Prize Essay and Lectures, Delivered Before the American Institute of Instruction ... Including the Journal of Proceedings ..., Том 36American Institute of Instruction, 1866 List of members included in each volume, beginning with 1891. |
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... knowledge of the defects of public instruction . His normal - school plan involved a two - years ' course , admission upon examination , and free tuition . He took all means to urge his project upon the attention of public men and ...
... knowledge of the defects of public instruction . His normal - school plan involved a two - years ' course , admission upon examination , and free tuition . He took all means to urge his project upon the attention of public men and ...
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... knowledge of the principles upon which it is founded , and the means by which it may be preserved . The stars and stripes have new mean- ing to our children . The dear old flag , procured by dime gifts from the pupils , waves over many ...
... knowledge of the principles upon which it is founded , and the means by which it may be preserved . The stars and stripes have new mean- ing to our children . The dear old flag , procured by dime gifts from the pupils , waves over many ...
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... mention , that the war has led to a fuller knowledge of the geography as well as the history of our country . In our own land we now have classic ground , consecrated by the blood of heroes ; historic fields , 14 JOURNAL OF PROCEEDINGS .
... mention , that the war has led to a fuller knowledge of the geography as well as the history of our country . In our own land we now have classic ground , consecrated by the blood of heroes ; historic fields , 14 JOURNAL OF PROCEEDINGS .
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... knowledge still , hence I know . The pupil should early observe that complete forms are sometimes made up from different words or roots . Thus in bonus , melior , optimus , neither the comparative nor superlative comes from bonus , but ...
... knowledge still , hence I know . The pupil should early observe that complete forms are sometimes made up from different words or roots . Thus in bonus , melior , optimus , neither the comparative nor superlative comes from bonus , but ...
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... survey of the whole range of topics . Such a method is slow at first ; but it gives habits of close observation and analysis , power • to reason , and a definite knowledge of fundamental principles 36 JOURNAL OF PROCEEDINGS .
... survey of the whole range of topics . Such a method is slow at first ; but it gives habits of close observation and analysis , power • to reason , and a definite knowledge of fundamental principles 36 JOURNAL OF PROCEEDINGS .
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Страница 132 - ... the principles of piety, justice, and a sacred regard to truth, love to their country, humanity, and universal benevolence, sobriety, industry and frugality, chastity, moderation and temperance, and those other virtues which are the ornament of human society, and the basis upon which a republican constitution is founded...
Страница 19 - I knew that the animal was blind in one eye, because it had cropped the herbage only on one side of its path ; and I perceived that it was lame in one leg from the faint impression which that particular foot had produced upon the sand ; I concluded that the animal had lost one tooth, because, wherever it had grazed, a small tuft of herbage had been left uninjured in the centre of its bite.
Страница 208 - Dynamics in man's fortunes and nature, as well as of Mechanics. There is a science which treats of, and practically addresses, the primary, unmodified forces and energies of man, the mysterious springs of Love, and Fear, and Wonder, of Enthusiasm, Poetry, Religion, all which have a truly vital and infinite character; as well as a science which practically addresses the finite, modified developments of these, when they take the shape of immediate 'motives,' as hope of reward, or as fear of punishment.
Страница 132 - ... their country, humanity and universal benevolence ; sobriety, industry, and frugality ; chastity, moderation and temperance; and those other virtues which are the ornament of human society and the basis upon which a republican constitution is founded ; and...
Страница 208 - To speak a little pedantically, there is a science of Dynamics in man's fortunes and nature, as well as of Mechanics. There is a science which treats of, and practically addresses, the primary, unmodified forces and energies of man, the mysterious springs of Love, and Fear, and Wonder, of Enthusiasm, Poetry, Religion...
Страница 18 - You have lost a camel,' said he to the merchants. ' Indeed we have,' they replied. ' Was he not blind in his right eye, and lame in his left leg ? ' said the dervise. ' He was,
Страница 18 - Most certainly he was,' they replied ; ' and as you have seen him so lately, and marked him so particularly, you can, in all probability, conduct us unto him.' ' My friends,' said the dervise, ' I have never seen your camel, nor ever heard of him but from you.' ' A pretty story, truly,' said the merchants ; ' but where are the jewels which formed a part of his cargo ? ' 'I have neither seen your camel nor your jewels,
Страница 18 - He was,' replied the merchants. ' Had he not lost a front tooth ? ' said the dervise. ' He had,' rejoined the merchants. ' And was he not loaded with honey on one side, and wheat on the other?