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Page 14
... presenting 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
...
... presenting 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
...
Page 17
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
country 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
country surrounding the college is so inviting ; and he made many excursions ...
Page 20
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.
Page 35
For he welcomed free inter- change 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 ...
For he welcomed free inter- change 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 ...
Page 39
... Put this into the schools, and take that out " ; but to know the end of human
development, its successive stages, its breadth, the relative proportion of each
element to be introduced, — to know the means to be used, the matter to be
presented ...
... Put this into the schools, and take that out " ; but to know the end of human
development, its successive stages, its breadth, the relative proportion of each
element to be introduced, — to know the means to be used, the matter to be
presented ...
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| Title | A Memorial of the Life and Services of John D. Philbrick |
| Editor | Larkin Dunton |
| Publisher | New England Publishing Company, 1887 |
| Length | 225 pages |
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