Proceedings of the Trustees ... from Their Original Organization on the 8th February, 1867, Volume 4etc., 1893 - Education |
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... bonds of Mississippi and Florida , and received the formal thanks of the Trustees for his efforts in 1882. His address to the Legislature of Mississippi , and his various Reports and Letters on the subject of these bonds , occupy many ...
... bonds of Mississippi and Florida , and received the formal thanks of the Trustees for his efforts in 1882. His address to the Legislature of Mississippi , and his various Reports and Letters on the subject of these bonds , occupy many ...
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... Bonds , Syracuse , Binghamton , and New York Railroad Company , matured June 1 , 1887 . The principal , amounting to $ 98,000 , was subsequently placed at interest pending reinvestment , which in February last was made in Bond and ...
... Bonds , Syracuse , Binghamton , and New York Railroad Company , matured June 1 , 1887 . The principal , amounting to $ 98,000 , was subsequently placed at interest pending reinvestment , which in February last was made in Bond and ...
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... bonds being $ 152,200 , and the interest therefrom $ 6,168 , that Company have now at their own instance reduced their annual charge to $ 225 . Governor PORTER offered the following Resolu- tion , which was duly passed : - Resolved ...
... bonds being $ 152,200 , and the interest therefrom $ 6,168 , that Company have now at their own instance reduced their annual charge to $ 225 . Governor PORTER offered the following Resolu- tion , which was duly passed : - Resolved ...
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... bond of the brotherhood of man , the fellow- ship of all human hearts ; in the grand words of the great apos- tle , that God hath " made of one blood all nations of men for to dwell on the face of the earth , " even though the " bounds ...
... bond of the brotherhood of man , the fellow- ship of all human hearts ; in the grand words of the great apos- tle , that God hath " made of one blood all nations of men for to dwell on the face of the earth , " even though the " bounds ...
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... Bonds and Mortgages , done in pursuance of the powers given by the vote of the Trustees at their meeting of Oct. 6 , 1886 , to the Finance Committee to consider the question of changing some of the investments of the Peabody Edu- cation ...
... Bonds and Mortgages , done in pursuance of the powers given by the vote of the Trustees at their meeting of Oct. 6 , 1886 , to the Finance Committee to consider the question of changing some of the investments of the Peabody Edu- cation ...
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Page 69 - Neither was there any among them that lacked: for as many as were possessors of lands or houses sold them, and brought the prices of the things that were sold, and laid them down at the apostles...
Page 142 - ... schools and advance the means of education, on the plain reason that religion, morality, and knowledge are necessary to good government, and to the happiness of mankind.
Page 69 - Charge them that are rich in this world, that they be not high-minded, nor trust in uncertain riches, but in the living God, who giveth us richly all things to enjoy ; that they do good, that they be rich in good works, ready to distribute, willing to communicate, laying up in store for themselves a good foundation against the time to come, that they may lay hold on eternal life.
Page 143 - ... 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 brain. 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 sceptic'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.
Page 262 - Ideas are often poor ghosts ; our sun-filled eyes cannot discern them ; they pass athwart us in thin vapour, and cannot make themselves felt. But sometimes they are made flesh ; they breathe upon us with warm breath, they touch us with soft responsive hands, they look at us with sad sincere eyes, and speak to us in appealing tones ; they are clothed in a living human soul, with all its conflicts, its faith, and its love. Then their presence is a power, then they shake us like a passion, and we are...
Page 175 - Slavery is but half abolished, emancipation is but half completed, while millions of freemen with votes in their hands are left without education.
Page 251 - The General Assembly, at its first session under this Constitution, shall provide by taxation and otherwise for a general and uniform system of public schools, wherein tuition shall be free of charge to all the children of the State between the ages of six and twenty-one years.
Page 68 - Behold, thou hast made my days as it were a span long : and mine age is even as nothing in respect of thee; and verily EVERY MAN LIVING IS ALTOGETHER VANITY. 7 For man walketh in a vain shadow, and disquieteth himself in vain : he heapeth up riches, and cannot tell who shall gather them.
Page 197 - It would seem as if the rulers of our time sought only to use men in order to make things great; I wish that they would try a little more to make great men; that they would set less value on the work, and more upon the workman; that they would never forget that a nation cannot long remain strong when every man belonging to it is individually weak...
Page 348 - No progress at all can be made towards obtaining a skilled democracy unless the democracy are willing that the work which requires skill should be done by those who possess it...