A History of EducationD. Appleton, 1904 - 408 pages |
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... idea of its civiliza- tion . It may or may not have had a system of schools , but it has possessed instrumentalities for education in the family , civil society , and religious ceremonial , besides its own direct discipline through the ...
... idea of its civiliza- tion . It may or may not have had a system of schools , but it has possessed instrumentalities for education in the family , civil society , and religious ceremonial , besides its own direct discipline through the ...
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... idea as that of the Divine - human God condescending to assume the sorrows and trials of mortal life , all for the sake of the elevation of individual souls , the humblest and weakest as well as the mightiest and most exalted , is ...
... idea as that of the Divine - human God condescending to assume the sorrows and trials of mortal life , all for the sake of the elevation of individual souls , the humblest and weakest as well as the mightiest and most exalted , is ...
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... idea is firmly grasped , it will facilitate a thorough understanding of the educational systems of the East . 1. CHINA CHARACTER OF PEOPLE . - The Chinese empire com- prises a fourth part of the population of the globe . Its people ...
... idea is firmly grasped , it will facilitate a thorough understanding of the educational systems of the East . 1. CHINA CHARACTER OF PEOPLE . - The Chinese empire com- prises a fourth part of the population of the globe . Its people ...
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... idea of filial devotion per- vades the social and political institutions of China . From early childhood the duty of reverence and obedience to parents is carefully and persistently inculcated . The State is looked upon as a great ...
... idea of filial devotion per- vades the social and political institutions of China . From early childhood the duty of reverence and obedience to parents is carefully and persistently inculcated . The State is looked upon as a great ...
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... ideas and customs , and thus prepare it to take its place naturally in the established order of society . It does not aim at a development of the human faculties — it is simply a laborious cramming of the memory . INTEREST IN EDUCATION ...
... ideas and customs , and thus prepare it to take its place naturally in the established order of society . It does not aim at a development of the human faculties — it is simply a laborious cramming of the memory . INTEREST IN EDUCATION ...
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Page 391 - Wisdom and knowledge, as well as virtue, diffused generally among the body of the people, being necessary for the preservation of their rights and liberties; and as these depend on spreading the opportunities and advantages of education in the various parts of the country, and among the different orders of the people, it shall be the duty of legislatures and magistrates, in all future periods of this commonwealth, to cherish the interests of literature and the sciences, and all seminaries of them;...
Page 389 - Washington, a department of education, for the purpose of collecting such statistics and facts as shall show the condition and progress of education in the several States and Territories, and of diffusing such information respecting the organization and management of schools and school systems, and methods of teaching, as shall aid the people of the United States in the establishment and maintenance of efficient school systems, and otherwise promote the cause of education throughout the country.
Page 202 - For the wit and mind of man, if it work upon matter, which is the contemplation of the creatures of God, worketh according to the stuff and is limited thereby; but if it work upon itself, as the spider worketh his web, then it is endless, and brings forth indeed cobwebs of learning, admirable for the fineness of thread and work, but of no substance or profit.
Page 388 - Congress, according to the census of 1860, for the "endowment, support and maintenance of at least one college, where the leading object shall be, without excluding other scientific and classical studies, and including military tactics, to teach such branches of learning as are related to agriculture and the mechanic arts, ... in order to promote the liberal and practical education of the industrial classes in the several pursuits and professions of life.
Page 206 - ... in the entrance of philosophy, when the second causes, which are next unto the senses, do offer themselves to the mind of man, if it dwell and stay there, it may induce some oblivion of the highest cause ; but when a man passeth on...
Page 30 - Therefore shall ye lay up these my words in your heart and in your soul, and bind them for a sign upon your hand, that they may be as frontlets between your eyes.
Page 205 - For men have entered into a desire of learning and knowledge, sometimes upon a natural curiosity and inquisitive appetite; sometimes to entertain their minds with variety and delight ; sometimes for ornament and reputation ; and sometimes to enable them to victory of wit and contradiction ; and most times for lucre and profession ; and seldom sincerely to give a true account of their gift of reason, to the benefit and use of men...
Page 206 - But further, it is an assured truth, and a conclusion of experience, that a little or superficial knowledge of philosophy may incline the mind of man to atheism, but a further proceeding therein doth bring the mind back again to religion. For in the entrance of philosophy, when the second causes, which are next unto the senses, do offer themselves to the mind of man, if it dwell .and stay there it may induce some oblivion of the highest cause ; but when a man passeth...
Page 210 - Hence appear the many mistakes which have made learning generally so unpleasing and so unsuccessful. First, we do amiss to spend seven or eight years, merely in scraping together so much miserable Latin and Greek as might be learned otherwise easily and delightfully in one year.
Page 385 - Nor am I less persuaded that you will agree with me in opinion that there is nothing which can better deserve your patronage than the promotion of science and literature. Knowledge is in every country the surest basis of public happiness.