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" History, by apprising them of the past, will enable them to judge of the future; it will avail them of the experience of other times and other nations; it will qualify them as judges of the actions and designs of men... "
An Historical, Geographical, Commercial, and Philosophical View of the ... - Page 118
by William Winterbotham - 1795
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Annual Report, Volume 1

United States. Office of Education - 1896 - 1128 pages
...past will enable them to judge of the future; it will avail them of the experience of other times ami other nations; it will qualify them as judges of the actions and designs of men; it. will enable them to know ambition under every disguise it may assume; and knowing...
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The Jeffersonian Cyclopedia: A Comprehensive Collection of the Views of ...

Thomas Jefferson - 1900 - 1082 pages
...education, is proposed, as has been said, to be chiefly historjcal. History, by apprising them of the past, will enable them to judge of the future; it will avail...it will qualify them as judges of the actions and designs of men ; it will enable them to know ambition under every disguise it may assume; and knowing...
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The Life and Writings of ...

Thomas Jefferson - 1900 - 498 pages
...their whole education, is proposed to be chiefly historical. History, by apprising them of the past, will enable them to judge of the future; it will avail...it will qualify them as judges of the actions and designs of men; it will enable them to know ambition under every disguise it may assume; and knowing...
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The Jeffersonian Cyclopedia: A Comprehensive Collection of the Views of ...

Thomas Jefferson - 1900 - 1504 pages
...proposed^as has been said, to be chiefly historical, history, by apprising them of the past, wilr^enable them to judge of the future; it will avail them of...it will qualify them as judges of the actions and design^ of men ; it will enable them to know ambition under every disguise it may assume; and knowing...
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Virginia School Report: Annual Report of the Superintendent of Public ...

Virginia. Department of Education - 1901 - 376 pages
...children's minds stored with valuable historical facts. "History," said he, "by apprising them of the past, will enable them to judge of the future; it will avail...other times and other nations; it will qualify them to act as judges of the actions and designs of men." The late Dr. Herbert B. Adams, Professor of History...
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Master Thoughts of Thomas Jefferson

Thomas Jefferson - 1907 - 246 pages
...all the social relations under which he may be placed. TT" I STORY, by apprising (men) of the past, will enable |"| them to judge of the future ; it will...it will qualify them as judges of the actions and designs of men; it will enable them to know ambition under every disguise it may assume ; and knowing...
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Jefferson Himself: The Personal Narrative of a Many-Sided American

Thomas Jefferson - 1970 - 420 pages
...their whole education, is proposed ... to be chiefly historical. History by apprizing them of the past will enable them to judge of the future; it will avail...it will qualify them as judges of the actions and designs of men; it will enable them to know ambition under every disguise it may assume, and, knowing...
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The Vital Past: Writings on the Uses of History

Stephen Vaughn - 1985 - 426 pages
...education, is proposed, as has been said, to be chiefly historical. History, by apprising them of the past, will enable them to judge of the future; it will avail...it will qualify them as judges of the actions and designs of men ; it will enable them to know ambition under every guise it may assume; and knowing...
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The Lost Soul of American Politics: Virtue, Self-Interest, and the ...

John P. Diggins - 1986 - 430 pages
...learn from history are the patterns and methods of tyranny. "History, by apprizing them of the past, will enable them to judge of the future; it will avail...it will qualify them as judges of the actions and designs of men; it will enable them to know ambition under every disguise it may assume; and knowing...
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Reflections on History and Historians

Theodore S. Hamerow - 1987 - 292 pages
...the guardian of civil liberty. "History, by apprising [the people] of the past," he felt confident, "will enable them to judge of the future; it will...it will qualify them as judges of the actions and designs of men; it will enable them to know ambition under every guise it may assume; and knowing it,...
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