The Complete Works of Thomas Dick, LL. D. ... Eleven Volumes in Two..., Volume 1Edwards & Bushnell, 1857 |
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... effects produced by it . Education in the United States of America - in Silesia , Wirtem- berg , Bavaria , Prussia , & c . - in France - Spain - Russia - Switzerland , CHAPTER II . 12 14 STRICTURES ON THE MODE IN WHICH EDUCATION HAS ...
... effects produced by it . Education in the United States of America - in Silesia , Wirtem- berg , Bavaria , Prussia , & c . - in France - Spain - Russia - Switzerland , CHAPTER II . 12 14 STRICTURES ON THE MODE IN WHICH EDUCATION HAS ...
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... effects of infant teaching , illustrated by examples . Infant schools , beneficial to general society and counteractive of juvenile delinquency . Social habits cultivated with safety . Influence of infant schools on Mis- sionary ...
... effects of infant teaching , illustrated by examples . Infant schools , beneficial to general society and counteractive of juvenile delinquency . Social habits cultivated with safety . Influence of infant schools on Mis- sionary ...
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... effects . If these points are not ascertained , previous to our engaging in any undertaking , we may exert our intellectual faculties , and active powers , and spend our time , our wealth , and our labour , to no purpose , and in the ...
... effects . If these points are not ascertained , previous to our engaging in any undertaking , we may exert our intellectual faculties , and active powers , and spend our time , our wealth , and our labour , to no purpose , and in the ...
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... effects . I have seen children sent to school with a Testament in their hand , as a class - book , who could not read a single verse , and could scarcely pronounce two or three of the easiest vocables without pausing to spell almost ...
... effects . I have seen children sent to school with a Testament in their hand , as a class - book , who could not read a single verse , and could scarcely pronounce two or three of the easiest vocables without pausing to spell almost ...
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... effects , or be the means of adding to the impudence and self - conceit which too much abound in the world . The practice of teaching children to repeat , like parrots , what they do not un- derstand , ought to be entirely discarded ...
... effects , or be the means of adding to the impudence and self - conceit which too much abound in the world . The practice of teaching children to repeat , like parrots , what they do not un- derstand , ought to be entirely discarded ...
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