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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... never met till after this publication appeared ; but having watched his course in India and in England with great interest , he was perfectly com- petent to the task he had undertaken , as far as the limited space available for this ...
... never met till after this publication appeared ; but having watched his course in India and in England with great interest , he was perfectly com- petent to the task he had undertaken , as far as the limited space available for this ...
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... never contem- plated visiting India at all , and did not know that such a license was necessary . Indeed , the Governor of Bombay , the late Sir Evan Nepean , at the very moment of his feeling himself compelled to have recourse to this ...
... never contem- plated visiting India at all , and did not know that such a license was necessary . Indeed , the Governor of Bombay , the late Sir Evan Nepean , at the very moment of his feeling himself compelled to have recourse to this ...
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... Never , perhaps , in the history of the world , was there so remark- able an instance as this , of a man being treated almost like a felon , with ruin , insults , and indignities heaped on his devoted head , at the same time that the ...
... Never , perhaps , in the history of the world , was there so remark- able an instance as this , of a man being treated almost like a felon , with ruin , insults , and indignities heaped on his devoted head , at the same time that the ...
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... never seen or heard from before ; but who had left it in his will , as a tribute of respect to Mr. Buckingham's public character and principles , and of gratitude for the benefit he believed his writings to have produced in that country ...
... never seen or heard from before ; but who had left it in his will , as a tribute of respect to Mr. Buckingham's public character and principles , and of gratitude for the benefit he believed his writings to have produced in that country ...
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... never received the slightest pecuniary assist- ance from any incorporated League or Association , but , on the con- trary , contributed to them all - the entire earnings of these four years was freely devoted to the carrying forward the ...
... never received the slightest pecuniary assist- ance from any incorporated League or Association , but , on the con- trary , contributed to them all - the entire earnings of these four years was freely devoted to the carrying forward the ...
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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...