Education, Its Principles and Practice

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Macmillan, 1879 - 772 من الصفحات
 

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الصفحة 153 - Whither shall I go then from thy Spirit? Or whither shall I go then from thy presence? If I climb up into heaven, thou art there: If I go down to hell, thou art there also.
الصفحة 79 - And though a linguist should pride himself to have all the tongues that Babel cleft the world into, yet if he have not studied the solid things in them as well as the words and lexicons, he were nothing so much to be esteemed a learned man, as any yeoman or tradesman competently wise in his mother dialect only.
الصفحة 617 - ... the principles of piety, justice and a sacred regard to truth, love to their country, humanity and universal benevolence, sobriety, industry and frugality, chastity, moderation and temperance, and those other virtues, which are the ornaments of human society, and the basis upon which a republican constitution is founded...
الصفحة 359 - When I sent for them into my cabin, they looked wild, spoke thick and indistinctly, and it was impossible to draw from them a rational answer to any of our questions. After being on board for a short time, the mental faculties appeared gradually to return with the returning circulation, and it was not till then that a looker-on could easily persuade himself that they had not been drinking too freely.
الصفحة 267 - ... still more divided. Nor is this surprising; for most of those who have speculated concerning it, have confined their attention chiefly to incidental questions about the comparative...
الصفحة 142 - The diversity of doctrines," says M. de Bonald, " has increased, from age to age, with the number of masters, and with the progress of knowledge ; and Europe, which at present possesses libraries filled with philosophical works, and which reckons up almost as many philosophers as writers ; poor in the midst of so much riches, and uncertain with the aid of all its guides, which road it should follow ; Europe, the centre and the focus of all the lights of the world, has yet its philosophy only in expectation.
الصفحة xix - The Principles of Physiology, applied to the Preservation of Health, and to the Improvement of Physical and Mental Education.
الصفحة 128 - the very hairs of our heads are numbered;" which seemed to indicate a very intimate and minute government of the world. But, simultaneously with this information, I was taught that God forgives those who offend against his laws, if they have faith in Jesus Christ and repent; and that He often leaves the wicked to run the course of their sins in this world without punishing them, reserving his retribution for the day of judgment.
الصفحة 713 - She easily acquired a knowledge and use of active verbs, especially those expressive of tangible action; as to walk, to run, to sew, to shake. "At first, of course, no distinction could be made of mood and tense ; she used the words in a general sense, and according to the order of her sense of ideas; thus, in asking some one to give her bread, she would first use the word expressive of the leading idea, and say, 'Laura bread, give.
الصفحة 560 - Lo, the poor Indian! whose untutored mind Sees God in clouds, or hears Him in the wind; His soul proud Science never taught to stray Far as the solar walk or Milky Way...

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