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Página 103 - ... States constituting our national constellation which receives a new star with every new State. The two together signify union, past and present. The very colors have a language which was officially recognized by our fathers. White is for purity ; red, for valor; blue, for justice; and all together — bunting, stripes, stars, and colors, blazing in the sky — -make the flag of our country, to be cherished by all our hearts, to be upheld by all our hands.
Página 32 - I am not only very much disposed to maintain the absolute necessity of imitation in the first stages of the art ; but am of opinion, that the study of other masters, which I here call imitation, may be extended throughout our whole lives, without any danger of the inconveniences with which it is charged, of enfeebling the mind, or preventing us from giving that original air which every work undoubtedly ought always to have. I am on the contrary persuaded that by imitation only, 8* variety, and even...
Página 91 - Territory shall be twenty-five thousand dollars to be applied only to instruction in agriculture, the mechanic arts, the English language and the various branches of mathematical, physical, natural and economic science, with special reference to their applications in the industries of life, and to the facilities for such instruction...
Página 103 - ... success. To secure the advantage of organization there must be a central board of control. This may be a state board with auxiliary boards in counties and towns. Not only are books for reading to be selected, but a plan of work should be carefully drawn up and widely circulated among teachers. The central board should keep in touch with the members of the circles, papers based upon the books read should be written and carefully examined, and the results attained should in some way be passed to...
Página 103 - ... There will be no lack of interest on the part of the teachers, if the organization and direction be wise. The problem is apparently not a difficult one in the larger places, with systems of schools, where numbers of members are readily brought together, but the case is quite different in the case of rural schools. The results reported clearly indicate certain elements essential to success. To secure the advantage of organization there must be a central board of control. This may be a state board...

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