The Complete Works of Thomas Dick, LL. D. ... Eleven Volumes in Two..., Volume 1Edwards & Bushnell, 1857 |
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... considerable modification , before it could , with propriety , be adopted in republic or a limited monarchy . Many def ciencies in the system likewise require to b supplied . Yet , notwithstanding all its de- fects , it has already ...
... considerable modification , before it could , with propriety , be adopted in republic or a limited monarchy . Many def ciencies in the system likewise require to b supplied . Yet , notwithstanding all its de- fects , it has already ...
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... considerable range of intuitive facts , as well as of acquired ideas . " Again , speaking of the absurdity of " journeymen shoemakers , tailors , weavers , bakers , carpen- ters , " & c . sending their children for years to Latin and ...
... considerable range of intuitive facts , as well as of acquired ideas . " Again , speaking of the absurdity of " journeymen shoemakers , tailors , weavers , bakers , carpen- ters , " & c . sending their children for years to Latin and ...
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... considerable portion of our population having acquired , to a certain degree , the art of reading , and , con- sequently , the capacity of rendering it subser- vient to the acquisition of knowledge , when certain peculiar and favourable ...
... considerable portion of our population having acquired , to a certain degree , the art of reading , and , con- sequently , the capacity of rendering it subser- vient to the acquisition of knowledge , when certain peculiar and favourable ...
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... considerable degree , to the true intellectual mode of tuition . The strictures thrown out in the preceding pages , more particularly apply to the parochial and other schools in Scotland , for the instruction of the middle and lower ...
... considerable degree , to the true intellectual mode of tuition . The strictures thrown out in the preceding pages , more particularly apply to the parochial and other schools in Scotland , for the instruction of the middle and lower ...
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... considerable interval , perhaps a whole day is little enough , let the same thing be repeated . In the meantime , it must be carefully observed , that no attempt should be made to contradict the child in the intervals . Not the least ...
... considerable interval , perhaps a whole day is little enough , let the same thing be repeated . In the meantime , it must be carefully observed , that no attempt should be made to contradict the child in the intervals . Not the least ...
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