 | 1905 - 848 pages
...we confidently trust that by the diffusion of general knowledge the political fabric is made secure. By general instruction we seek as far as possible to purify the whole atmosphere." THE GREATER THINGS. Unless I am mistaken, your system of education, admirable as it is,... | |
 | La Salle Extension University - 1909 - 516 pages
...purify the whole moral atmosphere ; to ke good sentiments uppermost, and to turn the strong current feeling and opinion, as well as the censures of the law and t denunciations of religion, against immorality and crime. ^ hope for a security beyond the law, and... | |
 | Nicholas Murray Butler - 1910 - 1152 pages
...should be educated for they are the rulers. Quoting again from Webster's Plymouth oration in 1822 : " By general instruction we seek as far as possible to purify the whole atmosphere, to keep good sentiments uppermost, and to turn the strong current of feeling and opinion,... | |
 | Daniel Webster, Edwin Percy Whipple - 1914 - 786 pages
...of virtue and of knowledge in an early age. We strive to excite a feeling of respectability, and a sense of character, by enlarging the capacity and...instruction, we seek, as far as possible, to purify the whole mora) atmosphere; to keep good sentiments uppermost, and to turn the strong current of feeling and... | |
 | 1852 - 576 pages
...principle of virtue and knowledge in an early age. We hope to excite a feeling of respectability and a sense of character, by enlarging the capacity, and...enjoyment. By general instruction, we seek, as far _ as possible, to purify the whole moral atmosphere ; to keep good sentiments uppermost, and to turn... | |
 | Kenneth Thompson - 2006 - 824 pages
...Curricular instruction as a basis of social order. In his Plymouth oration, Daniel Webster stated: By general instruction we seek as far as possible to purify the whole atmosphere, to keep good sentiments uppermost, and to turn the strong current of feeling and opinion,... | |
 | Edward Royall Tyler, William Lathrop Kingsley, George Park Fisher, Timothy Dwight - 1848 - 628 pages
...principle of virtue and of knowledge in an early age. We hope to excite a feeling of respectability, and a sense of character, by enlarging the capacity, and...feeling and opinion, as well as the censures of the Iaw, and the denunciations of religion, against immorality and crime. We hope for a security, beyond... | |
 | California, California. Legislature - 1864 - 1004 pages
...principle of virtue and of knowledge in an early age. We hope to excite a feeling of respectability and a sense of character by enlarging the capacity and increasing...feeling and opinion, as well as the censures of the ¡aw and the denunciations of religion, against immoral! tj- and crime. We hope for a security beyond... | |
 | 1860 - 398 pages
...excite a feeling of re- selves — would have them learn the tables WELL before spectability, and a sense of character, by enlarging the capacity, and...increasing the sphere of intellectual enjoyment. By general instructions, we seek as far as possible, to purify the whole moral atmosphere, to keep good sentiments... | |
 | Edward Royall Tyler, William Lathrop Kingsley, George Park Fisher, Timothy Dwight - 1848 - 646 pages
...principle of virtue and of knowledge in an early age. We hop« to excite a feeling of respectability, and a sense of character, by enlarging the capacity, and...increasing the sphere of intellectual enjoyment. By general instruclion, we seek, as far a« possible, to purify the whole moral atmosphere, to keep good sentiments... | |
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We hope to excite a feeling of respectability, and a sense of character, by enlarging the capacity, and increasing the sphere of intellectual enjoyment. By general instruction, we seek, as far as possible, to purify the whole moral atmosphere; to keep... 
