Letters to the Hon. William Prescott, LL.D., on the Free Schools of New England: With Remarks Upon the Principles of Instruction |
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... thing from so good an establishment . It is , indeed , the richest inheritance , we enjoy from our ancestors ; and the value , we attach to it , is enhanced no small degree , by a knowledge of the sacrifices , it cost its pious founders ...
... thing from so good an establishment . It is , indeed , the richest inheritance , we enjoy from our ancestors ; and the value , we attach to it , is enhanced no small degree , by a knowledge of the sacrifices , it cost its pious founders ...
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... services thereby reserved or made payable , any matter or thing whatsoever to the contrary notwithstanding . " [ Province Charter . ] * Prov . Laws , Chap . 13 , sec . 4 . These , together with the subsequent provisions , that grammar 13.
... services thereby reserved or made payable , any matter or thing whatsoever to the contrary notwithstanding . " [ Province Charter . ] * Prov . Laws , Chap . 13 , sec . 4 . These , together with the subsequent provisions , that grammar 13.
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... thing to achieve their independance . But the effect of a law , so comprehensive in the detail as the school law of 1789 , cannot be estimated with great precision , with- out taking into account the character of the people for whom it ...
... thing to achieve their independance . But the effect of a law , so comprehensive in the detail as the school law of 1789 , cannot be estimated with great precision , with- out taking into account the character of the people for whom it ...
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... thing else . Still as the studies are arranged in all our schools , academies , and colleges , where young men are pre- pared for teachers , all the elementary studies , includ- ing geography , are generally taught before the lan ...
... thing else . Still as the studies are arranged in all our schools , academies , and colleges , where young men are pre- pared for teachers , all the elementary studies , includ- ing geography , are generally taught before the lan ...
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... , in which the measure is not less important . It tends more than any thing else , to lessen the distance and weaken the jealousies , which very generally subsist between . the educated and uneducated . The talents and ac- quirements 45.
... , in which the measure is not less important . It tends more than any thing else , to lessen the distance and weaken the jealousies , which very generally subsist between . the educated and uneducated . The talents and ac- quirements 45.
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