American Ideas about Adult Education, 1710-1951Bureau of Publications, Teachers College, Columbia University, 1959 - 140 pages |
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... social enjoyment . From the neglect of parents , and other persons of influence , to furnish them with occasions and opportunities to meet for exercises calculated for the instruction and improvement of each other , as well as for the ...
... social enjoyment . From the neglect of parents , and other persons of influence , to furnish them with occasions and opportunities to meet for exercises calculated for the instruction and improvement of each other , as well as for the ...
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... social estate the first and principal task is to hunt up all the heirs and give to each his share . But every member of society is equally the heir to the entire social heritage , and , as we have already seen , all may possess it ...
... social estate the first and principal task is to hunt up all the heirs and give to each his share . But every member of society is equally the heir to the entire social heritage , and , as we have already seen , all may possess it ...
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... social unrest is due in large measure to a lack of a system of practical education fitting workers for the callings . Higher standards of living are a direct result of the better education which makes workers more efficient , thus ...
... social unrest is due in large measure to a lack of a system of practical education fitting workers for the callings . Higher standards of living are a direct result of the better education which makes workers more efficient , thus ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION By C Hartley Grattan | 7 |
A Mechanic on Adult Education | 20 |
On Lectures for Moral and Intellectual | 37 |
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