A History of EducationD. Appleton, 1886 - 343 pages |
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... Mean- while the pupils must get along as best they can ; but the teacher must not be disturbed . The teacher , however , is great on the subject of caste - on what should be eaten , what abstained from ; on idolizing the Brahmans and ...
... Mean- while the pupils must get along as best they can ; but the teacher must not be disturbed . The teacher , however , is great on the subject of caste - on what should be eaten , what abstained from ; on idolizing the Brahmans and ...
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... means of it Egypt was raised far above all the nations of antiquity , both in regard to her civil institutions and her advancement in the sciences . Hence , even the Greeks in ancient times were accus- tomed to borrow their politics and ...
... means of it Egypt was raised far above all the nations of antiquity , both in regard to her civil institutions and her advancement in the sciences . Hence , even the Greeks in ancient times were accus- tomed to borrow their politics and ...
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... means of culture . " It is not the custom in Egypt , " says Diodo- rus , " to learn gymnastics and music ; it is believed that the former is dangerous to the youth , and that the latter is not only useless , but even hurtful , because ...
... means of culture . " It is not the custom in Egypt , " says Diodo- rus , " to learn gymnastics and music ; it is believed that the former is dangerous to the youth , and that the latter is not only useless , but even hurtful , because ...
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... means of livelihood . Any father that neglected to give his sons a practical training , forfeited all claims upon their support in his old age . This measure of Solon's laid a solid foundation for the prosperity of the state , and ...
... means of livelihood . Any father that neglected to give his sons a practical training , forfeited all claims upon their support in his old age . This measure of Solon's laid a solid foundation for the prosperity of the state , and ...
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... means imparted instruction in public places , receiving but little remuneration . Reading and writing were the subjects first studied . In teaching reading , the Athenian in- structor employed the alphabetic system , and encount- ered ...
... means imparted instruction in public places , receiving but little remuneration . Reading and writing were the subjects first studied . In teaching reading , the Athenian in- structor employed the alphabetic system , and encount- ered ...
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Page 185 - The end then of learning is to repair the ruins of our first parents by regaining to know God aright, and out of that knowledge to love him, to imitate him, to be like him, as we may the nearest by possessing our souls of true virtue, which, being united to the heavenly grace of faith, makes up the highest perfection.
Page 314 - 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 legislatures and magistrates, in all future periods of this commonwealth, to cherish the interests of literature and the sciences, and all seminaries of them;...
Page 312 - Washington, a department of education, for the purpose of collecting such statistics and facts as shall show the condition and progress of education in the several States and Territories, and of diffusing such information respecting the organization and management of schools and school systems, and methods of teaching, as shall aid the people of the United States in the establishment and maintenance of efficient school systems, and otherwise promote the cause of education throughout the country.
Page 177 - For men have entered into a desire of learning and knowledge, sometimes upon a natural curiosity and inquisitive appetite; sometimes to entertain their minds with variety and delight; sometimes for ornament and reputation; and sometimes to enable them to victory of wit and contradiction; and most times for lucre and profession; and seldom sincerely to give a true account of their gift of reason, to the benefit and use of men...
Page 182 - Three poets in three distant ages born, Greece, Italy, and England did adorn; The first in loftiness of thought surpassed, The next in majesty; in both the last. The force of Nature could no further go, To make a third she joined the former two.
Page 183 - ... that by labour and intense study, (which I take to be my portion in this life) joined with the strong propensity of nature, I might perhaps leave something so written to aftertimes, as they should not willingly let it die.
Page 311 - Congress, according to the census of 1860, for the "endowment, support and maintenance of at least one college, where the leading object shall be, without excluding other scientific and classical studies, and including military tactics, to teach such branches of learning as are related to agriculture and the mechanic arts, ... in order to promote the liberal and practical education of the industrial classes in the several pursuits and professions of life.
Page xvii - I call therefore a complete and generous education that which fits a man to perform justly, skillfully, and magnanimously all the offices both private and public of peace and war.
Page 176 - ... in the entrance of philosophy, when the second causes, which are next unto the senses, do offer themselves to the mind of man, if it dwell and stay there, it may induce some oblivion of the highest cause ; but when a man passeth on...
Page 176 - But further, it is an assured truth, and a conclusion of experience, that a little or superficial knowledge of philosophy may incline the mind of man to atheism, but a further proceeding therein doth bring the mind back again to religion. For in the entrance of philosophy, when the second causes, which are next unto the senses, do offer themselves to the mind of man, if it dwell .and stay there it may induce some oblivion of the highest cause ; but when a man passeth...