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... labor is productive , and hence some are led to infer that an education must produce similar results . This would seem to be the con- clusion by which almost every mechanic and tradesman is governed , who , if able , most resolutely ...
... labor is productive , and hence some are led to infer that an education must produce similar results . This would seem to be the con- clusion by which almost every mechanic and tradesman is governed , who , if able , most resolutely ...
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... labor . There is not one man in ten thousand who has vigor of in- tellect sufficient for a learned profession . Give children suffi- cient schooling suited for their intended occupations , and set them to work . If they have mental ...
... labor . There is not one man in ten thousand who has vigor of in- tellect sufficient for a learned profession . Give children suffi- cient schooling suited for their intended occupations , and set them to work . If they have mental ...
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... labor , by which they can earn honest livings and lay the founda- tions for future habits of industry . the ex- In the devise made by Stephen Girard , for the education of " poor orphans , " provision is expressly made for their prepara ...
... labor , by which they can earn honest livings and lay the founda- tions for future habits of industry . the ex- In the devise made by Stephen Girard , for the education of " poor orphans , " provision is expressly made for their prepara ...
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... labor , and makes him an idle leech , neither an independent , respectable working man , nor with the caste which is looked for in one who has been educated . He is generally a drone or a vagabond . " There is , perhaps , no trade or ...
... labor , and makes him an idle leech , neither an independent , respectable working man , nor with the caste which is looked for in one who has been educated . He is generally a drone or a vagabond . " There is , perhaps , no trade or ...
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... labor and patient toil . If illite- rate , we are too inert to learn ; make a mark for a signature ; blunder through life in mental darkness ; with ample time and means for research ; and excuse our ignorance by affectations of contempt ...
... labor and patient toil . If illite- rate , we are too inert to learn ; make a mark for a signature ; blunder through life in mental darkness ; with ample time and means for research ; and excuse our ignorance by affectations of contempt ...
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