 ... by inspiring a salutary and conservative principle of virtue, and of knowledge, in an early age. We hope to excite a feeling of respectability, and a sense of character, by enlarging the capacity, and increasing the sphere of intellectual enjoyment....  The R.I. Schoolmaster - Page 2281861Full view - About this book
 | 1889 - 638 pages
...capacity and increasing the sphere of intellectual enjoyment. By general instruction, we seck, as far as possible, to purify the whole moral atmosphere ; to...beyond the law, and above the law, in the prevalence of an enlightened and well-principled moral sentiment. We hope to continue and prolong the time, when,... | |
 | Church and the world - 1889 - 650 pages
...capacity and increasing the sphere of intellectual enjoyment. By general instruction, we seek, as far as possible, to purify the whole moral atmosphere ; to...beyond the law, and above the law, in the prevalence of an enlightened and well-principled moral sentiment. We hope to continue and prolong the time, when,... | |
 | Daniel Webster, Edwin Percy Whipple - United States - 1889 - 816 pages
...instruction, we seek, as far as possible, to purify the whole moral atmosphere; to keep good sentiment« uppermost, and to turn the strong current of feeling...beyond the law, and above the law, in the prevalence of an enlightened and well-principled moral sentiment. We hope to continue and prolong the time, when,... | |
 | Wisconsin - Wisconsin - 1861 - 1026 pages
...of the penal code, by enlarging the capacity, and increasing the sphere of intellectual enjoyment. .We hope for a security beyond the law and above the law, iu the .prevalence of an enlightened and well principled moral senti mont." In what, then, consists... | |
 | Nicholas Murray Butler - Education - 1900 - 532 pages
...Plymouth oration in 1822 : " By general instruction we seek as far as possible to purify the whole atmosphere, to keep good sentiments uppermost, and...denunciations of religion, against immorality and crime." This necessity for education has been felt in all parts of the nation, and the whole subject is reasoned... | |
 | Nicholas Murray Butler - Education - 1900 - 522 pages
...Plymouth oration in 1822 : " By general instruction we seek as far as possible to purify the whole atmosphere, to keep good sentiments uppermost, and...denunciations of religion, against immorality and crime." This necessity for education has been felt in all parts of the nation, and the whole subject is reasoned... | |
 | University of the State of New York - Education - 1900 - 804 pages
...capacity and increasing the sphere of intellectual enjoyment. By general instruction, we seek, as far as possible, to purify the whole moral atmosphere; to keep good sentiments uppermost, arid to turn the strong current of feeling and opinion, as well as the censures of the law and the... | |
 | Edward Alsworth Ross - Social control - 1901 - 496 pages
...his Plymouth oration, said : " By general instruction we seek as far as possible to purify the whole atmosphere, to keep good sentiments uppermost, and...denunciations of religion, against immorality and crime." Elsewhere he terms the public schools "a wise and liberal system of police, by which property and the... | |
 | Edward Alsworth Ross - Social sciences - 1901 - 504 pages
...his Plymouth oration, said : " By general instruction we seek as far as possible to purify the whole atmosphere, to keep good sentiments uppermost, and...denunciations of religion, against' immorality and crime." Elsewhere he terms the public schools "a wise and liberal system of police, by which property and the... | |
 | Southern Educational Association - Education - 1901 - 394 pages
...his Plymouth oration, said : " By general instruction we seek as far as possible to purify the whole atmosphere, to keep good sentiments uppermost, and to turn the strong current of feeling and public opinion, as well aa the censures of the law and the denunciations of religion against immorality... | |
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