Prize Essay and Lectures, Delivered Before the American Institute of Instruction ... Including the Journal of Proceedings ..., Volume 30American Institute of Instruction, 1860 - Education List of members included in each volume, beginning with 1891. |
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... whole theory of the institutions of Massachusetts , and the United States . I am not prepared to admit the slightest connection be- tween Church and State in the United States , or in Mas- sachusetts ; and if this is not the foundation ...
... whole theory of the institutions of Massachusetts , and the United States . I am not prepared to admit the slightest connection be- tween Church and State in the United States , or in Mas- sachusetts ; and if this is not the foundation ...
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... whole school life . I believe that , as a general thing , the morning exercise of reading the Scriptures and prayer , comes off as a matter of course ; and you ask ninety per cent . of the boys and girls , at noon , what chapter was ...
... whole school life . I believe that , as a general thing , the morning exercise of reading the Scriptures and prayer , comes off as a matter of course ; and you ask ninety per cent . of the boys and girls , at noon , what chapter was ...
Page xix
... whole thing is good for nothing wherever it is compulsory ; that the question means , shall the pupil read the Bible whether he will or not , and that being answered in the affirmative , we have no right to do it . MR . M. T. BROWN ...
... whole thing is good for nothing wherever it is compulsory ; that the question means , shall the pupil read the Bible whether he will or not , and that being answered in the affirmative , we have no right to do it . MR . M. T. BROWN ...
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... whole . I thank God it is there But it is in our Constitution . as the leaven of great principles . It is in nearly all the State Constitutions . Theoretically we say that America shall give all her citizens the right to worship God ...
... whole . I thank God it is there But it is in our Constitution . as the leaven of great principles . It is in nearly all the State Constitutions . Theoretically we say that America shall give all her citizens the right to worship God ...
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... whole business is in the hands of the committee of the town . The act to which I have referred , transfers the duty of selecting teachers from prudential to town committees ; and we believe it will do what has not been done , — apply to ...
... whole business is in the hands of the committee of the town . The act to which I have referred , transfers the duty of selecting teachers from prudential to town committees ; and we believe it will do what has not been done , — apply to ...
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Page 3 - And the eye cannot say unto the hand, I have no need of thee: nor again the head to the feet, I have no need of you.
Page 55 - He that wrestles with us strengthens our nerves, and sharpens our skill. Our antagonist is our helper. This amicable conflict with difficulty obliges us to an intimate acquaintance with our object, and compels us to consider it in all its relations. It will not suffer us to be superficial.
Page 8 - A pebble in the streamlet scant Has turned the course of many a river: A dewdrop on the baby plant Has warped the giant oak forever.
Page 7 - For character groweth day by day, and all things aid it in unfolding, And the bent unto good or evil may be given in the hours of infancy : Scratch the green rind of a sapling, or wantonly twist it in the soil, The scarred and crooked oak will tell of thee for centuries to come...
Page 12 - Our outward life requires them not, — Then wherefore had they birth ? To minister delight to man, To beautify the earth ; To comfort man, to whisper hope Whene'er his faith is dim ; For whoso careth for the flowers Will much more care for him.
Page 14 - Its loveliness increases ; it will never Pass into nothingness ; but still will keep A bower quiet for us, and a sleep Full of sweet dreams, and health, and quiet breathing. Therefore, on every morrow, are we wreathing A flowery band to bind us to the earth...
Page 59 - ... to death who approaches you, with the discussion of these subjects. I am sure that a man ought to read as he would grasp a nettle : — do it lightly, and you get molested ; grasp it with all your strength, and you feel none of its asperities.
Page 74 - My days are in the yellow leaf; The flowers and fruits of love are gone; The worm, the canker, and the grief Are mine alone!
Page 64 - Therefore, if any young man has embarked his life in the pursuit of knowledge, let him go on without doubting or fearing the event; let him not be intimidated by the cheerless beginnings of knowledge, by the darkness from which she springs, by the difficulties which hover around her, by the wretched habitations in...
Page 29 - His head he raised — there was in sight, It caught his eye, he saw it plain — Upon the house-top, glittering bright, A broad and gilded vane.