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Page 14
... my recommendation , and was directed to two professors , to have the
business “ done up . ” Latin went easy , as well as Algebra , but Greek did not go
quite so smooth , though my examination was on the whole by no means a
severe one .
... my recommendation , and was directed to two professors , to have the
business “ done up . ” Latin went easy , as well as Algebra , but Greek did not go
quite so smooth , though my examination was on the whole by no means a
severe one .
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He was by no means indifferent to such recreations and athletic sports as then
prevailed among the students . His favorite recreation was walking , for which the
coun . try surrounding the college is so inviting ; and he made many excursions ...
He was by no means indifferent to such recreations and athletic sports as then
prevailed among the students . His favorite recreation was walking , for which the
coun . try surrounding the college is so inviting ; and he made many excursions ...
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He would not stoop to do a low or mean thing . He also had pluck , boldness ,
and courage , though he was as gentle and kind as he was brave . ” His senior
year in college was very much shortened by his prolonged absences for teaching
.
He would not stoop to do a low or mean thing . He also had pluck , boldness ,
and courage , though he was as gentle and kind as he was brave . ” His senior
year in college was very much shortened by his prolonged absences for teaching
.
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For he welcomed free interchange of views as the best means of clarifying one's
own mind . He was the most sincere lover of criticism , even adverse criticism ,
that I have ever known . How often I have heard him say , “ We should be thankful
...
For he welcomed free interchange of views as the best means of clarifying one's
own mind . He was the most sincere lover of criticism , even adverse criticism ,
that I have ever known . How often I have heard him say , “ We should be thankful
...
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It requires educational wisdom of no mean quality to know enough not to attempt
the task . I doubt whether a greater advance in the constructing of a good
programme has been made in this country than was made by Mr . Philbrick in the
...
It requires educational wisdom of no mean quality to know enough not to attempt
the task . I doubt whether a greater advance in the constructing of a good
programme has been made in this country than was made by Mr . Philbrick in the
...
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Page 120 - I wage not any feud with Death For changes wrought on form and face; No lower life that earth's embrace May breed with him, can fright my faith. Eternal process moving on, From state to state the spirit walks; And these are but the shatter'd stalks, Or ruin'd chrysalis of one.
Page 117 - I HEARD a voice from heaven, saying unto me, Write, from henceforth blessed are the dead who die in the LORD ; even so saith the SPIRIT ; for they rest from their labours.
Page 154 - ... round her burn, And all the planets in their turn, Confirm the tidings as they roll, And spread the truth from pole to pole. What though, in solemn silence, all Move round the dark terrestrial ball; What though no real voice nor sound Amid their radiant orbs be found ; In reason's ear they all rejoice, And utter forth a glorious voice ; Forever singing as they shine, The hand that made us is divine.
Page 91 - The profession of a teacher would appear to be a sort of stage, where the girl waits for an establishment suited to her taste, and the young man a more lucrative position. For many young persons this temporary profession is the means of procuring the funds for continuing their studies. Few masters count more than four or five years of service, and if instructresses remain longer in the profession it must be remembered that marriage is ordinarily the end of their desires ; and that once married, they...
Page 117 - WE will not weep ; for God is standing by us, And tears will blind us to the blessed sight ; We will not doubt, — if darkness still doth try us, Our souls have promise of serenest light...
Page 116 - Man that is born of a woman Is of few days, and full of trouble. He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down : He fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not.
Page 117 - midst the brotherhood on high, To be at home with God. It is not death to close The eye long dimmed by tears, And wake, in glorious repose To spend eternal years. It is not death to bear The wrench that sets us free From dungeon chain, to breathe the air Of boundless liberty.
Page 96 - And this is the paradise for which the teacher prays. He wants to feel that he owes his position to his merit, and not to favor, and to be sure that his efforts will be appreciated and recompensed. It is perhaps, in vain to hope that the public school teacher's...
Page 211 - From his cradle, He was a scholar, and a ripe and good one ; Exceeding wise, fair spoken, and persuading : Lofty and sour to them that loved him not ; But to those men that sought him, sweet as summer.
Page 91 - Commission, of which the eminent educator, M. Buisson, was the president, and contrasted with the success in this respect of the French system. In France, says the reporter, " One embraces the career of teaching with the intention of creating for himself a stable and permanent position. Those who abandon it before having obtained their retiring pension form the exception. The young beginner expects to live and die a teacher ; and each year of exercise adding to the experience previously acquired,...
Bibliographic information
| Title | A Memorial of the Life and Services of John D. Philbrick |
| Editor | Larkin Dunton |
| Publisher | New England Publishing Company, 1887 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 7 May 2007 |
| Length | 225 pages |
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