An Old Man's Thoughts about Many ThingsBell and Daldy, 1872 - 379 páginas |
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... called which are not arguments , and conclusions founded on facts which are not proved and cannot be proved , the whole ending in something which contradicts the beginning ; periods much longer than this but not near so clear , for this ...
... called which are not arguments , and conclusions founded on facts which are not proved and cannot be proved , the whole ending in something which contradicts the beginning ; periods much longer than this but not near so clear , for this ...
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... called spelling and it is generally taught in a way as absurd as many other things are . A child who can really write correctly all the words that he hears spoken has accomplished a very difficult thing ; for I doubt if there is any ...
... called spelling and it is generally taught in a way as absurd as many other things are . A child who can really write correctly all the words that he hears spoken has accomplished a very difficult thing ; for I doubt if there is any ...
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... called with the reasons of them , and can apply his acquirements to the solution of most of the little problems which may be solved by these simple means , has acquired a very great power . The four rules comprehend more than the ...
... called with the reasons of them , and can apply his acquirements to the solution of most of the little problems which may be solved by these simple means , has acquired a very great power . The four rules comprehend more than the ...
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... called , though some have more capacity of this kind than others ; but a serviceable vigorous memory is made by hard labour at a thing till it is completely mastered , and then the understanding of the thing and the memory are one ...
... called , though some have more capacity of this kind than others ; but a serviceable vigorous memory is made by hard labour at a thing till it is completely mastered , and then the understanding of the thing and the memory are one ...
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... the pupils . We hear a good deal of schools called public and even of the great public schools . But the word public is a mere deception . Public schools exist in some of the American states . They are 44 OF SCHOOLS .
... the pupils . We hear a good deal of schools called public and even of the great public schools . But the word public is a mere deception . Public schools exist in some of the American states . They are 44 OF SCHOOLS .
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Página 352 - The tax which each individual is bound to pay ought to be certain, and not arbitrary. The time of payment, the manner of payment, the quantity to be paid, ought all to be clear and plain to the contributor, and to every other person.
Página 352 - subjects of every State ought to contribute towards the support of the government, as nearly as possible, in proportion to their respective abilities, that is, in proportion to the revenue which they respectively enjoy under the protection of the State.
Página 348 - There is no art which one government sooner learns of another than that of draining money from the pockets of the people.
Página 304 - If any of the provinces of the British empire cannot be made to contribute towards the support of the whole empire, it is surely time that Great Britain should free herself from the expense of defending those provinces in time of war, and of supporting any part of their civil or : military establishments in time of peace, and ,' endeavour to accommodate her future views/ and designs to the real mediocrity of her circumstances.
Página 279 - That the National Religion of the country should be made the foundation of national education, which should be the first and chief thing taught to the Poor, according to the excellent Liturgy and Catechism provided by our Church for that purpose.
Página 353 - While the demand for labour and the price of provisions, therefore, remain the same, a direct tax upon the wages of labour can have no other effect than to raise them somewhat higher than the tax.
Página 266 - But when things are matter of public concern, the discipline pertaining to them must also be matter of public concern ; and we must not consider any citizen as belonging to himself, but all as belonging to the state ; for each is a part of the state, and the superintendence of each part has naturally a reference to the superintendence of the whole.
Página 210 - ... and what we ought to do and what we ought not to do, whoever came into the world without having an innate idea of them?