The British Annals of Education for ...: Being The Scholastic Quarterly Review, Volumes 1-2Sherwood & Boyer, 1844 - Education |
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... fact , it is by touch alone , that we experience the sensations of heat and cold ; but the judgment we form of these two qualities in bodies , is not precisely connected , as might be supposed by the quantity of caloric they either ...
... fact , it is by touch alone , that we experience the sensations of heat and cold ; but the judgment we form of these two qualities in bodies , is not precisely connected , as might be supposed by the quantity of caloric they either ...
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... fact , which are received by a body , create a vibratory motion in the molecules of that body which are communicated to the layers of air suc- cessively , till they reach the ear , where they determine the nature of sound . We cannot ...
... fact , which are received by a body , create a vibratory motion in the molecules of that body which are communicated to the layers of air suc- cessively , till they reach the ear , where they determine the nature of sound . We cannot ...
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... fact comes the nearest to an actual exhibition of the matter to be demonstrated . In all species of illustrations , the least general truth should first be presented to the eye of the student ; and those modes of demonstration which ...
... fact comes the nearest to an actual exhibition of the matter to be demonstrated . In all species of illustrations , the least general truth should first be presented to the eye of the student ; and those modes of demonstration which ...
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... fact greatly to be lamented , that in the first country of the world so little attention has been paid to this subject by modern educators . We do not possess , either as a part of any of our school systems , public or private , any ...
... fact greatly to be lamented , that in the first country of the world so little attention has been paid to this subject by modern educators . We do not possess , either as a part of any of our school systems , public or private , any ...
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... fact , so clearly as not to see at all , and their senses so refined , as to be without common sense . A second leading principle was to " begin from within , " and to advance outwardly - which his disciples alone understood- and then ...
... fact , so clearly as not to see at all , and their senses so refined , as to be without common sense . A second leading principle was to " begin from within , " and to advance outwardly - which his disciples alone understood- and then ...
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Page 306 - Young men likewise exhort to be sober-minded ; in all things shewing thyself a pattern of good works, in doctrine shewing uncorruptness, gravity, sincerity, sound speech, that cannot be condemned ; that he that is of the contrary part may be ashamed, having no evil thing to say of you.
Page 411 - I am with him. And when I am called from him, I fall on weeping, because whatsoever I do else, but learning, is full of grief] trouble, fear, and whole misliking unto me. And thus my book hath been so much my pleasure, and bringeth daily to me more pleasure and more, that in respect of it all other pleasures in very deed be but trifles and troubles unto me.
Page 411 - I am in presence either of father or mother, whether I speak, keep silence, sit, stand, or go, eat, drink, be merry or sad, be sewing, playing, dancing, or doing anything else, I must do it, as it were, in such weight, measure, and number, even so perfectly as God made the world; or else I am so sharply taunted, so cruelly threatened, yea, presently, sometimes with pinches, nips, and bobs, and other ways (which I will not name for the honour I bear them) so without measure misordered, that I think...
Page 282 - And Joshua the son of Nun was full of the spirit of wisdom; for Moses had laid his hands upon him : and the children of Israel hearkened unto him, and did as the LORD commanded Moses.
Page 283 - And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart: and thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.
Page 156 - If my reader will give me leave to change the allusion so soon upon him, I shall make use of the same instance to illustrate the force of education, which Aristotle has brought to explain his doctrine of substantial forms, when he tells us that a statue lies hid in a block of marble ; and that the art of the statuary only clears away the superfluous matter, and removes the rubbish.
Page 411 - I wist all their sport in the park is but a shadow to that pleasure that I find in Plato. Alas ! good folk, they never felt what true pleasure meant.
Page 283 - Therefore shall ye lay up these my words in your heart and in your soul, and bind them for a sign upon your hand, that they may be as frontlets between your eyes.
Page 209 - If a straight line be divided into two equal parts, and also into two unequal parts; the rectangle contained by the unequal parts, together with the square of the line between the points of section, is equal to the square of half the line.
Page 306 - Let no man despise thy youth; but be thou an example of the believers, in word, in conversation, in charity, in spirit, in faith, in purity.