The Teacher's Manual: Being an Exposition of an Efficient and Economical System of Education, Suited to the Wants of a Free People |
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... advantages of industry , perseverance , economy , and temperance ; the disadvantages of indolence , instability ... advantage from the remarks on the deficiencies of the moral department of the schools . a teacher , however , will not ...
... advantages of industry , perseverance , economy , and temperance ; the disadvantages of indolence , instability ... advantage from the remarks on the deficiencies of the moral department of the schools . a teacher , however , will not ...
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... advantages of school education , leaving , of course , entirely out of view those gifted minds which are scattered sparsely over every country , who rise , in spite of every impediment , and to whom , in fact , mankind are chiefly ...
... advantages of school education , leaving , of course , entirely out of view those gifted minds which are scattered sparsely over every country , who rise , in spite of every impediment , and to whom , in fact , mankind are chiefly ...
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... advantage , also , which might be derived from the study of this science , the ac- quisition of habits of reasoning and patient investigation , is entirely lost . 4th . They teach Geography . But for what purpose ? A knowledge of ...
... advantage , also , which might be derived from the study of this science , the ac- quisition of habits of reasoning and patient investigation , is entirely lost . 4th . They teach Geography . But for what purpose ? A knowledge of ...
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... advantage over those of the rich ; for such , unfortunately , are the weakness and folly of the latter , that the health of their offspring is too fre- quently sacrificed , at the shrine of their vanity and love of display . Fashion ...
... advantage over those of the rich ; for such , unfortunately , are the weakness and folly of the latter , that the health of their offspring is too fre- quently sacrificed , at the shrine of their vanity and love of display . Fashion ...
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... advantage of the pupil . So far is this occa- sionally lost sight of , that , sometimes , the children will learn to regard themselves and teacher as opposites to each other ; as having two distinct interests ; it being their master's ...
... advantage of the pupil . So far is this occa- sionally lost sight of , that , sometimes , the children will learn to regard themselves and teacher as opposites to each other ; as having two distinct interests ; it being their master's ...
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Page 117 - To some secure and more than mortal height, That liberates and exempts me from them all. It turns submitted to my view, turns round With all its generations ; I behold The tumult, and am still.
Page 117 - That liberates and exempts me from them all. It turns submitted to my view, turns round With all its generations ; I behold The tumult, and am still. The sound of war Has lost its terrors ere it reaches me ; Grieves, but alarms me not.
Page 51 - I shall detain you now no longer in the demonstration of what we should not do, but straight conduct you to a hillside, where I will point you out the right path of a virtuous and noble education ; laborious, indeed, at the first ascent, but else so smooth, so green, so full of goodly prospect, and melodious sounds on every side, that the harp of Orpheus was not more charming.
Page 215 - I care not, fortune, what you me deny : You cannot rob me of free nature's grace ; You cannot shut the windows of the sky, Through which Aurora shows her brightening face ; You cannot bar my constant feet to trace The woods and lawns, by living stream, at eve Let health my nerves and finer fibres brace, And I their toys to the great children leave : Of fancy, reason, virtue, nought can me bereave.
Page 117 - He sucks intelligence in every clime, And spreads the honey of his deep research At his return — a rich repast for me. He travels, and I too. I tread his deck, Ascend his topmast, through his peering eyes Discover countries, with a kindred heart Suffer his woes, and share in his escapes ; While fancy, like the finger of a clock, Runs the great circuit, and is still at home.
Page 211 - Tia a lesson you should heed, Try, try again ; If at first you don't succeed, Try, try again ; Then your courage should appear, For, if you will persevere, You will conquer, never fear ; Try, try again.
Page 245 - Lacedemonians, that honest people, more virtuous than polite, rose up all to a man, and with the greatest respect received him among them. The Athenians being suddenly touched with a sense of the Spartan virtue, and their own degeneracy, gave a thunder of applause ; and. the old man cried out, " The Athenians understand what is good, but the Lacedemonians practise it
Page 245 - Athens, during a public representation of some play exhibited in honour of the commonwealth, that an old gentleman came too late for a place suitable to his age and quality. Many of the young gentlemen, who observed the difficulty and confusion he was in, made signs to him that they would accommodate him, if he came where they sat.
Page 3 - I call therefore a complete and generous education, that which fits a man to perform justly, skilfully, and magnanimously all the offices, both private and public, of peace and war.
Page 226 - Accustom your children (said he) constantly to this; if a thing happened at one window, and they, when relating it, say that it happened at another, do not let it pass, but instantly check them; you do not know where deviation from truth will end.