Contributions to American Educational HistoryHerbert Baxter Adams U.S. Government Printing Office, 1888 |
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... versity would be a good subject for a congressional inquiry , when other scientific subjects are exhausted . It appears from a report of the Ches- apeake and Ohio Canal Company , in 1851 , page 20 , that only one divi- dend was ever ...
... versity would be a good subject for a congressional inquiry , when other scientific subjects are exhausted . It appears from a report of the Ches- apeake and Ohio Canal Company , in 1851 , page 20 , that only one divi- dend was ever ...
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... versity advantages which no other place than the City of Washington would possess ; " and lastly , as this seminary is contemplated for the completion of education and study of the sciences , not for boys in their rudiments , it will ...
... versity advantages which no other place than the City of Washington would possess ; " and lastly , as this seminary is contemplated for the completion of education and study of the sciences , not for boys in their rudiments , it will ...
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... versity education ; ethics and the languages of the Old and New Testa- ments as a suitable university basis for theological training ; the impor- tance of the academic study of history , politics , and economics ; the teaching of ...
... versity education ; ethics and the languages of the Old and New Testa- ments as a suitable university basis for theological training ; the impor- tance of the academic study of history , politics , and economics ; the teaching of ...
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... versity of Virginia to get a glimpse of this work , of which no trace could be found in the libraries of Richmond . The University of Virginia and the " Theatre of Marcellus " proved such interesting object - lessons , that a student ...
... versity of Virginia to get a glimpse of this work , of which no trace could be found in the libraries of Richmond . The University of Virginia and the " Theatre of Marcellus " proved such interesting object - lessons , that a student ...
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... versity of Virginia . Under the head of mathematics Jefferson classified the following sciences : pure mathematics , physico - mathematics , physics chemistry , mineralogy , botany , zoölogy , anatomy , and the theory of medicine ...
... versity of Virginia . Under the head of mathematics Jefferson classified the following sciences : pure mathematics , physico - mathematics , physics chemistry , mineralogy , botany , zoölogy , anatomy , and the theory of medicine ...
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Contributions to American Educational History, Volúmenes5-7 Herbert Baxter Adams Vista completa - 1889 |
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Página 66 - Nothing is more certainly written in the book of fate, than that these people are to be free; nor is it less certain that the two races, equally free, cannot live in the same government.
Página 59 - ... convenient instruction of youth, with such salaries to the masters, paid by the public, as may enable them to instruct at low prices...
Página 33 - Lincoln had been a member of the Convention that framed the Constitution of the United States, and...
Página 40 - History, by apprising them of the past, will enable them to judge of the future; it will avail them of the experience of other times and other nations; it will qualify them as judges of the actions and designs of men ; it will enable them to know ambition under every disguise it may assume ; and knowing it, to defeat its views.
Página 56 - Whatever argument may be drawn from particular examples, superficially viewed, a thorough examination of the subject will evince, that the art of war is at once comprehensive and complicated ; that it demands much previous study ; and that the possession of it, in its most improved and perfect state, is always of great moment to the security of a nation.
Página 51 - I proceed after this recital, for the more correct understanding of the case, to declare; that, as it has always been a source of serious regret with me, to see the youth of these United States sent to foreign countries for the purpose of education, often before their minds were formed, or they had imbibed any adequate ideas of the happiness of their own ; contracting too frequently, not only habits of dissipation and extravagance, but principles unfriendly to republican government, and to the true...
Página 67 - Harvard, the affirmative of the thesis, whether it be lawful to resist the supreme magistrate, if the Commonwealth cannot otherwise be preserved.
Página 13 - ... a primary object of such a national institution should be the education of our youth in the science of government. In a republic what species of knowledge can be equally important and what duty more pressing on its legislature than to patronize a plan for communicating it to those who are to be the future guardians of the liberties of the country?