American Journal of Education, Volume 3William Russell Wait, Greene, and Company, 1828 - Education |
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... Experienced teachers and parents are those on whom such a work must be chiefly dependent for original matter of true value ; and this , we think , it is in the power of both these classes of persons to fur- nish in various forms . To ...
... Experienced teachers and parents are those on whom such a work must be chiefly dependent for original matter of true value ; and this , we think , it is in the power of both these classes of persons to fur- nish in various forms . To ...
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... Experience , " says , very justly , that " When this ceases to be a valid objection in all cases , the parochial schools will no longer answer their original design . " Now , although the general fitness of our school- masters be ...
... Experience , " says , very justly , that " When this ceases to be a valid objection in all cases , the parochial schools will no longer answer their original design . " Now , although the general fitness of our school- masters be ...
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... experience , and there is rarely any instance in our country to be met with of such large communities of scholars , affording equally excellent and indubitable proofs of order , discipline , emulation , ardent study , and rapid ...
... experience , and there is rarely any instance in our country to be met with of such large communities of scholars , affording equally excellent and indubitable proofs of order , discipline , emulation , ardent study , and rapid ...
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... experienced and accomplished instructer of youth , who has availed himself of observations made in a long course of experience . Every part of this work has been carefully adapted to the business of teaching , and every page has been ...
... experienced and accomplished instructer of youth , who has availed himself of observations made in a long course of experience . Every part of this work has been carefully adapted to the business of teaching , and every page has been ...
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... experience will discover . Through those already mentioned , however , much information may be easily ac- quired , we mean minute , detailed , practical information , such as does not now exist , and such as can hardly be collected in ...
... experience will discover . Through those already mentioned , however , much information may be easily ac- quired , we mean minute , detailed , practical information , such as does not now exist , and such as can hardly be collected in ...
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Page 701 - ... that learning may not be buried in the grave of our fathers in the Church and Commonwealth, the Lord assisting our endeavors, It is therefore ordered, That every township in this jurisdiction, after the Lord hath increased them to the number of fifty householders, shall then forthwith appoint one within their town to teach all such children as shall resort to him to write and read...
Page 239 - Walker's Key to the Classical Pronunciation of Greek, Latin, and Scripture Proper Names.
Page 669 - Nor less I deem that there are Powers Which of themselves our minds impress; That we can feed this mind of ours In a wise passiveness.
Page 199 - State shall be instructed in the English language or be taught English grammar, arithmetic, mathematics and such other branches of knowledge as are most useful and necessary to complete a good English education...
Page 69 - A New Treatise on the Use of the Globes; or, a Philosophical View of the Earth and Heavens: comprehending an Account of the Figure, Magnitude, and Motion of the Earth: with the Natural Changes of its Surface, caused by Floods, Earthquakes, &c.: together with the Principles of Meteorology and Astronomy: with the Theory of Tides, &c.
Page 589 - This Constitution may be amended at any annual meeting of the Association by a two-thirds vote of the members present.
Page 58 - That our sons may be as plants grown up in their youth: that our daughters may be as corner stones, polished after the similitude of a palace...
Page 319 - Report of the Secretary of State in Relation to the Instruction of the Deaf and Dumb in the City of New York.
Page 39 - Then we raise our views to the structure of the heavens; and are again gratified with tracing accurate but most unexpected resemblances. Is it not in the highest degree interesting to find, that the power which keeps...
Page 42 - The highest of all our gratifications in the contemplation of science remains : we are raised by them to an understanding of the infinite wisdom and goodness which the Creator has displayed in all his works. Not a step can we take in any direction without perceiving the most extraordinary traces of design ; and the skill...