The memory that does come up from those far away pages is full of the best wisdom of time or of the timeless land. In those books we were indeed led 'by a schoolmaster from beautiful maxims for children up to the best thoughts of a long line of sages,... A History of the McGuffey Readers - Página 12por Henry Hobart Vail - 1910 - 70 páginasVista completa - Acerca de este libro
| Joseph Belcher - 1849 - 490 páginas
...enthusiastic. The first sentence with which he broke the awful silence was a quotation from Rousseau : — " Socrates died like a philosopher, but Jesus Christ like a God !" this short sentence, unless you could perfectly conceive the whole manner of the man, as well as the peculiar... | |
| Frank Van Buren Irish - 1884 - 132 páginas
...come up from those far away pages is full of the best wisdom of time or of the timeless land. In those books we were indeed led 'by a schoolmaster from beautiful...like a philosopher, but Jesus Christ like a God., " Prof. Swing wrote to the publishers concerning the above tribute to McGuffey,s Readers: " I am willing... | |
| Benjamin Franklin Perry - 1887 - 644 páginas
...the son of Mr. Wirt's Blind Preacher, so beautifully and elegantly sketched in his " British Spy." " Socrates died like a philosopher, but Jesus Christ like a God ! " This was one of the blind preacher's expressions, in a little log meeting-house in the woods of Virginia.... | |
| 1889 - 762 páginas
...come up from those far away pages is full of the best wisdom of time or of the timeless land. In those books we were indeed led by a schoolmaster, from beautiful...like a philosopher, but Jesus Christ like a God.' " Prof. Swing wrote to the publishers concerning the above tribute to McGuffey's Readers: "I am willing... | |
| 1897 - 660 páginas
...for children up to the best thoughts of a long line of sages, and poets, and naturalists. There we first learned the awful weakness of the duel that...like a philosopher, but Jesus Christ like a God." THE TEACHERS' PENSION FUND OF CINCINNATI. ONE per cent, of the salaries paid to all teachers is deducted... | |
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