 will never be what it might be, and what it ought to be." The remonstrances which he encountered, both on public and private grounds, were vehement and numerous. But on these terms alone had he taken his office : and he solemnly and repeatedly declared,...  The Life and Correspondence of Thomas Arnold - Page 95by Arthur Penrhyn Stanley - 1852 - 725 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1844 - 634 pages
...second, and third duty of a schoolmaster is to get rid of unpromising subjects, a great public school will never be what it might be, and what it ought to be." He made up his opinion on this point very early in his tutorial career, and he adhered rigidly to it... | |
 | Arthur Penrhyn Stanley - 1844 - 422 pages
...would be absolute, that he consented to become a candidate for the post*. Any thing short of removing boys who were clearly incapable of deriving good from...could he hold it, or justify the existence of the public school system in a Christian country. The cases which fell under this rule included all shades... | |
 | Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge - 1844 - 548 pages
...express condition, that he should be perfectly independent in this matter. " Any thing short of removing boys who were clearly incapable of deriving good from...terms could he hold it, or justify the existence of a public school system in a Christian country." — Vol. ip 111. " Few scenes can be recorded more... | |
 | 1844 - 562 pages
...second, and third duty of a schoolmaster is to get rid of unpromising subjects, a great public school will never be what it might be and what it ought to be." Any appearance of disorderly conduct, or symptoms of a rebellious spirit on the part of the boys, excited... | |
 | Arthur Penrhyn Stanley - 1846 - 558 pages
...seem the precise remedy for them ; that the great end of a public school, in short, was to flog the vices out of bad boys. Hence much indignation was...could he hold it, or justify the existence of the public school system in a Christian country. The cases which fell under this rule included all shades... | |
 | 1855 - 462 pages
...Arnold, when he became head-master of Rugby ; of whose early trials his biographer writes thus : — The retention of boys who were clearly incapable of...could he hold it, or justify the existence of the public school system in a Christian country. Indeed, there is a strong analogy between the two men,... | |
 | 1855 - 442 pages
...second, and third duty of a school master is to get rid of unpromising subject!-, a great public school will never be what it might be, and what it ought to be." — Arnold. it is necessary to make known one's own worth ; and when railed at for ignorance by opponents.... | |
 | Arthur Penrhyn Stanley - 1860 - 408 pages
...great, and the difficulty, which he describes in the way of its removal, tended to aggravate the evil. "When first he entered on his post at Rugby there...could he hold it, or justify the existence of the public school system in a Christian country. The cases which fell under this rule included all shades... | |
 | Robert Cochrane (miscellaneous writer) - 1878 - 570 pages
...get rid of uupromising subjects," and until this was done a great public school, he believed, would never be what it might be, and what it ought to be. He endeavoured to make the school work really a religious work, and introduced a prayer before the... | |
 | Robert Cochrane (miscellaneous writer.) - 1881 - 244 pages
...get rid of unpromising subjects,' and until this was done a great public school, he believed, would never be what it might be, and what it ought to be. He endeavoured to make the school work really a religious work, and introduced a prayer before the... | |
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