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Page 26
... influence and power , and are employed in , and pre- pared for schemes and plots involving the most pernicious and dangerous consequences to the private pursuits and public wel- fare of the people . Knowledge is power to the bad as well ...
... influence and power , and are employed in , and pre- pared for schemes and plots involving the most pernicious and dangerous consequences to the private pursuits and public wel- fare of the people . Knowledge is power to the bad as well ...
Page 37
... influence of legitimate education in all times given to poor children by society , in their guardian- ship , discipline , and employment , with its correlative and inci- dental power over youth , ignorance , laziness and crime , is not ...
... influence of legitimate education in all times given to poor children by society , in their guardian- ship , discipline , and employment , with its correlative and inci- dental power over youth , ignorance , laziness and crime , is not ...
Page 44
... named and defined , for the poor , up to thirteen or fourteen years of age , to improve or change the heart ; if the real intention is to produce moral and religious influences and to make men better , then it 44 EDUCATION .
... named and defined , for the poor , up to thirteen or fourteen years of age , to improve or change the heart ; if the real intention is to produce moral and religious influences and to make men better , then it 44 EDUCATION .
Page 45
... influences of universal education , it is seen , have failed . Chief Justice Tilghman , who was a wise judge , and a pious Christian , in the case referred to ( 7 Sergeant & Rawle's Reports ) , said , in 1821 , twenty - two years after ...
... influences of universal education , it is seen , have failed . Chief Justice Tilghman , who was a wise judge , and a pious Christian , in the case referred to ( 7 Sergeant & Rawle's Reports ) , said , in 1821 , twenty - two years after ...
Page 57
... influences of temptations for drinking , mixing with tavern haunters , fire companies , rowdies , becoming reckless ... Influence has come to be all - authority nothing . The son expects to govern the father - the daughter the mother ...
... influences of temptations for drinking , mixing with tavern haunters , fire companies , rowdies , becoming reckless ... Influence has come to be all - authority nothing . The son expects to govern the father - the daughter the mother ...
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