The American Journal of Education, Volume 8Henry Barnard F.C. Brownell, 1860 |
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... important . In truth , when we reflect what is man ; what powers lie within his nature ; to what excellence he can attain , we shall feel that nothing can be more unworthy than to waste his strength in effeminacy 14 MAN - HIS DIGNITY ...
... important . In truth , when we reflect what is man ; what powers lie within his nature ; to what excellence he can attain , we shall feel that nothing can be more unworthy than to waste his strength in effeminacy 14 MAN - HIS DIGNITY ...
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... important distinction between man and beast . As birds have born in them the capacity for flying , horses for drawing , and wild beasts their untamableness , so is the faculty of thinking peculiar to man . Although one man may possess ...
... important distinction between man and beast . As birds have born in them the capacity for flying , horses for drawing , and wild beasts their untamableness , so is the faculty of thinking peculiar to man . Although one man may possess ...
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... important task of education , to eradicate the charac- teristic ideas , thoughts and reflections of youth , so far as they are capable of such ; since the thoughts , like the will , ought to begin with obedience . HEGEL . Man is ...
... important task of education , to eradicate the charac- teristic ideas , thoughts and reflections of youth , so far as they are capable of such ; since the thoughts , like the will , ought to begin with obedience . HEGEL . Man is ...
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... important planting - time , not only for earth , but also for heaven . TISCHER . There are three kinds of bad schools : the antique - dogmatic , which merely teach to read the catechism , arithmetic , and writing ; the merely ...
... important planting - time , not only for earth , but also for heaven . TISCHER . There are three kinds of bad schools : the antique - dogmatic , which merely teach to read the catechism , arithmetic , and writing ; the merely ...
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... important subjects ; theories of religion and morals , ethical principles and development of character , theory of the duties and rights of citizens , their relations to the authorities and to the state , general knowledge of the laws ...
... important subjects ; theories of religion and morals , ethical principles and development of character , theory of the duties and rights of citizens , their relations to the authorities and to the state , general knowledge of the laws ...
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Page 380 - The eyes of all wait upon thee; and thou givest them their meat in due season. Thou openest thine hand, and satisfiest the desire of every living thing.
Page 477 - Be it a weakness, it deserves some praise, We love the play-place of our early days. The scene is touching, and the heart is stone That feels not at that sight, and feels at none.
Page 478 - Though mangled, hack'd, and hew'd, not yet destroy'd ; The little ones, unbutton'd, glowing hot, Playing our games, and on the very spot ; As happy as we once, to kneel and draw The chalky ring, and knuckle down at taw...
Page 286 - That every labouring sinew strains, Those in the deeper vitals rage : Lo ! Poverty, to fill the band, That numbs the soul with icy hand, And slow-consuming Age. To each his sufferings : all are men, Condemn'd alike to groan; The tender for another's pain, Th
Page 380 - And God said, Let the earth bring forth the living creature after his kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the earth after his kind: and it was so.
Page 375 - In this was manifested the love of God toward us, because that God sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through him. Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins.
Page 470 - Thy nightly visits to my chamber made, That thou might'st know me safe and warmly laid; Thy morning bounties ere I left my home, The biscuit, or...
Page 352 - But this I say, He which soweth sparingly shall reap also sparingly; and he which soweth bountifully shall reap also bountifully. Every man according as he purposeth in his heart, so let him give ; not grudgingly, or of necessity : for God loveth a cheerful giver.
Page 286 - Alas! regardless of their doom The little victims play; No sense have they of ills to come Nor care beyond to-day: Yet see how all around 'em wait The ministers of human fate And black Misfortune's baleful train!
Page 69 - Thy wife shall be as a fruitful vine by the sides of thine house: thy children like olive plants round about thy table.