Prize Essay and Lectures, Delivered Before the American Institute of Instruction ... Including the Journal of Proceedings ..., Volum 22List of members included in each volume, beginning with 1891. |
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Side 17
... less brilliant intellect and of inferior attain- ments , than to a man of profound acquirements , but who is so destitute of true wisdom , that he neither knows , nor can control , his own spirit , and in whose bosom there is perpetual ...
... less brilliant intellect and of inferior attain- ments , than to a man of profound acquirements , but who is so destitute of true wisdom , that he neither knows , nor can control , his own spirit , and in whose bosom there is perpetual ...
Side 22
... less he thinks of himself , the greater will be his desire to do good , and his success in accomplish- ing that desire . One is most mindful of those nearest at hand , and one's self is always so particularly close at hand to one's self ...
... less he thinks of himself , the greater will be his desire to do good , and his success in accomplish- ing that desire . One is most mindful of those nearest at hand , and one's self is always so particularly close at hand to one's self ...
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... less duration , when time shall be swallowed up in Eternity ; when earth's wide surface shall be whiten- ed with the bones of those , whom there shall be no survivors to bury ; when ' All worldly shapes shall melt in gloom , The sun ...
... less duration , when time shall be swallowed up in Eternity ; when earth's wide surface shall be whiten- ed with the bones of those , whom there shall be no survivors to bury ; when ' All worldly shapes shall melt in gloom , The sun ...
Side 31
... less impressive , than if courtesy of manner had come as its grateful auxiliary . You may even punish gracefully . On a certain great occasion of state , at the Court of St. James , her Majesty , the Queen of England , was compelled to ...
... less impressive , than if courtesy of manner had come as its grateful auxiliary . You may even punish gracefully . On a certain great occasion of state , at the Court of St. James , her Majesty , the Queen of England , was compelled to ...
Side 35
... less trophies of human skill and human daring , would be yet to burst upon the sight of an astonished world ! If things were well enough as they were , men would be still writing with the end of a reed , upon a perishing piece of bark ...
... less trophies of human skill and human daring , would be yet to burst upon the sight of an astonished world ! If things were well enough as they were , men would be still writing with the end of a reed , upon a perishing piece of bark ...
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Side 114 - Of all the dispositions and habits which lead to political prosperity, religion and morality are indispensable supports. In vain would that man claim the tribute of patriotism, who should labor to subvert these great pillars of human happiness, these firmest props of the duties of men and citizens.
Side 34 - If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget her cunning. If I do not remember thee, let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth; if I prefer not Jerusalem above my chief joy.
Side 114 - Let it simply be asked, where is the security for property, for reputation, for life, if the sense of religious obligation desert the oaths, which are the instruments of investigation in courts of justice ? And let us with caution indulge the supposition, that morality can be maintained •without religion.
Side 109 - ... to the end that learning may not be buried in the graves of our forefathers in church and commonwealth, the Lord assisting our endeavors.
Side 154 - Imperious Caesar, dead and turned to clay, Might stop a hole to keep the wind away.
Side 123 - Implored your highness' pardon and set forth A deep repentance: nothing in his life Became him like the leaving it; he died As one that had been studied in his death, To throw away the dearest thing he owed As 'twere a careless trifle.
Side 8 - It declares it to be the duty of " the president, professors and tutors of the University at Cambridge, and of the several colleges, and of all preceptors and teachers of academies, and all other instructors of youth, to exert their best endeavors to impress on the minds of children and youth, committed to their care and instruction, the principles of piety, justice, and a sacred regard to truth, love to their country, humanity, and universal benevolence, sobriety, industry and frugality...
Side 133 - I have nowhere seen woman occupying a loftier position ; and if I were asked, now that I am drawing to the close of this work, in which I have spoken of so many important things done by the Americans, to what the singular prosperity and growing strength of that people ought mainly to be attributed, I should reply — to the superiority of their women.
Side 17 - BETTER is a dry morsel, and quietness therewith, than a house full of sacrifices with strife.
Side 114 - ... to endeavor to lead their pupils, as their ages and capacities will admit, into a clear understanding of the tendency of the above-mentioned virtues to preserve and perfect a republican constitution, and secure the blessings of liberty, as well as to promote their future happiness, and also to point out to them the evil tendency of the opposite vices.