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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... young artist might thus have access to all the beauties of scenery which natural landscapes in out- line can furnish . More perfect and finished specimens need not be rejected as patriotic presents ; but a gallery of out- line would ...
... young artist might thus have access to all the beauties of scenery which natural landscapes in out- line can furnish . More perfect and finished specimens need not be rejected as patriotic presents ; but a gallery of out- line would ...
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... young citizen absorbed in pursuits unworthy an im- mortal mind , exclaimed , " BEHOLD A GOLDEN SLAVE . " PLATO was an example of moderation ; he refused a purple robe when presented from a king , saying “ I AM A MAN , AND SCORN SUCH ...
... young citizen absorbed in pursuits unworthy an im- mortal mind , exclaimed , " BEHOLD A GOLDEN SLAVE . " PLATO was an example of moderation ; he refused a purple robe when presented from a king , saying “ I AM A MAN , AND SCORN SUCH ...
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... young , and , seconding the universities , syste- matically spread over a mighty people the radient streams of intellectual acquisition ! In all these views of the subject , it is essential to keep in mind , the necessity of associating ...
... young , and , seconding the universities , syste- matically spread over a mighty people the radient streams of intellectual acquisition ! In all these views of the subject , it is essential to keep in mind , the necessity of associating ...
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... young persons under the fostering influence of education , " AS A LIGHT THAT HATH GONE FORTH IN BRIGHTNESS , " " " a salvation WHICH IS , as the lamp that BURNETH . " I remain , very respectfully , Thy obliged friend , JOSEPH LANCASTER ...
... young persons under the fostering influence of education , " AS A LIGHT THAT HATH GONE FORTH IN BRIGHTNESS , " " " a salvation WHICH IS , as the lamp that BURNETH . " I remain , very respectfully , Thy obliged friend , JOSEPH LANCASTER ...
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... young , unwean'd 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 ; Ile looks around , above , beneath , At once the heir of Heaven and earth . Force , cunning ...
... young , unwean'd 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 ; Ile looks around , above , beneath , At once the heir of Heaven and earth . Force , cunning ...
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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...