Letters on National Subjects, Auxiliary to Universal Education, and Scientific Knowledge: Addressed to Burwell Bassett, Late a Member of the House of Representatives, and James Monroe, President of the United States of Americaauthor, 1820 - 60 páginas |
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... Indians ; that contact , will be frequent and intimately blended with your national interests . These sons of the forest claim the atten- tions which are due to man in their situation . Considerations for their welfare have often ...
... Indians ; that contact , will be frequent and intimately blended with your national interests . These sons of the forest claim the atten- tions which are due to man in their situation . Considerations for their welfare have often ...
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... Indians however excellent have been as units , compared with large sums , or individuals with a nation . To succeed extensively , it appears time , that the friends of the In dians should promote instruction and civilization so as to ...
... Indians however excellent have been as units , compared with large sums , or individuals with a nation . To succeed extensively , it appears time , that the friends of the In dians should promote instruction and civilization so as to ...
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... Indians . Thus a principle may be adopted independent of purchase money , as annuities , which will increase the means of civilization and in this respect accelerate the advancement of national resources . While advocating the cause of ...
... Indians . Thus a principle may be adopted independent of purchase money , as annuities , which will increase the means of civilization and in this respect accelerate the advancement of national resources . While advocating the cause of ...
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... Indian teacher would not only live at less expense , but be more acceptable to his own people , than a stranger , and Indians are acknowledged to possess that intelligence as learn- ers , which implies no want of capacity if properly ...
... Indian teacher would not only live at less expense , but be more acceptable to his own people , than a stranger , and Indians are acknowledged to possess that intelligence as learn- ers , which implies no want of capacity if properly ...
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... Indians , be redoubled . While manual , agricultural and me- chanic arts are taught to boys , let increased care be ... Indian , " whose untutored mind , sees God in clouds , and hears him in the wind . ” " If it be true , and true I ...
... Indians , be redoubled . While manual , agricultural and me- chanic arts are taught to boys , let increased care be ... Indian , " whose untutored mind , sees God in clouds , and hears him in the wind . ” " If it be true , and true I ...
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Página 40 - He found him in a desert land, and in the waste howling wilderness; he led him about, he instructed him, he kept him as the apple of his eye.
Página 30 - Of all that live, and move, and breathe, Man only rises o'er his birth ; He looks above, around, beneath, At once the heir of heaven and earth : Force, cunning, speed, which nature gave The various tribes throughout her plan, Life to enjoy, from death to save, — These are the lowest powers of man. From strength to strength he travels on : He leaves the lingering brute behind ; And when a few short years are gone, He soars a disembodied mind : Beyond the grave his course sublime Destined through...
Página 30 - ... to strength he travels on; He leaves the lingering Brute behind And when a few short years are gone, He soars, a disembodied mind. Destined his future course sublime Through nobler, brighter paths to run; With him, the final end of time, Is but eternity begun. What guides him in his high persuit, Opens, illumines, cheers his way? Discerns th' immortal from the brute, God's image from the mould of clay? 'Tis knowledge, knowledge of the soul, Is power and liberty and peace; And, while the celestial...
Página 30 - Reigns through the deep with quenchless rage ; Parent and young, unweaned from blood, Are still the same from age to age. Of all that live, and move, and breathe, Man only rises o'er his birth ; He looks above, around, beneath, At once the heir of heaven and earth : Force, cunning, speed, which Nature gave The various tribes throughout her plan, Life to enjoy, from death to save, These are the lowest powers of Man. From strength to strength...
Página 40 - When the Most High divided to the nations their inheritance, when he separated the sons of Adam, he set the bounds of the people according to the number of the children of Israel. For the Lord's portion is his people ; Jacob is the lot of his inheritance.
Página 18 - The Mayor, Aldermen, and Common Council, mindful of the benefits which the City of London received in her ample share in the...
Página 19 - I was looking at the map of NORTH COLUMBIA, from the Atlantic to the Pacific ocean. Under an introversion of mind arising from this view of the nation, I...