The American Journal of Education, Volume 7Henry Barnard F.C. Brownell, 1859 |
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... friends . A few weeks before the meeting of the general assembly in 1855 , he was asked if he would consent to serve the presbytery , as a commissioner to the assembly , and his reply was , " I have never sought any appointment , and ...
... friends . A few weeks before the meeting of the general assembly in 1855 , he was asked if he would consent to serve the presbytery , as a commissioner to the assembly , and his reply was , " I have never sought any appointment , and ...
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... friends at the East . Who can tell the career of honor and usefulness which might have awaited him there had he accepted that important position ? Who can say that a presidency at Nassau Hall , running through a quarter of a century ...
... friends at the East . Who can tell the career of honor and usefulness which might have awaited him there had he accepted that important position ? Who can say that a presidency at Nassau Hall , running through a quarter of a century ...
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... friends desired to lay its foundations deep and broad . They felt that they were going to build for poster- ity as well as for the living . That kind of ephemeral popularity which is so cheaply purchased , and which is never worth the ...
... friends desired to lay its foundations deep and broad . They felt that they were going to build for poster- ity as well as for the living . That kind of ephemeral popularity which is so cheaply purchased , and which is never worth the ...
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... friend , and to confide in him as such . Wherever this mutual confi- dence and affectionate intercourse do not obtain , the connection will neither be happy nor beneficial . " On a subsequent occasion , in the baccalaureate of 1829 , he ...
... friend , and to confide in him as such . Wherever this mutual confi- dence and affectionate intercourse do not obtain , the connection will neither be happy nor beneficial . " On a subsequent occasion , in the baccalaureate of 1829 , he ...
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... friends and pupils , does his body await in hope of the resurrection of the just . He rests from his labors , and his works do follow him . Such a life , when we consider its triumphs , its trials , its influences , and its issues ...
... friends and pupils , does his body await in hope of the resurrection of the just . He rests from his labors , and his works do follow him . Such a life , when we consider its triumphs , its trials , its influences , and its issues ...
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Page 84 - The Lord bless us, and keep us ; the Lord make his face to shine upon us, and be gracious unto us : the Lord lift up his countenance upon us, and give us peace, now and evermore.
Page 478 - Then Paul and Barnabas waxed bold, and said, It was necessary that the word of God should first have been spoken to you: but seeing ye put it from you, and judge yourselves unworthy of everlasting life, lo, we turn to the Gentiles.
Page 272 - I now had access to better books. An acquaintance with the apprentices of booksellers enabled me sometimes to borrow a small one, which I was careful to return soon and clean. Often I sat up in my room reading the greatest part of the night, when the book was borrowed in the evening and to be returned early in the morning, lest it should be missed or wanted.
Page 36 - I have ventured to conduct you to a "hillside, whence you may discern the right path of a virtuous and noble education ; laborious indeed at the first ascent, but else so smooth, so green, so full of goodly prospects and melodious sounds on every side, that the harp of Orpheus was not more charming.
Page 268 - The works touching books are two: first libraries, which are as the shrines where all the relics of the ancient saints, full of true virtue and that without delusion or imposture, are preserved and reposed...
Page 370 - My father's little library consisted chiefly of books in polemic divinity, most of which I read, and have since often regretted that, at a time when I had such a thirst for knowledge, more proper books had not fallen in my way, since it was now resolved I should not be a clergyman.
Page 46 - And let us not be weary in well-doing ; for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.
Page 357 - Mammon led them on, Mammon, the least erected Spirit that fell From Heaven; for even in Heaven his looks and thoughts Were always downward bent, admiring more The riches of Heaven's pavement, trodden gold, Than aught divine or holy else enjoyed In vision beatific.
Page 46 - Lives of great men all remind us We can make our lives sublime, And, departing, leave behind us, Footprints on the sands of time; Footprints, that perhaps another, Sailing o'er life's solemn main, A forlorn and shipwrecked brother, Seeing, shall take heart again.
Page 269 - ... of necromancy, I may here call up any of the ancient worthies of learning, whether human or divine, and confer with them of all my doubts ! that I can at pleasure summon whole synods of reverend fathers, and acute doctors from all the coasts of the earth, to give their well-studied judgments in all points of question which I propose! Neither can I cast my eye casually upon any of these silent masters, but I must learn somewhat; it is a wantonness to complain of choice.