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... . The objection that secondary education can be entrusted to pri- vate enterprise was answered , in that the work is too extensive , and of too much importance , and does not sufficiently address man's FOURTEENTH ANNIVERSARY . 11.
... . The objection that secondary education can be entrusted to pri- vate enterprise was answered , in that the work is too extensive , and of too much importance , and does not sufficiently address man's FOURTEENTH ANNIVERSARY . 11.
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... important part of our course , and the history of the struggles of the sixteenth century are as fully treated of and discussed as our time will allow . I hold that the truth can be told and taught , in all its substance , without at all ...
... important part of our course , and the history of the struggles of the sixteenth century are as fully treated of and discussed as our time will allow . I hold that the truth can be told and taught , in all its substance , without at all ...
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... importance of leading and fundamental branches of study . An outline or plan of these examinations prepared by Prof. Bradley , by request of Secretary Woolworth , was submitted for the consideration of the Convocation , and the ...
... importance of leading and fundamental branches of study . An outline or plan of these examinations prepared by Prof. Bradley , by request of Secretary Woolworth , was submitted for the consideration of the Convocation , and the ...
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... importance and merit , and on his motion it was made a special order for discussion in the afternoon . Chancellor Pruyn invited the members of the Convocation to meet him at his residence at the close of the evening session . Under the ...
... importance and merit , and on his motion it was made a special order for discussion in the afternoon . Chancellor Pruyn invited the members of the Convocation to meet him at his residence at the close of the evening session . Under the ...
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... important part in modern times , drew its early conception of natural law from the civilians . The important influence of the Roman law upon modern history is alone a sufficient reason for its liberal cultivation at present . III . The ...
... important part in modern times , drew its early conception of natural law from the civilians . The important influence of the Roman law upon modern history is alone a sufficient reason for its liberal cultivation at present . III . The ...
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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.