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Page 18
... society ought to be repeated often enough , and in language sufficiently loud and severe , to be heard and attended . to , and understood by all those concerned . Repetition is also in lieu of emphasis , or in the nature of a stress ...
... society ought to be repeated often enough , and in language sufficiently loud and severe , to be heard and attended . to , and understood by all those concerned . Repetition is also in lieu of emphasis , or in the nature of a stress ...
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... society an army of professional vaga- bonds , who have become a 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 ...
... society an army of professional vaga- bonds , who have become a 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 ...
Page 29
... society . They should not all of them be educated as scholars ; some are required to do the necessary work of society ; and there is but a very small propor- tion who are capable of receiving an education in the arts and sciences , and ...
... society . They should not all of them be educated as scholars ; some are required to do the necessary work of society ; and there is but a very small propor- tion who are capable of receiving an education in the arts and sciences , and ...
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... society . To give them skill in the mere manual pursuits of life would produce a race of ignorant , sordid serfs ; and to bring them all up in schools , would turn them out to scramble amongst each other for the common wants of life ...
... society . To give them skill in the mere manual pursuits of life would produce a race of ignorant , sordid serfs ; and to bring them all up in schools , would turn them out to scramble amongst each other for the common wants of life ...
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... society , in their guardian- ship , discipline , and employment , with its correlative and inci- dental power over youth , ignorance , laziness and crime , is not abundantly sufficient . Take Pennsylvania as an example . The ...
... society , in their guardian- ship , discipline , and employment , with its correlative and inci- dental power over youth , ignorance , laziness and crime , is not abundantly sufficient . Take Pennsylvania as an example . The ...
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