The Introductory Discourse and Lectures of the American Institute of InstructionHilliard, Gray, Little and Wilkins, 1831 |
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... individual mind itself . Without some knowledge of the laws of nature , it is evident . that man would immediately perish . But it is possible for him to have only so much knowledge of them as will barely keep generation after ...
... individual mind itself . Without some knowledge of the laws of nature , it is evident . that man would immediately perish . But it is possible for him to have only so much knowledge of them as will barely keep generation after ...
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... individual . In one thing , how- ever , they agree . Both depend upon powers of mind capable of cultivation ; and , therefore , both are susceptible of receiving benefit beyond any assignable degree , by the progress of ed- ucation . 3 ...
... individual . In one thing , how- ever , they agree . Both depend upon powers of mind capable of cultivation ; and , therefore , both are susceptible of receiving benefit beyond any assignable degree , by the progress of ed- ucation . 3 ...
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... individual's life , and greater wealth than falls to the lot of teachers , are required to col- lect them in numbers sufficient for extensive usefulness . The same may be said of instruments for philosophical re- search . Let these be ...
... individual's life , and greater wealth than falls to the lot of teachers , are required to col- lect them in numbers sufficient for extensive usefulness . The same may be said of instruments for philosophical re- search . Let these be ...
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... individuals , who use it to a considerable extent , and with the most happy results . They endeavour to enforce on their pupils the doctrine that the path of duty is the most easy and most for the interest of the individual to pursue ...
... individuals , who use it to a considerable extent , and with the most happy results . They endeavour to enforce on their pupils the doctrine that the path of duty is the most easy and most for the interest of the individual to pursue ...
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... individuals of the existing generation . Nature has so contrived the human chest that there is no superfluous play of ... individual , under different occurrences . In females , the chest is shorter than in males ; and to compensate for ...
... individuals of the existing generation . Nature has so contrived the human chest that there is no superfluous play of ... individual , under different occurrences . In females , the chest is shorter than in males ; and to compensate for ...
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Seite 236 - tis said, when all were fired, Filled with fury, rapt, inspired, From the supporting myrtles round They...
Seite 4 - Of law there can be no less acknowledged, than that her seat is the bosom of God, her voice the harmony of the world ; all things in heaven and earth do her homage, the very least as feeling her care, and the greatest as not exempted from her power...
Seite 8 - For a wise man, he seemed to me at that time, to be governed too much by general maxims. I speak with the freedom of history, and, I hope, without offence. One or two of these maxims, flowing from an opinion not the most indulgent to our unhappy species, and surely a little too general, led him into measures that were greatly mischievous to himself; and for that reason, among others...
Seite 175 - H' had hard words ready to show why, And tell what rules he did it by ; Else, when with greatest art he spoke, You'd think he talked like other folk.
Seite 239 - ... *I here introduce a fact,' he remarks,' which has been suggested to me by my profession, and that is, that the exercise of the organs of the breast by singing contributes very much to defend them from those diseases to which the climate and other causes expose them.
Seite 17 - Very few things are incapable of being understood, if they be reduced to their ultimate elements. Hence the reason why the power of accurate and natural analysis is so invaluable to a teacher. By simplification and patience, it is astonishing to observe how easily abstruse subjects may be brought within the grasp of even the faculties of children. Let a teacher, then, first understand a subject himself. Let him know that he understands it. Let him reduce it to its natural divisions and its simplest...
Seite 18 - Let exercises be so devised as to make the pupil familiar with its application. Let him construct exercises himself. Let him not leave them until he feels that he understands both the law and its application, and is able to make use of it freely and without assistance.
Seite ii - Co. of the said district, have deposited in this office the title of a book, the right whereof they claim as proprietors, in the words following, to wit : " Tadeuskund, the Last King of the Lenape. An Historical Tale." In conformity to the Act of the Congress of the United States...
Seite 17 - So that it is perfectly true, that if you wished so to teach as to make the mind the fittest possible instrument for discovering, applying, and obeying the laws of the Creator, you would so teach as to give to the mind the greatest amount of knowledge; and, on the contrary, if you wished so to teach as to give to a pupil, in a given time, the greatest amount of knowledge, you would so teach as to render his mind the fittest instrument for discovering, applying, and obeying the laws of its Creator....
Seite 239 - God ; and it should be used as a means of enjoyment, that it may lead us on to devotion. The ear as well as the eye is made the inlet of pleasure, that we may first enjoy it, and then, by learning its value, be made thankful to Him who bestows it. The late President Dwight observed, ' The great end of God in the creation is to make men happy, and he that makes a little child happier for half an hour, is so far a fellow-worker with God.