Occasional AddressesTufts college Press, 1902 - 242 páginas |
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... reason , the noblest part of our nature . In our own College we would not overlook this fact . We would teach universality . That is no better than a school of technology which does not draw the mind of the pupil away from the narrow ...
... reason , the noblest part of our nature . In our own College we would not overlook this fact . We would teach universality . That is no better than a school of technology which does not draw the mind of the pupil away from the narrow ...
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... reason , ' he asks " why musical training is so power- ful , because rhythm and harmony find their way into the secret places of the soul , on which they mightily fasten , bearing grace in their movements , and making the soul grace ...
... reason , ' he asks " why musical training is so power- ful , because rhythm and harmony find their way into the secret places of the soul , on which they mightily fasten , bearing grace in their movements , and making the soul grace ...
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... extensively and generally cul- tivated . There is no reason why they should not be in the common schools as well as English grammar and arithmetic ; and they might well an be there before either of them . A boy may INAUGURAL ADDRESS 21.
... extensively and generally cul- tivated . There is no reason why they should not be in the common schools as well as English grammar and arithmetic ; and they might well an be there before either of them . A boy may INAUGURAL ADDRESS 21.
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... reason , because she is their mother ; men who are devoted to her interests , who will cheerfully endure sacrifices and even die for her sake . The alumni of every college have the power in their own hands to make or break her ...
... reason , because she is their mother ; men who are devoted to her interests , who will cheerfully endure sacrifices and even die for her sake . The alumni of every college have the power in their own hands to make or break her ...
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... reason why in the same hour that he was rejected Massachusetts turned , as if under the influence of a mighty loadstone , to the imperial personality of Charles Sumner ; why it followed his leadership , not only in life , but follows it ...
... reason why in the same hour that he was rejected Massachusetts turned , as if under the influence of a mighty loadstone , to the imperial personality of Charles Sumner ; why it followed his leadership , not only in life , but follows it ...
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Página 12 - I shall detain you no longer in the demonstration of what we should not do, but straight conduct you to a hill-side, where I will point you out the right path of a virtuous and noble education; laborious indeed at the first ascent, but else so smooth, so green, so full of goodly prospect and melodious sounds on every side, that the harp of Orpheus was not more charming.
Página 171 - In all its history it has been beneficent; it has trodden down no man's liberty ; it has crushed no State. Its daily respiration is liberty and patriotism ; its yet youthful veins are full of enterprise, courage, and honorable love of glory and renown. Large before, the country has now, by recent events, become vastly larger. This Republic now extends, with a vast breadth across the whole continent. The two great seas of the world wash the one and the other shore. We realize, on a mighty scale, the...
Página 167 - The American struggles against the obstacles that Nature opposes to him; the adversaries of the Russian are men. The former combats the wilderness and savage life; the latter, civilization with all its arms.
Página 128 - Oh, East is East, and West is West, and never the twain shall meet, Till Earth and Sky stand presently at God's great Judgment Seat; * See Note 18.
Página 8 - I call therefore a complete and generous education, that which fits a man to perform justly, skilfully, and magnanimously all the offices, both private and public, of peace and war.
Página 167 - There are at the present time, two great nations in the world which seem to tend towards the same end, although they started from different points; I allude to the Russians and the Americans.
Página 205 - As necessity was a taskmaster over them, so they were forced to be such, not only to their servants but in a...
Página 167 - ... their existence and their greatness at almost the same time. All other nations seem to have nearly reached their natural limits, and only to be charged with the maintenance of their power; but these are still in the act of growth...
Página 207 - ... it shall be the duty of legislatures and magistrates, in all future periods of this commonwealth, to cherish the interests of literature and the sciences, and all seminaries of them...
Página 233 - But as for you, ye thought evil against me ; but God meant it unto good, to bring to pass, as it is this day, to save much people alive.