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It happens frequently , also , that persons attain wealth who have not themselves
been well educated ; and they , in the United States as in England , mistake the
important objects of instruction , and omit them in favour of the showy or amusing
...
It happens frequently , also , that persons attain wealth who have not themselves
been well educated ; and they , in the United States as in England , mistake the
important objects of instruction , and omit them in favour of the showy or amusing
...
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... well - informed part of the audience who become weary of the substantial and
useful portions of instruction ; and it might be wise in the lessinstructed parents to
remain and see if they can learn something of what their children are acquiring .
... well - informed part of the audience who become weary of the substantial and
useful portions of instruction ; and it might be wise in the lessinstructed parents to
remain and see if they can learn something of what their children are acquiring .
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... language — at which one is apt to smile when you hear its mistaken
application on some other subjects , and to say gladly , that “ no country in the
world ” has a more just appreciation of the importance of universal instruction
than the United ...
... language — at which one is apt to smile when you hear its mistaken
application on some other subjects , and to say gladly , that “ no country in the
world ” has a more just appreciation of the importance of universal instruction
than the United ...
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... the people at the ensuing school and judicial election . The result of this
election is interesting , as shewing to which side the balance for ignorance or for
instruction turns . There were votes for establishing THE COMMON SCHOOLS ,
ETC .
... the people at the ensuing school and judicial election . The result of this
election is interesting , as shewing to which side the balance for ignorance or for
instruction turns . There were votes for establishing THE COMMON SCHOOLS ,
ETC .
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or for instruction turns . There were votes for establishing the Free Academy 19 ,
404 , against it 3409 , giving the enormous and honourable majority in favour of
instruction of 15 , 995 — and thus the scheme went on , and the beautiful new ...
or for instruction turns . There were votes for establishing the Free Academy 19 ,
404 , against it 3409 , giving the enormous and honourable majority in favour of
instruction of 15 , 995 — and thus the scheme went on , and the beautiful new ...
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Page 116 - This poor man cried, and the Lord heard him, and saved him out of all his trouble;" but this ought to be, and might be, the experience of every praying heart, were it not for lurking unbelief. In some of our Scottish prayer-meetings, I have felt a degree of distraction of purpose, and want of
Page 77 - orphans, in their Asylum at New York— " Uncle Sam * is rich enough To give us all a farm." The facility with which enough, and more than enough, is found to satisfy every hungry mouth on a farm, gives wonderful scope to the benevolent sentiment. Compassion needs but to well up at its
Page 145 - shining hair ; She is leaving the home of her childhood's mirth, She hath bid farewell to her father's hearth; Her place is now by another's side— Bring flowers for the locks of the fair young bride!" Then was wheeled in a table with the mighty cake, which is as much a " chieftain" at an American as at a British wedding. From it the groomsmen procured their
Page 316 - Thou shalt in anywise rebuke thy neighbour, and not suffer sin upon him;" or, " That thou bear no sin for him." Let us turn from this desolate landscape, and gladly survey a new scene which begins to open
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| Title | America as I Found it America as I Found it, Mary Grey Lundie Duncan Collections speciales |
| Author | Mary Grey Lundie Duncan |
| Publisher | J. Nisbet and Company, 1852 |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | 5 Dec 2006 |
| Length | 380 pages |
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