American Journal of Education, Volume 3William Russell Wait, Greene, and Company, 1828 - Education |
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... persons who take an interest in im- proving the standard of popular education , would derive much useful information from this work . The press , which is the organ and the advocate of every leading interest in the country , has not ...
... persons who take an interest in im- proving the standard of popular education , would derive much useful information from this work . The press , which is the organ and the advocate of every leading interest in the country , has not ...
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... persons to fur- nish in various forms . To such contributors , whatever be their peculiar views , we shall always feel indebted : -not that we think the value of our publication depends on its quantity of original matter , as long as ...
... persons to fur- nish in various forms . To such contributors , whatever be their peculiar views , we shall always feel indebted : -not that we think the value of our publication depends on its quantity of original matter , as long as ...
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... persons who should come to study the system ; and to this your council has paid most particular attention . Several members , who succeed each other in this function , are charged with examining the certificates for capacity and good ...
... persons who should come to study the system ; and to this your council has paid most particular attention . Several members , who succeed each other in this function , are charged with examining the certificates for capacity and good ...
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... persons who have been chosen as foreign associates , and who , for the most part , have testified their satisfaction in uniting in our intentions and seconding our labours . Since this epoch several other new associates , equally well ...
... persons who have been chosen as foreign associates , and who , for the most part , have testified their satisfaction in uniting in our intentions and seconding our labours . Since this epoch several other new associates , equally well ...
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... persons whose whole emoluments do not amount to £ 25 a year . It is not , however , by merely looking at sums , that we can ever determine the adequacy or inadequacy of official pay at different periods . Little satisfaction , for ...
... persons whose whole emoluments do not amount to £ 25 a year . It is not , however , by merely looking at sums , that we can ever determine the adequacy or inadequacy of official pay at different periods . Little satisfaction , for ...
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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...
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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...
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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...