A History of EducationD. Appleton, 1904 - 408 pages |
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... GERMANY FRANCE , AUSTRIA , AND SWITZERLAND . By L. R. KLEMM , Ph . D. , Principal of the Cincinnati Technical School . Fully illustrated . $ 2.00 . 13. Practical Hints for the Teachers of Public Schools . By GEORGE HOWLAND ...
... GERMANY FRANCE , AUSTRIA , AND SWITZERLAND . By L. R. KLEMM , Ph . D. , Principal of the Cincinnati Technical School . Fully illustrated . $ 2.00 . 13. Practical Hints for the Teachers of Public Schools . By GEORGE HOWLAND ...
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... Germany . By FREDERICK E. BOLTON . $ 1.50 . 48. Advanced Elementary Science . By EDWARD G. HOWE . $ 1.50 . 19. Dickens as an Educator . By JAMES L. HUGHES . $ 1.50 . 50. Principles of Education Practically Applied . By JAMES M ...
... Germany . By FREDERICK E. BOLTON . $ 1.50 . 48. Advanced Elementary Science . By EDWARD G. HOWE . $ 1.50 . 19. Dickens as an Educator . By JAMES L. HUGHES . $ 1.50 . 50. Principles of Education Practically Applied . By JAMES M ...
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... Germany . 322 328 • . 335 345 356 b . France 363 · c . England . 371 d . United States . . 378 ( 1 ) Colonial Period . 379 ( 2 ) National Period .385 e . Conclusion .395 INDEX 401 R A HISTORY OF EDUCATION INTRODUCTION DEFINITION . — The ...
... Germany . 322 328 • . 335 345 356 b . France 363 · c . England . 371 d . United States . . 378 ( 1 ) Colonial Period . 379 ( 2 ) National Period .385 e . Conclusion .395 INDEX 401 R A HISTORY OF EDUCATION INTRODUCTION DEFINITION . — The ...
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... Germany . According to Brahmanism , God is an unconscious but all- pervading spiritual presence , which has unfolded from within itself the material and visible universe . As God is thus believed to be in everything as source or cause ...
... Germany . According to Brahmanism , God is an unconscious but all- pervading spiritual presence , which has unfolded from within itself the material and visible universe . As God is thus believed to be in everything as source or cause ...
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... German tribes ranked as barbarous ; but , in force of character , purity of morals , and nobility of feel- ing , they were far above the Romans . They recognized , in a high degree , the worth of the individual , and were warm defenders ...
... German tribes ranked as barbarous ; but , in force of character , purity of morals , and nobility of feel- ing , they were far above the Romans . They recognized , in a high degree , the worth of the individual , and were warm defenders ...
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Page 379 - I thank God, there are no free schools nor printing, and I hope we shall not have these hundred years. For learning has brought disobedience and heresy, and sects into the world, and printing has divulged them, and libels against the best government. God keep us from both"!
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 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.