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... fact , in accordance with which the officers of colleges and academies now convened are cordially welcomed as members of a great State University . It is also confi- dently expected that the deliberations now inaugurated will result in ...
... fact , in accordance with which the officers of colleges and academies now convened are cordially welcomed as members of a great State University . It is also confi- dently expected that the deliberations now inaugurated will result in ...
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... fact that Judge Chamberlain , after whom the Institute was named , left in his will something over $ 100,000 for its benefit . But according to an existing law , an Academy can only take and hold by gift , grant or devise , any real or ...
... fact that Judge Chamberlain , after whom the Institute was named , left in his will something over $ 100,000 for its benefit . But according to an existing law , an Academy can only take and hold by gift , grant or devise , any real or ...
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... fact that nine deserving men have an honorary degree is certainly not a reason why the tenth , equally deserving , should not have it , but rather why he should . There is something like injustice in passing him over . The more who are ...
... fact that nine deserving men have an honorary degree is certainly not a reason why the tenth , equally deserving , should not have it , but rather why he should . There is something like injustice in passing him over . The more who are ...
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... fact that a person is surrounded by books , and even reads them , does not make him a thinking , educated man . We ... facts , mixed with a little arrogance and dash , which may sometimes assume the appearance of wisdom ; but it is not ...
... fact that a person is surrounded by books , and even reads them , does not make him a thinking , educated man . We ... facts , mixed with a little arrogance and dash , which may sometimes assume the appearance of wisdom ; but it is not ...
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... facts , or a multiplicity of studies , but personal power , should be the vital aim . Here lies the greatest fault of our schools . We have been considering more the materials with which we are to deal , than the nature of the powers we ...
... facts , or a multiplicity of studies , but personal power , should be the vital aim . Here lies the greatest fault of our schools . We have been considering more the materials with which we are to deal , than the nature of the powers we ...
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Side 119 - My substance was not hid from Thee when I was made in secret, and curiously wrought in the lowest parts of the earth ; Thine eyes did see my substance yet being imperfect, and in Thy
Side 108 - as when a hungry man dreameth and behold he eateth; but he awaketh and his soul is empty; or, as when a thirsty man dreameth, and behold he drinketh ; but he awaketh, and behold he is faint, and his soul hath appetite.
Side 103 - her seat is the bosom of God, her voice the harmony of the world. All things in heaven and in earth do her homage, the
Side 60 - For well she keeps her ancient stock. The stubborn strength of Pilgrim Rock; And still maintains, with milder laws And clearer light, the Good Old Cause ! Nor heeds the skeptic's puny hands, While near her school the church-spire stands; Nor fears the blinded bigot's rule, While near her church-spire stands the school.
Side 237 - I heard a voice from heaven, saying, Write— Blessed are the dead that die in the Lord from henceforth. Yea, saith the Spirit, that ihey may rest from their labors, and their
Side 119 - all my members were written, which in continuance were fashioned when as yet there was none of them.
Side 60 - The riches of the commonwealth Are free, strong minds, and hearts of health; And more to her than gold or grain, The cunning hand and cultured
Side 100 - I say, then, that the first procedure of mind in the elaboration of its knowledge, is always analytical. It descends from the whole to the parts, from the vague to the definite. Definitude, that is, a knowledge of minute differences is not
Side 243 - describe the surprise and astonishment expressed in the countenances of the bystanders on seeing so large a quantity of water heated, and actually made to boil, without any fire."*
Side 95 - Some wit of old, such wits of old there were, Whose hints showed meaning, whose allusions care; By one brave stroke to mark all human kind, Called clear blank paper, every infant mind;