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Page 10 - he says in his Thoughts concerning Education, " which is the hard and valuable part to be aimed at in education, and not a forward pertness, or any little arts of shifting. All other considerations should give way and be postponed to this. This is the solid and substantial good, which tutors should not only read,
Page 10 - virtue, which, being united to the heavenly grace of faith, makes up the highest perfection." And these are the suggestions of the truest and most practical wisdom not, less than of venerable names and exalted authority: considerations, which have entirely escaped those, who so much depreciate the uses of Instruction in the improvement of
Page 15 - were as ignorant as the savages of the desert : they could not read a single letter. Of the whole 700, only 150 could write, or even read with ease; and in the words of one of the chaplains to the jails, nearly the whole number were totally ignorant with regard to the nature and
Page 15 - moral and intellectual state of those counties, which have been disgraced by riots and acts of incendiarism, are truly affecting, and yet they are but a fair representation of the actual state of our peasantry. We call ourselves an enlightened nation,
Page 15 - out of nearly 700 prisoners put on trial in four counties, upwards of 260 were as ignorant as the savages of the desert : they could not read a single letter. Of the whole 700, only 150 could
Page 235 - justified, (and who among Americans does not feel a just pride in endeavoring to maintain it ?) let us never forget, that it can be justified only by a watchfulness and zeal in proportion to our confidence. Let us never forget, that we must prove ourselves wiser, better and purer, than any other nation ever
Page 26 - when it works upon a noble mind, draws out to view every latent virtue and perfection.
Page 121 - To do unto others as we would that they should do unto us,
Page 16 - of principle, is only to create in him new desires, to make him restless and dissatisfied, hating those that are above him, and desirous of reducing all to his own level; and you have but to realize universally such a state of society to fill the cup of the world's guilt and misery to the brim.
Page 121 - first the blade, then the ear and then the full corn in the ear.