The coming era of practical reform, not 'looming in the distance', but 'nigh at hand', a new series of tracts for the timesPartridge, Oakey & Company, 1853 - Education |
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... Individuals of the Poorest Classes , now wholly destitute of Means , might be transferred from their present Condition of Poverty and Want , to Abundance and Prosperity ; not only without ultimate Cost to the Nation , but with pecu ...
... Individuals of the Poorest Classes , now wholly destitute of Means , might be transferred from their present Condition of Poverty and Want , to Abundance and Prosperity ; not only without ultimate Cost to the Nation , but with pecu ...
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... Individuals of the Poorest Classes , now wholly destitute of Means , might be transferred from their present Condition of Poverty and Want , to Abundance and Prosperity ; not only without ultimate Cost to the Nation , but with pecu ...
... Individuals of the Poorest Classes , now wholly destitute of Means , might be transferred from their present Condition of Poverty and Want , to Abundance and Prosperity ; not only without ultimate Cost to the Nation , but with pecu ...
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... individuals , and , indeed , to prevent any personal communication with the shore . The cargoes destined for this depôt were accordingly landed , and placed in magazines near the sea , when the ships proceeded to other ports , the one ...
... individuals , and , indeed , to prevent any personal communication with the shore . The cargoes destined for this depôt were accordingly landed , and placed in magazines near the sea , when the ships proceeded to other ports , the one ...
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... individual himself ( meaning Mr. Buckingham ) I have not the slightest degree of ob- jection ; on the contrary , he appeared to me to be a sensible , intel- ligent man ; and I shall by no means be sorry to see him return with the ...
... individual himself ( meaning Mr. Buckingham ) I have not the slightest degree of ob- jection ; on the contrary , he appeared to me to be a sensible , intel- ligent man ; and I shall by no means be sorry to see him return with the ...
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... individual in India of literary eminence among its contributors . The good it effected is admitted , by all who were then in that country , to have been greater than was ever achieved by any publication that had previously existed in ...
... individual in India of literary eminence among its contributors . The good it effected is admitted , by all who were then in that country , to have been greater than was ever achieved by any publication that had previously existed in ...
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Page 335 - Promote, then, as an object of primary importance, institutions for the general diffusion of knowledge. In proportion as the structure of a government gives force to public opinion, it is essential that public opinion should be enlightened.
Page 305 - They that go down to the sea in ships, that do business in great waters ; These see the works of the Lord, and his wonders in the deep.
Page 421 - Do not drink wine nor strong drink, thou, nor thy sons with thee, when ye go into the tabernacle of the congregation, lest ye die : it shall be a statute for ever throughout your generations...
Page 379 - For the purpose of public instruction, we hold every man subject to taxation, in proportion to his property, and we look not to the question, whether he, himself, have or have not children to be benefited by the education for which he pays. We regard it as a wise and liberal system of police, by which property, and life, and the peace of society are secured.
Page 334 - I shall detain you no longer in the demonstration of what we should not do, but straight conduct you to a hill-side, where I will point you out the right path of a virtuous and noble education; laborious indeed at the first ascent, but else so smooth, so green, so full of goodly prospect and melodious sounds on every side, that the harp of Orpheus was not more charming.
Page 380 - We do not, indeed, expect all men to be philosophers or statesmen ; but we confidently trust, and our expectation of the duration of our system of government rests on that trust, that by the diffusion of general knowledge and good and virtuous sentiments, the political fabric may be secure, as well against open violence and overthrow, as against the slow but sure undermining of licentiousness.
Page 339 - I consider the system of our Common Schools as the palladium of our freedom, for no reasonable apprehension can be entertained of its subversion, as long as the great body of the people are enlightened by education.
Page 395 - ... as her noblest wealth And best protection, this imperial Realm, While she exacts allegiance, shall admit An obligation, on her part, to teach Them who are born to serve her and obey ; Binding herself by statute to secure For all the children whom her soil maintains . The rudiments of letters, and inform The mind with moral and religious truth, Both understood and practised...
Page 380 - We rejoice that every man in this community may call all property his own, so far as he has occasion for it to furnish for himself and his children the blessings of religious instruction, and the elements of knowledge. This celestial and this earthly light he is entitled to by the fundamental laws. It is every poor man's undoubted birthright — it is the great blessing which this constitution has secured to him — it is his solace in life— and it may well be his consolation in death, that his...
Page 395 - This sacred right is fruitlessly announced, This universal plea in vain addressed, To eyes and ears of Parents who themselves Did, in the time of their necessity, Urge it in vain ; and, therefore, like a prayer That from the humblest floor ascends to heaven, It mounts to reach the State's parental ear ; Who, if indeed she own a Mother's heart, And be not most unfeelingly devoid Of gratitude to Providence, will grant The unquestionable good...