Theory and Practice of Teaching, Or, The Motives and Methods of Good School-seepingHall & Dickson, 1854 - 349 pages |
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Page 248 - with impunity. If taken, fat in a solid form is less injurious than liquid fat. " 5. Fruit may be eaten with the recollection of the proverb of fruit-producing countries : ' It is gold in the morning, silver at noon, and lead at night.' Ripe fruit in its season is wholesome, and preferable, for a person
Page 13 - not on the mind.—Religion our glory—our hope. it is that of leading the young into principles of error and the debasing practices of vice. " Oh, wo to those who trample on the mind, That deathless thing! They know not what they do, Nor what they deal with. Man,
Page 243 - President Hitchcock.—Riding on horseback.—Garden. of some branch of natural history as has led to snatch every opportunity for a walk, with the interest of a delightful study, ' Where living things, and things inanimate Do speak, at Heaven's command, to eye and ear.' The distinguished geologist of Massachusetts, Presi dent Hitchcock, was once, when teacher of a school, reduced to so
Page 13 - may bind The flower his step hath bruised; or light anew The torch he quenches; or to music wind Again the lyre-string from his touch that flew;— But for the soul, oh, tremble and beware To lay rude hands upon
Page 309 - the confidence of all the ends of the earth, and of them that are afar off upon the sea. Which by his strength settcth fast the mountains; being girded with power:
Page 35 - reached the place of their destination. It would hardly seem that the combined efforts of all persons engaged, could have accomplished more, in defeating the true objects of reading. How the cause of this deficiency is to be apportioned among the .egal supervisors of the schools, parents,
Page 42 - thing of the organs and functions of the human system, and of the properties of those objects in nature to which that system is related, can hear a quack descant upon the miraculous virtues of his nostrums, or can read his advertisements in the newspapers,—wherein, fraudulently towards man and impiously towards God, he promises to sell
Page 250 - in the body, or in the action of the powers of the mind. " A common cause of low spirits in a teacher, is anxiety in regard to the well-doing of his pupils. This he must feel; but he must endeavor, as far as possible, to banish it from his hours
Page 316 - for sweeping floors and cleaning paint, than they could for educating the immortal minds of their children! Nor is this confined to the female sex. Young mechanics and farmers, as well as those employed in manufacturing, frequently receive higher wages than the common-school teacher in the same district. Many Driving