A Memorial of the Life and Services of John D. PhilbrickLarkin Dunton New England Publishing Company, 1887 - 225 pages |
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... spirit , doubtless , did not seem to the boy to be an ideal one . Yet if somewhat narrow , and unquestionably hard , it held some compen- sation . It was an open , free , country life , everywhere adapting itself to direct the forces of ...
... spirit , doubtless , did not seem to the boy to be an ideal one . Yet if somewhat narrow , and unquestionably hard , it held some compen- sation . It was an open , free , country life , everywhere adapting itself to direct the forces of ...
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... spirit ran high , and the voting list was closely scrutinized by both sides . There was at that time living with his father , as a cheap hired hand , an ignorant but fairly intelligent fellow , named Francis York . He had been brought ...
... spirit ran high , and the voting list was closely scrutinized by both sides . There was at that time living with his father , as a cheap hired hand , an ignorant but fairly intelligent fellow , named Francis York . He had been brought ...
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... by his appreciative consideration of our opinions based on careful obser- vation . This spirit made him both a teacher and a learner at our conventions . Of Dr. Philbrick's work in Connecticut I will let Charles LIFE AND CHARACTER . 35.
... by his appreciative consideration of our opinions based on careful obser- vation . This spirit made him both a teacher and a learner at our conventions . Of Dr. Philbrick's work in Connecticut I will let Charles LIFE AND CHARACTER . 35.
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... spirit , that would be infused into a school under the new system , he will at once understand why it was so important that the new plan should succeed . Then there were the economic reasons , the reasons that were more potent in the ...
... spirit , that would be infused into a school under the new system , he will at once understand why it was so important that the new plan should succeed . Then there were the economic reasons , the reasons that were more potent in the ...
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... spirit in the movement was Dr. Philbrick . In my various consultations with him he surprised me , not only by the thoroughness of his obser- vation of what had been done abroad , but also by his clear comprehension of what was necessary ...
... spirit in the movement was Dr. Philbrick . In my various consultations with him he surprised me , not only by the thoroughness of his obser- vation of what had been done abroad , but also by his clear comprehension of what was necessary ...
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Page 107 - be with them and be their God." " 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 labors and their works
Page 106 - Man that is born of 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 110 - 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 sliatter'd stalks, Or ruin'd chrysalis of one.
Page 107 - It is not death to bear The stroke that sets us free From earthly chain, to breathe the air Of boundless liberty. It is not death to fling Aside this mortal dust, And rise on strong, exulting wing To live among the just. We
Page 144 - a shining frame, — Their Great Original proclaim. "In reason's ear they all rejoice, And utter forth a glorious voice ; Forever singing, as they shine, —
Page 106 - Eye hath not seen nor ear heard, nor the heart of man conceived the things which God hath prepared for them that love him."
Page 108 - blending, Life shall be with us when the Death is past. Help us, O Father, when the world is pressing On our frail hearts that faint without their friend! Help us, O Father! let thy constant blessing Strengthen our weakness till the joyful end.
Page 201 - He was a scholar, and a ripe and good one, exceeding wise, fair-spoken, and persuading"; but
Page 106 - like a flower and is cut down; he fleeth also as a shadow and continueth not.
Page 68 - The teachers shall shine as the brightness of the firmament, and they that turn many to righteousness, as the stars forever and ever.