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" I call therefore a complete and generous education, that which fits a man to perform justly, skilfully, and magnanimously all the offices, both private and public, of peace and war. "
Treasury of Thought: Forming an Encyclopædia of Quotations from Ancient and ... - Page 139
by Maturin Murray Ballou - 1894 - 579 pages
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Miscellaneous Prose Works, Volumes 3-4

Edward Bulwer Lytton Baron Lytton - 1868 - 608 pages
...the most ambitious of modern scholars. After declaring, in his own stately manner, that he calls " a complete and generous education that which fits...justly, skilfully, and magnanimously all the offices of peace -and war" he proceeds to chalk out a general outline of rational studies for young gentlemen...
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Typical Selections from the Best English Authors: With Introductory Notices

English authors - 1869 - 458 pages
...commonly set before them, as all the food and entertainment of their tenderest and most docible age. I call therefore a complete and generous education...offices, both private and public, of peace and war. And how all this may be done between twelve and one and twenty, less time than is now bestowed in pure...
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Education in Massachusetts: Early Legislation and History : a Lecture of a ...

George Barrell Emerson - 1869 - 48 pages
...of giving their early years to the labors of the farm, the forest, and the workshop ? Milton calls " a complete and generous education that which fits...and magnanimously, all the- offices, both private and public, of peace and of war." This primitive, heroic boyhood was not only a true preparation for...
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Lectures Delivered in a Course Before the Lowell Institute, in Boston

Massachusetts Historical Society - 1869 - 524 pages
...of giving their early years to the labors of the farm, the forest, and the workshop ? Milton calls " a complete and generous education that which fits...skilfully, and magnanimously, all the offices, both private and public, of peace and of war." This primitive, heroic boyhood was not only a true preparation for...
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The Young Ladies' Treasure Book: A Complete Cyclopædia of Practical ...

1870 - 956 pages
...book kills reason itself. — Milton. EDUCATION. — I call that a complete and generous education which fits a man to perform justly, skilfully, and...private and public, of peace and war. — Milton. EDUCATION. — " Good instruction is better than riches," was the motto that William Penn, the illustrious...
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Circular of Information of the Bureau of Education, for ...

United States. Bureau of Education, United States. Office of Education - 1889 - 730 pages
...been the view of the broadest minds of all times. It is expressed in those noble words of Milton : I call, therefore, a complete and generous education,...perform justly, skilfully, and magnanimously, all the officer [that is, the duties], both private and public, of peace and war. And John Stuart Mill says...
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Annual Meeting: Proceedings, Constitution, List of Active Members, and Addresses

American Institute of Instruction - 1870 - 144 pages
...another great man, and a reformer in politics, the great republican, John Milton, who says, "I call a complete and generous education that which fits...skilfully, and magnanimously, all the offices, both public and private, of peace and war." That training ^which fits a man to perform justly and skilfully...
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Prize Essay and Lectures, Delivered Before the American Institute ..., Volume 41

American Institute of Instruction - 1870 - 144 pages
...another great man, and a reformer in politics, the great republican, John Milton, who says, " I call a complete and generous education that which fits...skilfully, and magnanimously, all the offices, both public and private, of peace and war." That training which fits a man to perform justly and skilfully...
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The American Journal of Education, Volume 22

Henry Barnard - 1871 - 930 pages
...commonly set before them as all the food and entertainment of their tenderest and most docible age.' I call, therefore, a complete and generous education,...offices both private and public, of peace and war." And how all this may be done between twelve and one-and-twenty, less time than is now bestowed in pure...
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The American Journal of Education, Volume 22

Henry Barnard - 1871 - 932 pages
...commonly set before them as all the food and entertainment of their tenderest and most docible age.' I call, therefore, a complete and generous education,...offices both private and public, of peace and war." And how all this may be done between twelve and one-and-twenty, lees time than is now bestowed in pure...
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