American Ideas about Adult Education, 1710-1951Bureau of Publications, Teachers College, Columbia University, 1959 - 140 pages |
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Page 73
... questions answered , associations formed , and all the conditions guaranteed which tend to promote hope , confidence , ambition , and strong purpose . 7. Where a mature mind desires to use its energies and opportunities to the maximum ...
... questions answered , associations formed , and all the conditions guaranteed which tend to promote hope , confidence , ambition , and strong purpose . 7. Where a mature mind desires to use its energies and opportunities to the maximum ...
Page 95
... question is , How can this be accomplished ? Nobility is more de- sirable than wealth : how can this be brought home to the affections ? This is a very different question from , How can an intellectual apprehension or conviction of this ...
... question is , How can this be accomplished ? Nobility is more de- sirable than wealth : how can this be brought home to the affections ? This is a very different question from , How can an intellectual apprehension or conviction of this ...
Page 119
... question by Congress and the country an overwhelming public senti- ment favors national grants . The favorable opinions given at the hearings and in answer to questions sent out by the commission to educators , employers and em- ployees ...
... question by Congress and the country an overwhelming public senti- ment favors national grants . The favorable opinions given at the hearings and in answer to questions sent out by the commission to educators , employers and em- ployees ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION By C Hartley Grattan | 7 |
A Mechanic on Adult Education | 20 |
On Lectures for Moral and Intellectual | 37 |
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