Educational Review, Volume 33H. Holt, 1907 |
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Page 332 - Then to side with Truth is noble when we share her wretched crust. Ere her cause bring fame and profit, and 'tis prosperous to be just. Then it is the brave man chooses, while the coward stands aside. Doubting in his abject spirit, till his Lord is crucified. And the multitude make virtue of the faith they had denied.
Page 333 - Parliament is not a congress of ambassadors from different and hostile interests, which interests each must maintain as an agent and advocate against other agents and advocates; but parliament is a deliberative assembly of one nation, with one interest, that of the whole, where not local purpose, not local prejudices ought to guide, but the general good resulting from the general reason of the whole. You choose a member, indeed ; but when you have chosen him, he is not a member of Bristol, but he...
Page 332 - Certainly, Gentlemen, it ought to be the happiness and glory of a representative to live in the strictest union, the closest correspondence, and the most unreserved communication with his constituents.
Page 343 - Then none was for a party ; Then all were for the state ; Then the great man helped the poor, And the poor man loved the great ; Then lands were fairly portioned ; Then spoils were fairly sold ; The Romans were like brothers In the brave days of old.
Page 333 - They are a trust from Providence, for the abuse of which he is deeply answerable. Your representative owes you, not his industry only, but his judgment; and he betrays, instead of serving you, if he sacrifices it to your opinion.
Page 53 - ... under sixteen years of age who cannot read at sight and write legibly simple sentences in the English language, — so as to read as follows : — Section 1.
Page 33 - An Act to fix and regulate the salaries of teachers, school officers, and other employees of the board of education of the District of Columbia...
Page 108 - Science, offering advanced programmes of study and investigation leading to the degrees of Master of Arts and Doctor of Philosophy. The professional schools of Law, established in 1858, offering courses of three years leading to the degree of Bachelor of Laws.
Page 155 - However specious in theory the project might be, of giving education to the labouring classes of the poor, it would in effect be found to be prejudicial to their morals and happiness ; it would teach them to despise their lot in life, instead of making them good servants in agriculture, and other laborious employment to which their rank in society had destined them...
Page 108 - College, founded in 1889, offering to men and women, respectively, programs of study which may be begun either in September or February and which lead normally in from three to four years to the...