A History of EducationD. Appleton, 1886 - 343 sider |
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Side 38
... of careful , scientific thought , and enlarged views of its nature are promul- gated . It is controlled by higher principles . The range of studies is widened . Beautiful results are ob- 38 THE ANCIENT CLASSICAL NATIONS .
... of careful , scientific thought , and enlarged views of its nature are promul- gated . It is controlled by higher principles . The range of studies is widened . Beautiful results are ob- 38 THE ANCIENT CLASSICAL NATIONS .
Side 39
Franklin Verzelius Newton Painter. range of studies is widened . Beautiful results are ob- tained , as exhibited in the physical and intellectual life of the people . No other nations have exerted such im- measurable influence upon the ...
Franklin Verzelius Newton Painter. range of studies is widened . Beautiful results are ob- tained , as exhibited in the physical and intellectual life of the people . No other nations have exerted such im- measurable influence upon the ...
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... beautiful district in Central Greece . In size it was hardly equal to one of our coun- ties ; and , at the time of its greatest prosperity , it did not number more than half a million people , of whom nearly four hundred thousand were ...
... beautiful district in Central Greece . In size it was hardly equal to one of our coun- ties ; and , at the time of its greatest prosperity , it did not number more than half a million people , of whom nearly four hundred thousand were ...
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... beautiful , indeed , in body and mind , but stained with ignoble passions . The Greek could not rise above his gods . In many points , how- ever , the moral education of Athens is worthy of com- mendation . Patriotism and courage ...
... beautiful , indeed , in body and mind , but stained with ignoble passions . The Greek could not rise above his gods . In many points , how- ever , the moral education of Athens is worthy of com- mendation . Patriotism and courage ...
Side 55
... beautiful , as an aesthetic con- ception , is not the supreme end of life . the useful are of higher significance . man was not fully grasped in Attica . cluded from all education , and women were held in servile subordination ...
... beautiful , as an aesthetic con- ception , is not the supreme end of life . the useful are of higher significance . man was not fully grasped in Attica . cluded from all education , and women were held in servile subordination ...
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Side 28 - Therefore shall ye lay up these my words in your heart and in your soul, and bind them for a sign upon your hand, that they may be as frontlets between your eyes. And ye shall teach them your children, speaking of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.
Side 191 - The end then of learning is to repair the ruins of our first parents by regaining to know God aright, and out of that knowledge to love him, to imitate him, to be like him, as we may the nearest by possessing our souls of true virtue, which, being united to the heavenly grace of faith, makes up the highest perfection.
Side 332 - Wisdom and knowledge, as well as virtue, diffused generally among the body of the people, being necessary for the preservation of their rights and liberties ; and as these depend on spreading the opportunities and advantages of education in the various parts of the country, and among the different orders of the people...
Side 318 - Education, for the purpose of collecting such statistics and facts as shall show the condition and progress of education in the several States and Territories, and of diffusing such information respecting the organization and management of schools and school systems and methods of teaching as shall aid the people of the United States in the establishment and maintenance of efficient school systems, and otherwise promote the cause of education throughout the country.
Side 183 - But the greatest error of all the rest is the mistaking or misplacing of the last or furthest end of knowledge. For men have entered into a desire of learning and knowledge, sometimes upon a natural curiosity and inquisitive appetite; sometimes to entertain their minds with variety and delight; sometimes for ornament and reputation; and sometimes to enable them to victory of wit and contradiction; and most times for lucre and profession; and seldom sincerely to give a true account of their gift of...
Side 317 - ... 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.
Side 182 - ... in the entrance of philosophy, when the second causes, which are next unto the senses, do offer themselves to the mind of man, if it dwell and stay there, it may induce some oblivion of the highest cause; but when a man passeth on...
Side 307 - 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.
Side 192 - Hence appear the many mistakes which have made learning generally so unpleasing and so unsuccessful. First, we do amiss to spend seven or eight years, merely in scraping together so much miserable Latin and Greek as might be learned otherwise easily and delightfully in one year.
Side 3 - 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.