Classical Studies: Essays on Ancient Literature and ArtGould, Kendall and Lincoln, 1843 - 413 páginas |
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Página viii
... authoritative commission . Resort to translations is as obviously improper , as it would be for a constitutional lawyer to gain his knowledge of the political institutions of the State at second hand . A mastery viii INTRODUCTION .
... authoritative commission . Resort to translations is as obviously improper , as it would be for a constitutional lawyer to gain his knowledge of the political institutions of the State at second hand . A mastery viii INTRODUCTION .
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... knowledge of ancient Greece is made up from Langhorne's Plutarch , and Mitford's jaundiced history ? Mere information is not the only thing which is needed . There are now American senators , whose heads are crammed with encyclopedias ...
... knowledge of ancient Greece is made up from Langhorne's Plutarch , and Mitford's jaundiced history ? Mere information is not the only thing which is needed . There are now American senators , whose heads are crammed with encyclopedias ...
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... knowledge ; Berlin and Heidelberg , of legal . Still , it may be doubted , whether the best works in any modern language are fitted , in the highest degree , to educate the soul . How different is the impression which is felt in the ...
... knowledge ; Berlin and Heidelberg , of legal . Still , it may be doubted , whether the best works in any modern language are fitted , in the highest degree , to educate the soul . How different is the impression which is felt in the ...
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... knowledge . In the Latin school - into which he found his way , nobody knows how he maintained himself , as Luther did , by singing before the doors of the great , and by giving private lessons in music . In his sixteenth year , he went ...
... knowledge . In the Latin school - into which he found his way , nobody knows how he maintained himself , as Luther did , by singing before the doors of the great , and by giving private lessons in music . In his sixteenth year , he went ...
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... knowledge of Greek manuscripts . The libraries of Paris and Rome have been his laboratories . He was , at first , educated under Spalding and Heindorf , in a gymnasium of Berlin , his native city ; then he went to Halle , and studied ...
... knowledge of Greek manuscripts . The libraries of Paris and Rome have been his laboratories . He was , at first , educated under Spalding and Heindorf , in a gymnasium of Berlin , his native city ; then he went to Halle , and studied ...
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Página 410 - ... perfectly what we could wish, yet, in the most important respects, it supplies a want which has been extensively felt. It is, we think, substantially sound in its fundamental principles; and, being comprehensive and elementary in its plan, and adapted to the purposes of instruction, it will be gladly adopted by those who have for a long time been dissatisfied with existing text-books, particularly the work of Paley.
Página 411 - THE GREAT COMMISSION ; Or, the Christian Church constituted and charged to convey the Gospel to the World.
Página 410 - It is a radical mistake, in the education of youth, to permit any book to be used by students as a text-book, which contains erroneous doctrines, especially when these are fundamental, and tend to vitiate the whole •ystem of morals.
Página 409 - We can say, with safety, that the topics are well selected and arranged; that the author's name is a guarantee for more than usual excellence. We wish it an extensive circulation.
Página 410 - Dr. Wayland has published an abridgment of his work for the use of schools. Of this step we can hardly speak too highly. It is more than time that the study of Moral Philosophy should be introduced into all our institutions of education. We are happy to see the way so auspiciously opened for such an introduction. It has been " not merely abridged, but also re-written.
Página 409 - ... it deserves to be introduced into every private family, and to be studied by every man who has an interest in the wealth and prosperity of his country. It is a subject little understood, even practically, by thousands, and still less understood theoreticallv.
Página 412 - She was an honor to our country —one of the most noblespirited of her sex. It cannot, therefore, be surprising, that so many editions, and so many thousand copies of her life and adventures have been sold. The name — the long career of suffering — the self-sacrificing...
Página 411 - ORIGIN AND HISTORY OF MISSIONS. A Record of the Voyages, Travels, Labours, and Successes of the various Missionaries who have been sent forth by Protestant Societies to Evangelize the Heathen. Compiled from authentic Documents, by the Rev.
Página 409 - ... and discussion in the family circle. It is fitted to enlarge the mind, to purify the judgment. to correct erroneous popular impressions, and assist every man in forming opinions of public measures, which will abide the test of lime and experience.