| William Ellery Channing - Theology - 1843 - 686 pages
...power to govern ourselves, and to influence others ; power to gain and to spread happiness. Reading is but an instrument ; education is to teach its best...acquisition of Truth. Accordingly, education should labour to inspire a profound love of truth, and to teach the processes of investigation. A sound logic,... | |
| 1853 - 730 pages
...judge, to contrive — power to adopt good counsels, and to pursue them, to gain and spread happiness. The intellect was created not to receive passively a few words, dates, and facts, but to be active for the acquisition of truth. Education should inspire a profound love... | |
| William Ellery Channing - Theology - 1847 - 422 pages
...power to govern our selves, and to influence others ; power to gain and to spread happiness. Reading is but an instrument ; education is to teach its best...education should labor to inspire a profound love of 1 1 mil, and to teach the processes of investigation. A sound logic, by which we mean the science or... | |
| Lyman Cobb - Corporal punishment - 1847 - 280 pages
...power to govern ourselves and to influence others ; power to gain and to spread happiness. Reading is but an instrument ; education is to teach its best...created not to receive passively a few words, dates and facts ; but to be active for the acquisition of truth. Accordingly, education should inspire a... | |
| Lyman Cobb - Corporal punishment - 1847 - 284 pages
...is to teach its best use. The intellect was created not to receive passively a few words, dates and facts; but to be active for the acquisition of truth. Accordingly, education should inspire a profound lave of truth, and teach the processes of investigation. A sound logic, by which... | |
| William Ellery Channing - Slavery - 1848 - 430 pages
...power to govern our selves, and to influence others ; power to gain and to spread happiness. Reading is but an instrument ; education is to teach its best...the processes of investigation. A sound logic, by wliich we mean the science or art, which instructs us in the laws of reasoning and evidence, in the... | |
| Education - 1848 - 398 pages
...power to govern ourselves, and to influence others ; power t* gain and to spread happiness. Reading is but an instrument ; education is to teach its best...to inspire a profound love of truth, and to teach th« processes of investigation. A sound logic, by which we meai the science or art which instructs... | |
| 1848 - 812 pages
...coursei, and te pursue them, lo govern ourselves and to influence others, to gain and spread happiness. The intellect was created, not to receive passively a few words, dates and facts, but to be active for the acquisition of truth. Education should inspire a profound love... | |
| Churches of Christ - 1849 - 588 pages
...CAMPBELL. EDUCATION. — The true end of education is to unfold and direct aright our whole nature. The intellect was created not to receive passively a few words, dates, and facts, but to be active for the aequisition of truth. Education should inspire a profound love... | |
| 1853 - 408 pages
...powers of thought, affection, will, and outward action — power to gain and spread happiness. Beading is but an instrument ; education is to teach its best...created, not to receive passively a few words, dates and fa.cts, but to be active for the acquisition of truth. Accordingly, education should inspire a... | |
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