American Quarterly Review, Volume 17Robert Walsh Carey, Lea & Carey, 1835 - American literature |
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... hand , would find it hard to climb . Established institutions are so interwoven with the tenure of property , and the long chain of private rights , that innovation , incautiously conducted , is revolution . We have no such check , and ...
... hand , would find it hard to climb . Established institutions are so interwoven with the tenure of property , and the long chain of private rights , that innovation , incautiously conducted , is revolution . We have no such check , and ...
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... hand upon the evidence of its prac- ticability and profit . All high studies - all purely literary culture -all that warms the imagination , and clusters round the heart , it neglects or despises . Nay , it would almost teach its ...
... hand upon the evidence of its prac- ticability and profit . All high studies - all purely literary culture -all that warms the imagination , and clusters round the heart , it neglects or despises . Nay , it would almost teach its ...
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... hands , that the chief object of primary edu- cation is not knowledge , but discipline , and facilities for acquiring knowledge . The absolute knowledge of things , which the boy learns out of his school books , is next to nothing ...
... hands , that the chief object of primary edu- cation is not knowledge , but discipline , and facilities for acquiring knowledge . The absolute knowledge of things , which the boy learns out of his school books , is next to nothing ...
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... hand , the press can exhibit many noble in- stances of fearless disregard of interest , and magnanimous devo- tion to the true welfare of the nation . But it is in a literary , as well as 16 [ March , Classical Learning .
... hand , the press can exhibit many noble in- stances of fearless disregard of interest , and magnanimous devo- tion to the true welfare of the nation . But it is in a literary , as well as 16 [ March , Classical Learning .
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... hand be correct , " verbum verbo reddens , " he opens not his mouth . He comes to hear , not to teach , and having ... hands of a col- legian , not to teach him what Horace means . Each recitation should be accompanied with something by ...
... hand be correct , " verbum verbo reddens , " he opens not his mouth . He comes to hear , not to teach , and having ... hands of a col- legian , not to teach him what Horace means . Each recitation should be accompanied with something by ...
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