Letters on the Elementary Principles of Education, Volume 1S.H. Parker, 1825 |
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... experience , as a small addition to the general stock . It appears to her , that upon the important sub- ject of education rules are less necessary than principles ; and that it is by implicitly following the former , as they have been ...
... experience , as a small addition to the general stock . It appears to her , that upon the important sub- ject of education rules are less necessary than principles ; and that it is by implicitly following the former , as they have been ...
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... experience ; he will literally " sow in hope , and reap in joy , bringing his sheaves with him . " So to the writer of the following letters it ap- pears to be with regard to the work of Educa- tion , which , without some knowledge of ...
... experience ; he will literally " sow in hope , and reap in joy , bringing his sheaves with him . " So to the writer of the following letters it ap- pears to be with regard to the work of Educa- tion , which , without some knowledge of ...
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... experience the double disadvantage arising from original conformation of mind , and a defective education . From the quick- ness of our perceptions we are frequently liable , " where we see a little , to imagine a great deal , and so ...
... experience the double disadvantage arising from original conformation of mind , and a defective education . From the quick- ness of our perceptions we are frequently liable , " where we see a little , to imagine a great deal , and so ...
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... experienced by all ; but as the term made use of to explain these effects may not be familiar to every reader of my own sex , a few observations upon it may not be unacceptable . This was omitted in the former edi- tion , from a ...
... experienced by all ; but as the term made use of to explain these effects may not be familiar to every reader of my own sex , a few observations upon it may not be unacceptable . This was omitted in the former edi- tion , from a ...
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... experience and reflection may not be able to furnish : but this is no more than she would find necessary , in order to learn the principles of Whist or Cassino ; for who can expect to play to advantage without a know- ledge of the rules ...
... experience and reflection may not be able to furnish : but this is no more than she would find necessary , in order to learn the principles of Whist or Cassino ; for who can expect to play to advantage without a know- ledge of the rules ...
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Page 127 - For that which I do I allow not: for what I would, that do I not; but what I hate, that do I.
Page 170 - As the strength of the body lies chiefly in being able to endure hardships, so also does that of the mind. And the great principle and foundation of all virtue and worth is placed in this, that a man is able to deny himself his own desires, cross his own inclinations, and purely follow what reason directs as best, though the appetite lean the other way.
Page 237 - To a woman, whether civilized or savage, I never addressed myself in the language of decency and friendship, without receiving a decent and friendly answer. With man it has often been otherwise.
Page 237 - I have observed among all nations, that the women ornament themselves more than the men; that, wherever found, they are the same kind, civil, obliging, humane, tender beings; that they are ever inclined to be gay and cheerful, timorous and modest. They do not hesitate, like man, to perform a hospitable or generous action; not haughty, nor arrogant, nor supercilious, but full of courtesy and fond of society...
Page 237 - ... the appellation of benevolence, these actions have been performed in so free and so kind a manner, that if I was dry I drank the sweetest draught, and if hungry, I ate the coarsest morsel, with a double relish.
Page 27 - ... following : First, to cultivate all the various principles of our nature, both speculative and active, in such a manner as to bring them to the greatest perfection of which they are susceptible ; and, secondly, by watching over the impressions and associations which the mind receives in early life, to secure it against the influence of prevailing errors, and, as far as possible, to engage its prepossessions on the side of truth.
Page 234 - WHEN civil dudgeon first grew high, And men fell out they knew not why ; When hard words, jealousies, and fears, Set folks together by the ears...
Page 68 - Now therefore ye are no more strangers and foreigners, but fellowcitizens with the saints, and of the household of God ; and are built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner stone ; in whom all the building fitly framed together groweth unto an holy temple in the Lord : in whom ye also are builded together for an habitation of God through the Spirit.
Page 191 - But's happier than me : For I have known The luscious sweets of plenty; every night Have slept with soft content about my head, And never wak'd but to a joyful morning ; Yet now must fall like a full ear of corn, Whose blossom 'scap'd, yet's wither'd in the ripening.
Page 189 - But the subjects of the Byzantine empire, who assume and dishonour the names both of Greeks and Romans, present a dead uniformity of abject vices, which are neither softened by the weakness of humanity nor animated by the vigour of memorable crimes. The...