The Complete Works of Thomas Dick, LL. D. ... Eleven Volumes in Two..., Volume 1Edwards & Bushnell, 1857 |
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... less than 8609 common schools , affording education to 468,205 young per- sons , which was rather more than a fourth ... less than a million of dollars . " Besides the seminaries appropriated to the instruction of the mass of the ...
... less than 8609 common schools , affording education to 468,205 young per- sons , which was rather more than a fourth ... less than a million of dollars . " Besides the seminaries appropriated to the instruction of the mass of the ...
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... less frequent , and property more secure , than in other countries . In the Southern States , indeed , the means of education are not so extensive , nor has society advanced to such a state of moral and mental improvement , as in the ...
... less frequent , and property more secure , than in other countries . In the Southern States , indeed , the means of education are not so extensive , nor has society advanced to such a state of moral and mental improvement , as in the ...
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... less than one - eighth of the entire population is at school , which is a higher proportion than what attends the schools in Scotland . Mr. Loudon , the talented editor of the " Gardener's Magazine , " who travelled over most parts of ...
... less than one - eighth of the entire population is at school , which is a higher proportion than what attends the schools in Scotland . Mr. Loudon , the talented editor of the " Gardener's Magazine , " who travelled over most parts of ...
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... less than eight years of age , in the catechism , reading books and written documents , writing , and the first four operations of arithmetic . The lessons are to open after their return from labour , and to continue until it be re ...
... less than eight years of age , in the catechism , reading books and written documents , writing , and the first four operations of arithmetic . The lessons are to open after their return from labour , and to continue until it be re ...
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... less the application of them to arts or sciences . Grammar , the first science obtruded upon , I may say , infuntine intellects , is one of the most abstract and intricate . To attain even a tolerable knowledge of grammar , whatever be ...
... less the application of them to arts or sciences . Grammar , the first science obtruded upon , I may say , infuntine intellects , is one of the most abstract and intricate . To attain even a tolerable knowledge of grammar , whatever be ...
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