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Page 27
... common and notorious nuisance to men of education and to the country at large . Unless oppressed , genius will have light , and to a searching and perspicuous intellect , knowledge then becomes power . If the lion knew his strength , he ...
... common and notorious nuisance to men of education and to the country at large . Unless oppressed , genius will have light , and to a searching and perspicuous intellect , knowledge then becomes power . If the lion knew his strength , he ...
Page 32
... common school for all to go to can no more be forced upon the people of the United States , than a common church . The poor school is a part of the pauper law to give the child- ren of the poor necessary mental as well as bodily food ...
... common school for all to go to can no more be forced upon the people of the United States , than a common church . The poor school is a part of the pauper law to give the child- ren of the poor necessary mental as well as bodily food ...
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... common to a mul- titude of minds , and that it by no means requires talents of the highest order . It is still more important that they should be convinced that the great merit , and the great success , of those who have attained to ...
... common to a mul- titude of minds , and that it by no means requires talents of the highest order . It is still more important that they should be convinced that the great merit , and the great success , of those who have attained to ...
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... common wants of life , amidst perilous excitements and crime . A The theory which involves the exclusive application of either of these plans of education is fallacious and destructive . mere scholar , a mere mechanic , a mere tradesman ...
... common wants of life , amidst perilous excitements and crime . A The theory which involves the exclusive application of either of these plans of education is fallacious and destructive . mere scholar , a mere mechanic , a mere tradesman ...
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... common schools ; " es- tablishing and organizing several other school districts , and providing for teachers , and taxes to support them ; and several acts were theretofore , and afterwards passed , extending " free schools " to other ...
... common schools ; " es- tablishing and organizing several other school districts , and providing for teachers , and taxes to support them ; and several acts were theretofore , and afterwards passed , extending " free schools " to other ...
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