A History of Education

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Scribner, 1900 - Всего страниц: 292

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Стр. 191 - The well educating of their children is so much the duty and concern of parents, and the welfare and prosperity of the nation so much depends on it...
Стр. 67 - Persians' grave, I could not deem myself a slave. A king sate on the rocky brow Which looks o'er sea-born Salamis; And ships, by thousands, lay below, And men in nations;— all were his! He counted them at break of day — And when the sun set, where were they?
Стр. 200 - As the strength of the body lies chiefly in being able to endure hardships, so also does that of the mind.
Стр. 203 - ... if he have a poetic vein, it is to me the strangest thing in the world that the father should desire or suffer it to be cherished or improved.
Стр. 6 - With organic chemistry, molecular physics, and physiology yet in their infancy, and every day making prodigious strides, I think it would be the height of presumption for any man to say that the conditions under which matter assumes the properties we call " vital " may not, some day, be artificially brought together.
Стр. 175 - The paths trodden by the footsteps of ages were broken up; old things were passing away, and the faith and the life of ten centuries were dissolving like a dream. Chivalry was dying; the abbey and the castle were soon together to crumble into ruins; and all the forms, desires, beliefs, convictions of the old world were passing away, never to return.
Стр. 105 - Then none was for a party; Then all were for the State; Then the great man helped the poor, And the poor man loved the great: Then lands were fairly portioned; Then spoils were fairly sold: The Romans were like brothers In the brave days of old.
Стр. 206 - But it wastes so much of a young man's time, to gain but a moderate skill in it, and engages often in such odd company, that many think it much better spared : and I have, amongst men of parts and business, so seldom heard any one commended or esteemed for having an excellency in music, that amongst all those things, that ever came into the list of accomplishments, I think I may give it the last place.
Стр. 199 - And thus I have done with what concerns the body and health, which reduces itself to these few and easily observable rules. Plenty of open air, exercise, and sleep ; plain diet, no wine or strong drink, and very little or no physic; not too warm and strait clothing ; especially the head and feet kept cold, and the feet often used to cold water and exposed to wet.
Стр. 254 - The property of this commonwealth is pledged for the education of all its youth, up to such a point as will save them from poverty and vice, and prepare them for the adequate performance of their social and civil duties.

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