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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... practice ? Is it by means of the elements of words , or definitions , or grammars ? Must he know the names of letters and syllables , before he can acquire a word ; and must he rely , for a knowledge of its meaning , on dictiona- ries ...
... practice ? Is it by means of the elements of words , or definitions , or grammars ? Must he know the names of letters and syllables , before he can acquire a word ; and must he rely , for a knowledge of its meaning , on dictiona- ries ...
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... practice of attending to sound , unconnected with sense . We all know how completely man is the crea- ture of habits , and how difficult it is to change them , when once formed . How , then , can it be expected of a child , especially ...
... practice of attending to sound , unconnected with sense . We all know how completely man is the crea- ture of habits , and how difficult it is to change them , when once formed . How , then , can it be expected of a child , especially ...
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... from two to five figures at once ; for , unless he can do this with ease , he will never be an ex- pert accountant . This mode of adding will be found , after a little practice , to be more easy , 40 THE TEACHER'S MANUAL .
... from two to five figures at once ; for , unless he can do this with ease , he will never be an ex- pert accountant . This mode of adding will be found , after a little practice , to be more easy , 40 THE TEACHER'S MANUAL .
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... practice , to be more easy , than the formal , tedious mode of taking one at a time . A great many ab- breviations ought to be pointed out in multiplication ; and the Italian method of performing division , now in use over all the ...
... practice , to be more easy , than the formal , tedious mode of taking one at a time . A great many ab- breviations ought to be pointed out in multiplication ; and the Italian method of performing division , now in use over all the ...
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... practice of getting the teacher to work out the difficult problems , instead of simplifying the subject by a few lead- ing questions . These are perversions , which tend to con- vert a science , that is probably one of the best adapted ...
... practice of getting the teacher to work out the difficult problems , instead of simplifying the subject by a few lead- ing questions . These are perversions , which tend to con- vert a science , that is probably one of the best adapted ...
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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.