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Page 309 - What knowledge is of most worth? —the uniform reply is— Science. This is the verdict on all the counts. For direct self-preservation, or the maintenance of life and health, the all-important knowledge is— Science. For that indirect self-preservation, which we call gaining a livelihood, the knowledge of greatest value is— Science. For the due discharge of parental functions, the proper guidance is to found only in— Science.
Page 193 - The curfew tolls the knell of parting day, The lowing herd winds slowly o'er the lea, The ploughman homeward plods his weary way, And leaves the world to darkness and to me. Now fades the glimmering landscape on the sight, And all the air a solemn stillness holds, Save where the beetle wheels his droning flight, And drowsy tinklings lull the distant folds...
Page 182 - ... crystal brooks. to bathe her languid limbs. The brooks and rivulets fly from her, and are dried up at her approach. She cools her parched lips with berries, and the grateful acid...
Page 302 - Reading maketh a full man, conference a ready man, and writing an exact man. And therefore, if a man write little, he had need have a great memory; if he confer little...
Page 259 - ... it is the true office of history to represent the events themselves together with the counsels, and to leave the observations and conclusions thereupon to the liberty and faculty of every man's judgment.
Page 68 - ... more happy and interesting by opening up an easily accessible and attractive field for the exercise of brain hand, and eye. It gives the children an opportunity of learning the simplest natural facts and directs their attention to external objects, making their education less bookish. It further develops a love of nature and an interest in living things, and corrects the tendency which exists in many children to destructiveness and thoughtless unkindness to animals, and shows the ignorance and...
Page 309 - For that indirect self-preservation which we call gaining a livelihood, the knowledge of greatest value is — Science. For the due discharge of parental functions, the proper guidance is to be found only in — Science. For that interpretation of national life, past and present, without which the citizen cannot rightly regulate his conduct, the indispensable key is — Science. Alike for the most perfect production and highest enjoyment of art in all its forms, the needful preparation is still —...
Page v - ... Music. The experience of the author in the teaching of School Method has led him to believe that young students require much more help in this subject than is offered in existing manuals, and that it is essential that the information contained should be offered in its most serviceable form. His experience has shown that no book is suitable unless it is comprehensive in its range, practical in its nature, and modern in its methods.
Page 39 - ... room the actual work of the lesson should not be more than a quarter of an hour. Each lesson should also be followed by intervals of rest and song; the subjects of the lessons should be varied, beginning in the lowest section with familiar objects and animals, and interspersed with songs and stories appropriate to the lesson; the spontaneous and co-operative activity of the scholars should form the object and animate the spirit of the lesson.
Page 316 - ... the national strength and energy ; but the most important are such as diffuse sentiments by which the honour and prosperity of the country may be promoted. The national legends, frequently embodied in songs, are the peasant's chief source of that national feeling which other ranks derive from a more extensive acquaintance with history. The songs of any people may be regarded as important means of forming an industrious, brave, loyal, and religious working class.