institutions under which we live could possibly be preserved, if early education were not freely furnished to all, by public law, in such forms that all shall gladly avail themselves of it.
Página 37 - These rules may be altered or amended by a vote of two-thirds of the board, by the member or members...
Página 157 - ... the power is the guilt of its use for purposes vain or vile ; and hitherto the greater the art, the more surely has it been used, and used solely, for the decoration of pride,* or the provoking of sensuality. Another course lies open to us. We may abandon the...
Página 87 - The age wants heroes — heroes who shall dare To struggle in the solid ranks of truth ; To clutch the monster error by the throat ; To bear opinion to a loftier seat ; To blot the era of oppression out, And lead a universal freedom in.