Progressive Education: Observations on the first four years of childhoodLongman, Orme, Brown, Green & Longmans, 1839 - Education |
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... perfection of an ignorant being a disposition most happily calculated for receiving instruction ; and they have besides - what is the perfection of a dependent being unable to provide for his own wants wonderful talent for obtaining ...
... perfection of an ignorant being a disposition most happily calculated for receiving instruction ; and they have besides - what is the perfection of a dependent being unable to provide for his own wants wonderful talent for obtaining ...
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... Christianity is a spirit tending constantly towards perfection . Chris- tian education is a constantly progressive edu- cation . - - -- VOL . I. B INTRODUCTION . - WISHING to describe the progress of life AUTHOR'S PREFACE . xvii.
... Christianity is a spirit tending constantly towards perfection . Chris- tian education is a constantly progressive edu- cation . - - -- VOL . I. B INTRODUCTION . - WISHING to describe the progress of life AUTHOR'S PREFACE . xvii.
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... perfection , which naturally present themselves after the pupil is grown up . Scarcely is the young man freed from the yoke of pater- nal authority before a most powerful sentiment obliges him again to part with at least some portion of ...
... perfection , which naturally present themselves after the pupil is grown up . Scarcely is the young man freed from the yoke of pater- nal authority before a most powerful sentiment obliges him again to part with at least some portion of ...
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... perfection of egotism as well as of elevated and religious feelings . Then it is that the heart of the selfish man grows more and more callous ; and even that personal happiness , to * 2 Cor . iv . 16 . which every thing had been made ...
... perfection of egotism as well as of elevated and religious feelings . Then it is that the heart of the selfish man grows more and more callous ; and even that personal happiness , to * 2 Cor . iv . 16 . which every thing had been made ...
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... perfection , is thus sanctioned and confirmed by religion in the most energetic language . There is a natural instinct in the soul of man which leads him to the desire , the presentiment , of something nearer perfection . He conti ...
... perfection , is thus sanctioned and confirmed by religion in the most energetic language . There is a natural instinct in the soul of man which leads him to the desire , the presentiment , of something nearer perfection . He conti ...
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