The American Journal of Education, Volume 13Henry Barnard F.C. Brownell, 1863 |
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... question , what is my destiny as an individual , and fits me for attaining it ? and 2dly , that which answers the question , what is the destiny of society , and fits me to coöperate in its attainment ? Individual education is gen- eral ...
... question , what is my destiny as an individual , and fits me for attaining it ? and 2dly , that which answers the question , what is the destiny of society , and fits me to coöperate in its attainment ? Individual education is gen- eral ...
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... question that the Christian law of temper- ance , daily labor , good temper and amiable dispositions will do much to preserve health and strength . The health of the mind goes far to make the health of the body ; but we must recollect ...
... question that the Christian law of temper- ance , daily labor , good temper and amiable dispositions will do much to preserve health and strength . The health of the mind goes far to make the health of the body ; but we must recollect ...
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... question hugely significant whose the blood may be . For in this we have whole rivers of predispositions , good or bad , set running in us - as much more powerful to shape our future than all tuitional and regulative influences that ...
... question hugely significant whose the blood may be . For in this we have whole rivers of predispositions , good or bad , set running in us - as much more powerful to shape our future than all tuitional and regulative influences that ...
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... question to a closer point , suppose the child , having so many evidences of piety in his dispositions , to be found at some kind of play in the family prayers , or that he rushes out from such prayers , in a manner that indicates ...
... question to a closer point , suppose the child , having so many evidences of piety in his dispositions , to be found at some kind of play in the family prayers , or that he rushes out from such prayers , in a manner that indicates ...
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... question arises , what are we to do ? Simply to impress upon ourselves and upon all people the importance of laboring in that much neglected branch of human knowledge — the knowledge of our own ignorance ; —and of remember- ing that it ...
... question arises , what are we to do ? Simply to impress upon ourselves and upon all people the importance of laboring in that much neglected branch of human knowledge — the knowledge of our own ignorance ; —and of remember- ing that it ...
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Page 236 - She riseth also while it is yet night, and giveth meat to her household, and a portion to her maidens. She considereth a field, and buyeth it: with the fruit of her hands she planteth a vineyard.
Page 798 - Of Law there can be no less acknowledged, than that her seat is the bosom of God, her voice the harmony of the world : all things in heaven and earth do her homage, the very least as feeling her care, and the greatest as not exempted from her power : both Angels and Men, and creatures of what condition soever, though each in different sort and manner, yet all, with uniform consent, admiring her as the Mother of their peace and joy.
Page 236 - The aged women likewise, that they be in behaviour as becometh holiness, not false accusers, not given to much wine, teachers of good things ; that they may teach the young women to be sober, to love their husbands, to love their children, to be discreet, chaste, keepers at home, good, obedient to their own husbands, that the word of God be not blasphemed.
Page 353 - Above all things, let him never touch a romance or novel ; these paint beauty in colours more charming than nature, and describe happiness that man never tastes. How delusive, how destructive are those pictures of consummate bliss ! They teach the youthful mind to sigh after beauty and happiness which never existed ; to despise the little good which fortune has mixed in our cup, by expecting more than she ever gave...
Page 110 - ... shooting for the lungs and breast; gentle walking for the stomach; riding for the head; and the like. So if a man's wit be wandering, let him study the mathematics; for in demonstrations, if his wit be called away never so little, he must begin again: if his wit be not apt to distinguish or find dif-ferences, let him study the schoolmen; for they are cymini sectores: if he be not apt to beat over matters, and to call up one thing to prove and illustrate another, let him study the lawyers' cases:...
Page 236 - She openeth her mouth with wisdom ; and in her tongue is the law of kindness. She looketh well to the ways of her household, and eateth not the bread of idleness. Her children arise up, and call her blessed; her husband also, and he praiseth her.
Page 361 - Most certainly, Sir; for those who know them have a very great advantage over those who do not. Nay, Sir, it is wonderful what a difference learning makes upon people even in the common intercourse of life, which does not appear to be much connected with it.
Page 801 - For a wise man, he seemed to me at that time, to be governed too much by general maxims. I speak with the freedom of history, and, I hope, without offence. One or two of these maxims, flowing from an opinion not the most indulgent to our unhappy species, and surely a little too general, led him into measures that were greatly mischievous to himself; and for that reason, among others...
Page 236 - Favour is deceitful, and beauty is vain: But a woman that feareth the Lord, she shall be praised. Give her of the fruit of her hands ; And let her own works praise her in the gates.
Page 376 - Children should be led to make their own investigations, and to draw their own inferences. They should be told as little as possible, and induced to discover as much as possible.