A Memorial of the Life and Services of John D. Philbrick |
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... life and education , by his friend , Gilman H. Tucker , of New York ; an ac- count of his educational work in Boston , by the editor , and an estimate of his services to the cause of educa- tion in general by Dr. William T. Harris .
... life and education , by his friend , Gilman H. Tucker , of New York ; an ac- count of his educational work in Boston , by the editor , and an estimate of his services to the cause of educa- tion in general by Dr. William T. Harris .
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... of large personal experience in every de- partment of the educational field , and has shown himself willing to labor in season and out of season , ' and to ' spend and be spent ' in the cause of popular education .
... of large personal experience in every de- partment of the educational field , and has shown himself willing to labor in season and out of season , ' and to ' spend and be spent ' in the cause of popular education .
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It is the opinion of many wise and thoughtful people that charity is often so managed that it aggravates evil by increasing its producing causes . To the social economist , however , one way is clear , school education is a powerful ...
It is the opinion of many wise and thoughtful people that charity is often so managed that it aggravates evil by increasing its producing causes . To the social economist , however , one way is clear , school education is a powerful ...
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... half - unconscious stuff of feelings and aspirations moved his great contemporaries , Horace Mann , Henry Barnard , Thomas Arnold , George Peabody , Johns Hopkins , to devote life , or fortune , or both , to the cause of education .
... half - unconscious stuff of feelings and aspirations moved his great contemporaries , Horace Mann , Henry Barnard , Thomas Arnold , George Peabody , Johns Hopkins , to devote life , or fortune , or both , to the cause of education .
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It remains now for me to attempt a brief summary of his significance to the cause of education in general . I have , therefore , begun what I had to say by calling your attention to the position which the cause of popular education ...
It remains now for me to attempt a brief summary of his significance to the cause of education in general . I have , therefore , begun what I had to say by calling your attention to the position which the cause of popular education ...
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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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