American Ideas about Adult Education, 1710-1951Bureau of Publications, Teachers College, Columbia University, 1959 - 140 pages |
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... better fitted for it . To do this I would establish a library which , in its main department and purpose , should ... better and better books ; and can , I be- lieve , by a little judicious help , rather than by any direct control or ...
... better fitted for it . To do this I would establish a library which , in its main department and purpose , should ... better and better books ; and can , I be- lieve , by a little judicious help , rather than by any direct control or ...
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... better education than any one else . There is noth- ing that is more truly educative , nothing that better insures a correct distribution of the affections , than philanthropic work of the right sort , undertaken , not in a spirit of ...
... better education than any one else . There is noth- ing that is more truly educative , nothing that better insures a correct distribution of the affections , than philanthropic work of the right sort , undertaken , not in a spirit of ...
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... better , and that they will not be better until they are better educated . They try everything but the one thing that has any prospect of being effectual . As the people are , so are their rulers . And what sort of rulers are people ...
... better , and that they will not be better until they are better educated . They try everything but the one thing that has any prospect of being effectual . As the people are , so are their rulers . And what sort of rulers are people ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION By C Hartley Grattan | 7 |
A Mechanic on Adult Education | 20 |
On Lectures for Moral and Intellectual | 37 |
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