Circular of Information of the Bureau of Education, for ..., Volume 6U.S. Government Printing Office, 1886 - Education |
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... minds , and voices , and that those placed semicircularly below that line comprise the arts that deal with solids and surfaces , upon the masses and colors and shapes that one mind and one hand may in great measure conceive , design ...
... minds , and voices , and that those placed semicircularly below that line comprise the arts that deal with solids and surfaces , upon the masses and colors and shapes that one mind and one hand may in great measure conceive , design ...
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... mind ? nothing to provide for but its brain ? Do we think that there is no more natural way of learning morals than by the receipt and repe- tition of moral precepts ? Do we believe that we can neglect and per- vert the method of Nature ...
... mind ? nothing to provide for but its brain ? Do we think that there is no more natural way of learning morals than by the receipt and repe- tition of moral precepts ? Do we believe that we can neglect and per- vert the method of Nature ...
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... mind and soul in their natural order of importance for the time being . Instruction should become more suggestive as time passes on , but with this the pupil should be required to work more specifically and precisely within the ...
... mind and soul in their natural order of importance for the time being . Instruction should become more suggestive as time passes on , but with this the pupil should be required to work more specifically and precisely within the ...
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... mind , should also , for the culture of the heart , teach the principles and practice of vocal music . The emotion aroused by inactive contem- plation is faint compared with that caused by active participation in producing a beautiful ...
... mind , should also , for the culture of the heart , teach the principles and practice of vocal music . The emotion aroused by inactive contem- plation is faint compared with that caused by active participation in producing a beautiful ...
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... mind and the hand have been trained . Man is a social , not a solitary being ; and to fit him for healthy association with his kind it is needful to educate his sympathies and his tastes . The lack of this social training often is as ...
... mind and the hand have been trained . Man is a social , not a solitary being ; and to fit him for healthy association with his kind it is needful to educate his sympathies and his tastes . The lack of this social training often is as ...
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Page 125 - State which may take and claim the benefit of this act, to 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...
Page 43 - ... knowledge in the principles of politics and good government, and, as a matter of infinite importance in my judgment, by associating with each other and forming friendships in juvenile years, be enabled to free themselves in a proper degree from those local prejudices and habitual jealousies which have just been mentioned, and which, when carried to excess, are never-failing sources of disquietude to the public mind, and pregnant of mischievous consequences to this country.
Page 30 - The proceeds of all lands that have been or hereafter may be granted by the United States to this State for the support of schools, which shall hereafter be sold or disposed of, and the five hundred thousand acres of land granted to the new states under an act of Congress distributing the proceeds of the public lands among the several states of the Union, approved AD 1841, and all estates of deceased persons, who may have died without leaving a will or heir ; and also such per cent.
Page 63 - Harvard, the affirmative of the thesis, whether it be lawful to resist the supreme magistrate, if the Commonwealth cannot otherwise be preserved.
Page 115 - I call therefore a complete and generous education, that which fits a man to perform justly, skilfully, and magnanimously all the offices, both private and public, of peace and war.
Page 37 - Mr. Wythe continued to be my faithful and beloved mentor in youth, and my most affectionate friend through life. In 1767, he led me into the practice of the law at the bar of the General court, at which I continued until the Revolution shut up the courts of justice...
Page 23 - ... demand, for the promotion of literature, the arts and sciences, as may be authorized by the terms of such grant. And it shall be the duty of the legislature as soon as may be. to provide effectual means for the improvement and permanent security of the funds of said university.
Page 44 - ... to be vested in more stock, and so on, until a sum adequate to the accomplishment of the object is obtained ; of which I have not the smallest doubt, before many years pass away, even if no aid or encouragement is given by the legislative authority, or from any other source.
Page 31 - No public money shall ever be appropriated for the support of any sectarian or denominational school, or any school not under the exclusive control of the officers of the public schools ; nor shall any sectarian or denominational doctrine be taught, or instruction thereon be permitted, directly or indirectly, in any of the common schools of this State.
Page 83 - ... their country, humanity and universal benevolence ; sobriety, industry, and frugality ; chastity, moderation and temperance; and those other virtues which are the ornament of human society and the basis upon which...