Annual Report of the School Committee of the City of BostonGeo. C. Rand & Avery, 1865 - Boston (Mass.) |
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... for the education of these children has been $ 643,774.68 , in the regular financial year , and the further sum of $ 59,073.50 for special purposes since the close of that financial year , making 6 ANNUAL SCHOOL REPORT .
... for the education of these children has been $ 643,774.68 , in the regular financial year , and the further sum of $ 59,073.50 for special purposes since the close of that financial year , making 6 ANNUAL SCHOOL REPORT .
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... child in all the approaches to manhood ; so that it should have power , from its own stand - point , to consider and discuss every theory of error or of truth , - ability to compre- hend and rightfully measure its discoveries and con ...
... child in all the approaches to manhood ; so that it should have power , from its own stand - point , to consider and discuss every theory of error or of truth , - ability to compre- hend and rightfully measure its discoveries and con ...
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... children have been en- joying all the privileges which they would have enjoyed in a time of peace . In fact the blessings of prosperity have reigned within our borders , because our people have been educated , and hence have not been ...
... children have been en- joying all the privileges which they would have enjoyed in a time of peace . In fact the blessings of prosperity have reigned within our borders , because our people have been educated , and hence have not been ...
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... children of the Commonwealth . And it is a noticeable fact that , while there is no other de- partment of the public expenditure that does not meet frequent complaints and fault - findings from the tax- payers , this department ...
... children of the Commonwealth . And it is a noticeable fact that , while there is no other de- partment of the public expenditure that does not meet frequent complaints and fault - findings from the tax- payers , this department ...
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... child meets , therefore , all the gen- tleness of woman's love , the fertility of woman's in- vention , the patience of woman's long - suffering , the hope of woman's faith , and the courage of woman's confidence ; and these gifts of ...
... child meets , therefore , all the gen- tleness of woman's love , the fertility of woman's in- vention , the patience of woman's long - suffering , the hope of woman's faith , and the courage of woman's confidence ; and these gifts of ...
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Page 43 - ... 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 mis-ordered, that I think myself in hell, till time come that I must go to Mr.
Page 223 - From all that dwell below the skies, Let the Creator's praise arise ; Let the Redeemer's name be sung, Through every land, by every tongue. 2. Eternal are thy mercies, Lord ; Eternal truth attends thy word : Thy praise shall sound from shore to shore, Till suns shall rise and set no more.
Page 43 - 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 100 - Soon, o'er thy sheltered nest. Thou'rt gone, the abyss of heaven Hath swallowed up thy form; yet, on my heart Deeply hath sunk the lesson thou hast given, And shall not soon depart. He who, from zone to zone, Guides through the boundless sky thy certain flight, 30 In the long way that I must tread alone Will lead my steps aright.
Page 42 - Her parents, the duke and duchess, with all the household, gentlemen and gentlewomen, were hunting in the park. I found her in her chamber reading...
Page 161 - and would continue the habit, did not the silly mamma tell them not to tease her. Observe how, when out with the nurse-maid, each little one runs up to her with the new flower it has gathered, to show her how pretty it is, and to get her also, to say it is pretty. Listen to the eager volubility with which every urchin describes any novelty he has been to see, if only he can find some one who will attend with any interest. Does not the induction lie on the surface? Is it not clear that we must conform...
Page 43 - 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 42 - After salutation, and duty done, with some other talk, I asked her why she would lose such pastime in the park...
Page 162 - ... them one after another. Gradually, as there occur cases in which he omits to name one or more of the properties he has become acquainted with, she introduces the practice of asking him whether there is not something more that he can tell her about the thing he has got.
Page 161 - In manhood too, when there are no longer teachers at hand, the observations and inferences required for daily guidance, must be made unhelped ; and success in life depends upon the accuracy and completeness with which they are made.