The American Journal of Education, Volume 32Henry Barnard F.C. Brownell, 1882 - Education |
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... given as to the best means of giving preliminary stimulus . When the pupil has begun a new subject , he must not , at first , be left to himself . It is not with book - tasks as it is with nature - tasks . Books do not supply ( as ...
... given as to the best means of giving preliminary stimulus . When the pupil has begun a new subject , he must not , at first , be left to himself . It is not with book - tasks as it is with nature - tasks . Books do not supply ( as ...
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... given ? " ( 2 ) of the necessity of reasoning , as well as writing figures . If the pupil had reasoned before he began to write , he would have seen at once that 23 men will take less , not more , time than 5 men to 1 The Author has ...
... given ? " ( 2 ) of the necessity of reasoning , as well as writing figures . If the pupil had reasoned before he began to write , he would have seen at once that 23 men will take less , not more , time than 5 men to 1 The Author has ...
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... given . It presents very little difficulty , if ordinary fractions have been thoroughly mas- tered , and if at first the pupil is constantly reminded of the unex- pressed Denominator . ( 1 ) The Rule for the multiplication of Decimals ...
... given . It presents very little difficulty , if ordinary fractions have been thoroughly mas- tered , and if at first the pupil is constantly reminded of the unex- pressed Denominator . ( 1 ) The Rule for the multiplication of Decimals ...
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... given orally in a very short time occupy much space , and involve much weary and unprofitable repetition . The written exercises should therefore be few , in comparison with the oral ; and before a written exercise is allowed , the ...
... given orally in a very short time occupy much space , and involve much weary and unprofitable repetition . The written exercises should therefore be few , in comparison with the oral ; and before a written exercise is allowed , the ...
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... given it in full , partly because we understand that it contains the record of a lesson which has actually proved successful , partly because many parents or tutors may be desirous of trying this same exercise themselves as a first ...
... given it in full , partly because we understand that it contains the record of a lesson which has actually proved successful , partly because many parents or tutors may be desirous of trying this same exercise themselves as a first ...
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Page 224 - It is true that a little philosophy inclineth man's mind to atheism, but depth in philosophy bringeth men's minds about to religion. For, while the mind of man looketh upon second causes scattered, it may sometimes rest in them and go no further, but, when it beholdeth the chain of them confederate and linked together, it must needs fly to Providence and Deity.
Page 378 - State; and whereas the encouragement of arts and sciences and all good literature tends to the honor of God, the advantage of the Christian religion, and the great benefit of this and the other United States of America...
Page 515 - List his discourse of war, and you shall hear A fearful battle render'd you in music: Turn him to any cause of policy, The Gordian knot of it he will unloose, Familiar as his garter...
Page 315 - Congress, according to the census of 1860, for the "endowment, support and maintenance of at least one college, where the leading object shall be, without excluding other scientific and classical studies, and including military tactics, to teach such branches of learning as are related to agriculture and the mechanic arts, ... in order to promote the liberal and practical education of the industrial classes in the several pursuits and professions of life.
Page 784 - Promote, then, as an object of primary importance, institutions for the general diffusion of knowledge. In proportion as the structure of a government gives force to public opinion, it is essential that public opinion should be enlightened.
Page 288 - ... the interest of which shall be inviolably appropriated, by each state which mav take and claim the benefit of this act, to the endowment, support, and maintenance of at least one college...
Page 532 - But as young men, when they knit and shape perfectly, do seldom grow to a further stature ; so knowledge, while it is in aphorisms and observations, it is in growth : but when it once is comprehended in exact methods, it may perchance be further polished and illustrated and accommodated for use and practice ; but it increaseth no more in bulk and substance.
Page 288 - ... that a sum not exceeding ten per centum upon the amount received by any State under the provisions of this act, may be expended for the purchase of lands for sites or experimental farms, whenever authorized by the respective Legislatures of said States.
Page 775 - Forasmuch as the good education of children is of singular behoof and benefit to any commonwealth ; and whereas many parents and masters are too indulgent and negligent of their duty in that kind : " It is therefore ordered by this court and the authority thereof, that the selectmen of every town in the several precincts and quarters where they dwell, shall have a vigilant eye over their brethren and neighbors, to see, first, that none of them shall suffer so much barbarism in any of their families,...
Page 775 - It being one chief project of that old deluder Satan to keep men from the knowledge of the Scriptures, as in former times by keeping them in an unknown tongue, so in these latter times by persuading from the use of tongues...