The Complete Works of Thomas Dick, LL. D. ... Eleven Volumes in Two..., Volume 1Edwards & Bushnell, 1857 |
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... portion of the sentiments they read . Although the great object of education is " to teach the young ide how to shoot . " it is almost the only object which is thrown into the shade ; and those scholastic exercises which are only the ...
... portion of the sentiments they read . Although the great object of education is " to teach the young ide how to shoot . " it is almost the only object which is thrown into the shade ; and those scholastic exercises which are only the ...
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... 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 ...
... 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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... portion of the spirit of Christianity , and being unfettered by those heathenish pre- judices and habits to which I have alluded Every infant school , and every school of instruction conducted on the same principles , at which they ...
... portion of the spirit of Christianity , and being unfettered by those heathenish pre- judices and habits to which I have alluded Every infant school , and every school of instruction conducted on the same principles , at which they ...
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... portion APPARATUS FOR SCHOOLS . of happiness and good fortune . 蛋燒 A D E F of these plots , as G H , might be allotted for the classification of certain plants , as illustra tions of some of the principles of botany . They might be ...
... portion APPARATUS FOR SCHOOLS . of happiness and good fortune . 蛋燒 A D E F of these plots , as G H , might be allotted for the classification of certain plants , as illustra tions of some of the principles of botany . They might be ...
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... portion of the foundations of useful science . And , were all the ideas comprised in a lesson of this description to be impressed upon the mind of the pupil every day , it can- not be doubted , that in the course of a year , when above ...
... portion of the foundations of useful science . And , were all the ideas comprised in a lesson of this description to be impressed upon the mind of the pupil every day , it can- not be doubted , that in the course of a year , when above ...
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