Annual report of the College of hadji Mohammud Moshin and its subordinate institutions

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Page 9 - It is a pleasure to stand upon the shore and to see ships tossed upon the sea; a pleasure to stand in the window of a castle and to see a battle and the adventures thereof below; but no pleasure is comparable to the standing upon the vantage ground of truth...
Page 10 - But superstition hath been the confusion of many states, and bringeth in a new primum mobile, that ravisheth all the spheres of government. T*he master of superstition is the people ; and in all superstition wise men follow fools ; and arguments are fitted to practice, in a reversed order.
Page 10 - In some fair body thus th' informing soul With spirits feeds, with vigour fills the whole, Each motion guides, and every nerve sustains; Itself unseen, but in th' effects remains. Some, to whom Heaven in wit has been profuse, Want as much more to turn it to its use; For wit and judgment often are at strife, Though meant each other's aid, like man and wife.
Page 10 - Convinc'd, amaz'd, he checks the bold design, And rules as strict his labour'd work confine As if the Stagyrite o'erlook'd each line.
Page 10 - ... many, that perhaps would otherwise cooperate with him ; and makes a man walk almost alone, to his own ends. The third and greatest is, that it depriveth a man of one of the most principal instruments for action ; which is trust and belief.
Page 10 - Those rules of old, discover'd, not devis'd, Are nature still, but nature methodiz'd : Nature, like liberty, is but restrain'd By the same laws which first herself ordain'd. Hear how learn'd Greece her useful rules indites When to repress and when indulge our flights : High on Parnassus...
Page 16 - The first of these fellowships would be attended with no additional expense to the College. The fellowshipholder takes the place of one of the masters of the Upper School, and receives the salary attached to the situation. «' The second fellowship would be attended with some expense, but with no more than would be fully repaid to the College by the fellowshipholder in the discharge of his prescribed duties. " These two fellowships would form a commencement ; but it is obvious that if the system...
Page 29 - Essay upon the following subject, viz. : " On the tendency of Literature to improve and elevate the mind, with especial reference to the benefits now resulting to this country from the diffusion of English Literature.
Page 19 - ... of the session. 5. The following additional scholarAdditional Rule, ship rule has been promulgated by the Council of Education. " That when a junior or senior scholarship lapses, the vacancy for the current session is to be filled up by the free scholar whose name stands first in the list of free scholars of the class to which the vacant scholarship belongs.
Page 16 - School might always be a Fellowship-holder, who would perform, for the period for which the Fellowship is tenable, the regular duties of a Master. Another Fellowship-holder might be very usefully employed in teaching, under the direction of one of the Professors, a class or section of a class of the College Department, and in assisting whenever required in examining exercises.

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