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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... moral Reforms already effected by the power of Public Opinion , created and stimulated into action by the pen and the press ; and observing , at the same time , the many indications of coming Reforms yet to be demanded and achieved , I ...
... moral Reforms already effected by the power of Public Opinion , created and stimulated into action by the pen and the press ; and observing , at the same time , the many indications of coming Reforms yet to be demanded and achieved , I ...
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... moral or political offence , used these express words in his communication to Mr. Francis Warden , then chief secretary of the Bombay Government , through whom the cor- respondence on this subject passed : " To the individual himself ...
... moral or political offence , used these express words in his communication to Mr. Francis Warden , then chief secretary of the Bombay Government , through whom the cor- respondence on this subject passed : " To the individual himself ...
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... moral and social im- provement , brought before Parliament ; and was ever ready to give his voice and vote for the advancement of civil and religious liberty . Having , however , been invited to visit America ( where his wrongs had ...
... moral and social im- provement , brought before Parliament ; and was ever ready to give his voice and vote for the advancement of civil and religious liberty . Having , however , been invited to visit America ( where his wrongs had ...
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... birthday would be an appropriate moment on which to do honour to the advocates of the great moral reform that seeks to deliver , not a nation merely , but the human family at large , from the still heavier BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH . 39.
... birthday would be an appropriate moment on which to do honour to the advocates of the great moral reform that seeks to deliver , not a nation merely , but the human family at large , from the still heavier BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH . 39.
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... moral means , for the promotion of the Temperance reform , is manifested by the rulers of the nation . " A fatal duel having occurred between two members of the Con- gress during our stay at Washington , I availed myself BIOGRAPHICAL ...
... moral means , for the promotion of the Temperance reform , is manifested by the rulers of the nation . " A fatal duel having occurred between two members of the Con- gress during our stay at Washington , I availed myself BIOGRAPHICAL ...
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Page 337 - 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 423 - 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 381 - 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 336 - 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 382 - 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 341 - 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 397 - ... 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 382 - 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 397 - 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...