American Education: Its Principles and Elements : Dedicated to the Teachers of the United StatesA.S. Barnes & Company, 1851 - 330 pages |
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... Sovereignty of the People ... 260 262 264 The Citizen a Sovereign 266 ... A Citizen a Subject .. 268 The Citizen an Officer 270 The Constitution an Instructor 272 CHAPTER XIII . THE BIBLE - THE LAW - BOOK CONTENTS . 11.
... Sovereignty of the People ... 260 262 264 The Citizen a Sovereign 266 ... A Citizen a Subject .. 268 The Citizen an Officer 270 The Constitution an Instructor 272 CHAPTER XIII . THE BIBLE - THE LAW - BOOK CONTENTS . 11.
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... BIBLE - THE LAW - BOOK FROM HEAVEN ...... The Bible the oldest and truest History 275 276 66 a Delineator of Human Nature 279 66 contains the Divine Law 282 66 contains the true Principles of Progress .. 284 66 announces Future Glory ...
... BIBLE - THE LAW - BOOK FROM HEAVEN ...... The Bible the oldest and truest History 275 276 66 a Delineator of Human Nature 279 66 contains the Divine Law 282 66 contains the true Principles of Progress .. 284 66 announces Future Glory ...
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... single principle lying at the foundation of republics . The fathers of the republic , our glorious ancestry of Pilgrim memory and revolutionary fame , acknowl- edged and worshipped the God of the Bible , who CIVIL AND RELIGIOUS LIBERTY .
... single principle lying at the foundation of republics . The fathers of the republic , our glorious ancestry of Pilgrim memory and revolutionary fame , acknowl- edged and worshipped the God of the Bible , who CIVIL AND RELIGIOUS LIBERTY .
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... Bible , who had borne them safely over the waves of the ocean and through the fires of battle . In the forest sanctuary , on the blood - red fields , in the halls of solemn council , they worshipped and they prayed ; and their prayers ...
... Bible , who had borne them safely over the waves of the ocean and through the fires of battle . In the forest sanctuary , on the blood - red fields , in the halls of solemn council , they worshipped and they prayed ; and their prayers ...
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... Bible , as the charter derived from Heaven ; and , finally , in whatever shall make man a thinking , spiritual , active , responsible agent . Such he must be before this world can realize , even in a small measure , those beautiful and ...
... Bible , as the charter derived from Heaven ; and , finally , in whatever shall make man a thinking , spiritual , active , responsible agent . Such he must be before this world can realize , even in a small measure , those beautiful and ...
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Page 260 - The unity of government which constitutes you one people is also now dear to you. It is justly so, for it is a main pillar in the edifice of your real independence, the support of your tranquillity at home, your peace abroad, of your safety, of your prosperity, of that very liberty which you so highly prize.
Page 68 - Or waked to ecstasy the living lyre: But knowledge to their eyes her ample page, Rich with the spoils of time, did ne'er unroll; Chill penury repressed their noble rage, And froze the genial current of the soul.
Page 88 - Beside yon straggling fence that skirts the way With blossomed furze unprofitably gay, There in his noisy mansion, skilled to rule, The village master taught his little school.
Page 145 - As when the moon, refulgent lamp of night! O'er heaven's clear azure spreads her sacred light, When not a breath disturbs the deep serene, And not a cloud o'ercasts the solemn scene; Around her throne the vivid planets roll, And stars unnumbered gild the glowing pole; O'er the dark trees a yellower verdure shed, And tip with silver every mountain's head.
Page 134 - When the morning stars sang together, and the sons of God shouted for joy.
Page 290 - And did not he make one ? Yet had he the residue of the spirit. And wherefore one ? That he might seek a godly seed. Therefore take heed to your spirit, and let none deal treacherously against the wife of his youth.
Page 232 - Colours that change whene'er they wave their wings. Amid the circle, on the gilded mast, Superior by the head, was Ariel placed ; His purple pinions opening to the sun, He raised his azure wand, and thus begun.
Page 203 - All this came upon the king Nebuchadnezzar. At the end of twelve months he walked in the palace of the kingdom of Babylon. The king spake, and said, Is not this great Babylon, that I have built for the house of the kingdom by the might of my power, and for the honour of my majesty...
Page 174 - Now all these things happened unto them for ensamples : and they are written for our admonition, upon whom the ends of the world are come.
Page 223 - Or let my lamp at midnight hour, Be seen in some high lonely tower, Where I may oft out-watch the Bear, With thrice great Hermes, or unsphere The spirit of Plato, to unfold What worlds or what vast regions hold, The immortal mind that hath forsook Her mansion in this fleshly nook...