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... culture and moral culture ; pub- lic schools and private schools ; teachers ' wages and teach- ers ' responsibilities ; success in teaching and failures in teaching ; the excellences of our schools and their defects ; B the laws of ...
... culture and moral culture ; pub- lic schools and private schools ; teachers ' wages and teach- ers ' responsibilities ; success in teaching and failures in teaching ; the excellences of our schools and their defects ; B the laws of ...
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... culture . Out of these fifty - four young men , there was but one who wrote the sentence given , without any mistake in spelling . Four misspelled twenty - one words each , one misspelled twenty- three . Mr. B. expressed his ...
... culture . Out of these fifty - four young men , there was but one who wrote the sentence given , without any mistake in spelling . Four misspelled twenty - one words each , one misspelled twenty- three . Mr. B. expressed his ...
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... culture , or may blight and belittle it by neglect ; but no care or culture can change it to a willow , or enable it to produce apples or grapes . From an eagle's egg can come only an eaglet . No careful incubation can hatch therefrom ...
... culture , or may blight and belittle it by neglect ; but no care or culture can change it to a willow , or enable it to produce apples or grapes . From an eagle's egg can come only an eaglet . No careful incubation can hatch therefrom ...
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... culture and nourishment by which the child may be reared into a sort of re- sponsive equality with Nature , which may , indeed , fit him to fill out the full round of his duties and destinies in Nature , as its servant , interpreter ...
... culture and nourishment by which the child may be reared into a sort of re- sponsive equality with Nature , which may , indeed , fit him to fill out the full round of his duties and destinies in Nature , as its servant , interpreter ...
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... . - How grand the question which the confronting quantities in this equation involve ! To find the laws and agencies by which this divine culture is to ― go on , the " nurture and admonition of 6 THE PROBLEM OF EDUCATION .
... . - How grand the question which the confronting quantities in this equation involve ! To find the laws and agencies by which this divine culture is to ― go on , the " nurture and admonition of 6 THE PROBLEM OF EDUCATION .
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Page lxv - THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, That our thanks are due and are hereby tendered to the...
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Page li - ... the military and naval schools established to impart this knowledge and training will fail in their objects, unless young men are selected as students, of the right age, with suitable preparatory knowledge, with vigor of body, and aptitude of mind, for the special studies of such schools; and...
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Page 127 - Trustees may elect an auditor, to hold office during the pleasure of the Board, whose duty it shall be to audit the accounts of the Treasurer, and who shall report thereon from time to time as the Treasurer may require or as the Executive Committee may direct. The compensation to be paid such auditor shall be fixed by the Executive Committee subject to the approval of the Board of Trustees. SEC. V. The Director shall present a report of the work...