Recollections of a New England Educator, 1838-1908: Reminiscences - Biographical, Pedagogical, Historical

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Silver, Burdett, 1908 - 292 páginas
 

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Página 209 - By faith Abraham, when he was called to go out into a place which he should after receive for an inheritance, obeyed; and he went out, not knowing whither he went. By faith he sojourned in the land of promise, as in a strange country, dwelling in tabernacles with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise; for he looked for a city which hath foundations, whose builder and maker is God.
Página 209 - Return, we beseech thee, O God of Hosts : look down from heaven, and behold, and visit this vine; And the vineyard which thy right hand hath planted, and the branch that thou madest strong for thyself.
Página 209 - Submit yourselves to every ordinance of man for the Lord's sake: whether it be to the king, as supreme; or unto governors, as unto them that are sent by him for the punishment of evildoers, and for the praise of them that do well.
Página 64 - Leaves have their time to fall, And flowers to wither at the north wind's breath, And stars to set - but all, Thou hast all seasons for thine own, O Death!
Página 209 - But I have said unto you, Ye shall inherit their land, and I will give it unto you to possess it, a land that floweth with milk and honey : I am the LORD your God, which have separated you from other people.
Página 208 - Now the Lord had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father's house, unto a land that I will show thee.
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Página 59 - They were to be regarded as in many respects and to a considerable extent, public schools ; as a part of an organized system of public and universal education : as opening the way, for all the people, to a higher order of instruction than the common schools can supply, and...
Página 63 - Not enjoyment, and not sorrow, Is our destined end or way, But to act that each tomorrow Find us farther than today.
Página 213 - Fault-finding is not calculated to cure a fault. 5. Distrust in the teacher breeds deceit in the pupil. Therefore, always trust your pupils. 6. Absolute self-control on the part of the teacher is a necessary prerequisite to proper control of the pupils. 7. Obedience won is far better and easier than obedience compelled. 8. A child properly employed is easily controlled. 9. A school not properly controlled is a school of little progress or profit. 10. Never threaten; never chide angrily; above all,...

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