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... departments . It becomes a ques- tion of interest whether this convention shall assume a permanent form and meet at stated intervals , either annually , biennially or triennially . In the opinion of the committee , it seems eminently ...
... departments . It becomes a ques- tion of interest whether this convention shall assume a permanent form and meet at stated intervals , either annually , biennially or triennially . In the opinion of the committee , it seems eminently ...
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... department of knowledge . He held that pro- fessional men and specialists are much better for a broad and generous culture to begin with . He thought they should know Latin and Greek , so much at least as is now required for admission ...
... department of knowledge . He held that pro- fessional men and specialists are much better for a broad and generous culture to begin with . He thought they should know Latin and Greek , so much at least as is now required for admission ...
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... departments , whose religious faith , or whose lack of any faith , as it had nothing to do with their appointment , so it has nothing to do with the discharge of their duties ; and among the objections which have been made against this ...
... departments , whose religious faith , or whose lack of any faith , as it had nothing to do with their appointment , so it has nothing to do with the discharge of their duties ; and among the objections which have been made against this ...
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... department of knowledge- possessing a strong and practical mind , and having the resolute will , the self - possession , the discretion , affability , taste and aspirations requisite for a popular leader . Very generally , except in our ...
... department of knowledge- possessing a strong and practical mind , and having the resolute will , the self - possession , the discretion , affability , taste and aspirations requisite for a popular leader . Very generally , except in our ...
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... departments of chemistry , zoology , geology , astronomy ? Shall some of the best rooms be set apart for drawing - rooms and com- mencement dinners , or shall accommodation be afforded for museums and laboratories ? What do convenience ...
... departments of chemistry , zoology , geology , astronomy ? Shall some of the best rooms be set apart for drawing - rooms and com- mencement dinners , or shall accommodation be afforded for museums and laboratories ? What do convenience ...
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Página 81 - And he gave it for his opinion, that whoever could make two ears of corn, or two blades of grass to grow upon a spot of ground where only one grew before, would deserve better of mankind, and do more essential service to his country, than the whole race of politicians put together.
Página 101 - tis not to me she speaks: Two of the fairest stars in all the heaven, Having some business, do entreat her eyes To twinkle in their spheres till they return.
Página 44 - Wisdom and knowledge, as well as virtue, diffused generally among the body of the people, being necessary for the preservation of their rights and liberties ; and as these depend on spreading the opportunities and advantages of education in the various parts of the country, and among the different orders of the people, it shall be the duty of Legislatures and magistrates, in all future periods of this Commonwealth, to cherish the interests of literature and the sciences, and all seminaries of them...
Página 81 - And he spake of trees, from the cedar tree that is in Lebanon even unto the hyssop that springeth out of the wall: he spake also of beasts, and of fowl, and of creeping things, and of fishes.
Página 112 - Civilization, taken in its wide ethnographic sense, is that complex whole which includes knowledge, belief, art, morals, law, custom, and any other capabilities and habits acquired by man as a member of society.
Página 83 - But as I climbed the long slope of the Alban Mount, the storm swept finally to the north, and the noble outline of the domes of Albano, and graceful darkness of its ilex grove, rose against pure streaks of alternate blue and amber...
Página 92 - I will tell you, gentlemen, what has been the practical error of the last twenty years, — not to load the memory of the student with a mass of undigested knowledge, 25 but to force upon him so much that he has rejected all. It has been the error of distracting and enfeebling the mind by an unmeaning profusion of subjects; of implying that a smattering in a dozen branches of study is not shallowness, which it really is, but enlargement, which it is not...
Página 83 - Far up into the recesses of the valley, the green vistas arched like the hollows of mighty waves of some crystalline sea, with the arbutus flowers dashed along their flanks for foam, and silver flakes of orange spray tossed into the air around them, breaking over the grey walls of rock into a thousand separate stars, fading and kindling alternately as the weak wind lifted and let them fall.
Página 104 - Th' expressive glance — whose subtle comment draws Entranced attention, and a mute applause ; Gesture that marks, with force and feeling fraught, A sense in silence, and a will in thought ; Harmonious speech, whose pure and liquid tone Gives verse a music, scarce confess'd its own ; As light...
Página 128 - Green be the turf above thee, Friend of my better days ! None knew thee but to love thee, Nor named thee but to praise.