The vital knowledge— that by which we have grown as a nation to what we are, and which now underlies our whole existence, is a knowledge that has got itself taught in nooks and corners; while the ordained agencies for teaching have been mumbling little... The State and Charity - Page 86by Thomas Mackay - 1898 - 201 pagesFull view - About this book
| 1859 - 620 pages
...our youth. The vital knowledge — that by which we have grown as a nation to what we are, and which now underlies our whole existence, is a knowledge...have been mumbling little else but dead formulas. We now come to the third great division of human activities — a division for which no preparation... | |
| John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell - 1859 - 618 pages
...our youth. The vital knowledge — that by which we have grown as a nation to what we are, and which now underlies our whole existence, is a knowledge...have been mumbling little else but dead formulas. We now come to the third great division of human activities — a division for which no preparation... | |
| Herbert Spencer - 1860 - 332 pages
...our youth. The vital knowledge — that by which we have grown as a nation to what we are, and which now underlies our whole existence, is a knowledge...have been mumbling little else but dead formulas. We now come to the third great division of human activities — a division for which no preparation... | |
| Herbert Spencer - 1860 - 282 pages
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| Herbert Spencer - 1861 - 210 pages
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| United States. Office of Education - 1871 - 552 pages
...our youth. The vital knowledge — that by which we have grown as a nation to what we are, and which now underlies our whole existence — is a knowledge...have been mumbling little else but dead formulas." EICHARD J. HINTON. EXTRACTS FROM THE SECOND ANNUAL REPORT OF THE BUREAU OF STATISTICS OF LABOR OF MASSACHUSETTS,... | |
| 1895 - 902 pages
...our youth. The vital knowledge — that by which we have grown as a nation to what we are, and which now underlies our whole existence — is a knowledge...have been mumbling little else but dead formulas." Some improvement there has been since Herbert Spencer wrote, but chiefly in technical teaching : and... | |
| Massachusetts. Board of Education - 1873 - 572 pages
...finished. The vital knowledge — that by which we have grown as a nation to what we are, and which now underlies our whole existence, — is a knowledge...have been mumbling little else but dead formulas." These remarks were intended to apply to the schools of England ; but there is too much in them that... | |
| Massachusetts board of educ - 1873 - 570 pages
...finished. The vital knowledge — that by which we have grown as a nation to what we are, and which now underlies our whole existence, — is a knowledge...itself taught in nooks and corners ; while the ordained aiencies for teaching have been mumbling little else but dead formulas." These remarks were intended... | |
| James Leitch - 1876 - 332 pages
...feudal times. The vital knowledge, that by which we have grown as a nation to what we are, and which now underlies our whole existence, is a knowledge...have been mumbling little else but dead formulas.' * Such a charge applies chiefly, of course, to our large public schools and universities ; yet it startles... | |
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