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... things may not be found at the East ; but simi- lar indications of unfitness for teaching are not very uncom- mon in ... thing in society and civil life , and at the basis of our government . How many feel , in their hearts , too little ...
... things may not be found at the East ; but simi- lar indications of unfitness for teaching are not very uncom- mon in ... thing in society and civil life , and at the basis of our government . How many feel , in their hearts , too little ...
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... things is very intimate . It seems to me that if I cared nothing at all about drawing as such , I should still regard this as one of the most important and suggestive lectures I have heard on the general subject of education . The ...
... things is very intimate . It seems to me that if I cared nothing at all about drawing as such , I should still regard this as one of the most important and suggestive lectures I have heard on the general subject of education . The ...
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... thing more in regard to Mr. Mason , which shows his diligence as an instructor and teacher , eminent in sacred mu- sic in the same way that Professor Silliman was in the study of chemistry ; beginning in the same way , when a popular ...
... thing more in regard to Mr. Mason , which shows his diligence as an instructor and teacher , eminent in sacred mu- sic in the same way that Professor Silliman was in the study of chemistry ; beginning in the same way , when a popular ...
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... thing of his life . Before that , no such thing was allowed . I remember that after Dr. Mason had succeeded in intro- ducing music into the schools of Boston , other cities soon adopted the practice , and when I went to Hartford to ...
... thing of his life . Before that , no such thing was allowed . I remember that after Dr. Mason had succeeded in intro- ducing music into the schools of Boston , other cities soon adopted the practice , and when I went to Hartford to ...
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... things easy ; have substituted plenty for want ; have multi- plied comforts and luxuries a thousand fold ; have measurably removed the hardships which brought premature decrepitude and old age ; they have less- ened the hours of toil ...
... things easy ; have substituted plenty for want ; have multi- plied comforts and luxuries a thousand fold ; have measurably removed the hardships which brought premature decrepitude and old age ; they have less- ened the hours of toil ...
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adopted American attention AUGUST 15 blackboard Boston boys branches character Charlestown child civilization class of schools Committee common schools course culture DAVID CROSBY Directors duties elementary Elizabeth Peabody English exer exercise experience fact fair division geometric German girls give given grammar schools Henry Barnard high schools higher human hundred important industrial Institute of Instruction intelligence interest ject knowledge labor lecture lessons Lewiston literature Lowell Mason lower classes man's Mass Massachusetts memory ment mental methods metic mind musical instruction nature Normal School o'clock objects parents perfection person physical plane geometry popular practical present President primary schools professional teacher Prussia public schools pupils reading Real School school-master singing society soul study-plan subordination taught teach drawing thought tion triads WALTER SMITH week whole
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Page 33 - There is that scattereth, and yet increaseth; and there is that withholdeth more •than is meet, and it tendeth to poverty.
Page 114 - If a nation expects to be ignorant and free in a state of civilization, it expects what never was and never will be.
Page 109 - Hitherto it is questionable if all the mechanical inventions yet made have lightened the day's toil of any human being. They have enabled a greater population to live the same life of drudgery and imprisonment, and an increased number of manufacturers and others to make fortunes.
Page 99 - To establish public institutions, rewards, and immunities for the promotion of agriculture, commerce, trades, and manufactures.
Page 36 - Societies, and with individuals. 4. The Treasurer shall collect and receive all' moneys of the Institute, and shall render an accurate statement of all his receipts and payments, annually, and whenever called upon by the Board of Directors ; to whom he shall give such bonds for the faithful performance of his duty, as they shall require. He shall make no payment except by their order.
Page 82 - Education makes a man a more intelligent shoemaker, if that be his occupation, but not by teaching him how to make shoes; it does so by the mental exercise it gives, and the habits it impresses.
Page 111 - I have no conception of any manner in which the popular republican institutions under which we live could possibly be preserved, if early education were not freely furnished to all, by public law, in such forms that all shall gladly avail themselves of it.
Page 37 - These rules may be altered or amended by a vote of two-thirds of the board, by the member or members...
Page 157 - ... the power is the guilt of its use for purposes vain or vile ; and hitherto the greater the art, the more surely has it been used, and used solely, for the decoration of pride,* or the provoking of sensuality. Another course lies open to us. We may abandon the...
Page 87 - The age wants heroes — heroes who shall dare To struggle in the solid ranks of truth ; To clutch the monster error by the throat ; To bear opinion to a loftier seat ; To blot the era of oppression out, And lead a universal freedom in.