Prince Albert's golden precepts: or, The opinions and maxims of ... the prince consort, selected from his addresses, etc |
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THE OLD PARISH SCHOOL . . . . . . . . . 72 THE ENGLISHMAN ' S JEALOUSY OF
CONTROL . . 74 ADVANTAGES OF A NEUTRAL GROUND . . STARTLING
FACTS . . . . . . . . . . THE ROOT OF A GREAT EVIL . . . . . . . . 79 THE POOR MAN '
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THE OLD PARISH SCHOOL . . . . . . . . . 72 THE ENGLISHMAN ' S JEALOUSY OF
CONTROL . . 74 ADVANTAGES OF A NEUTRAL GROUND . . STARTLING
FACTS . . . . . . . . . . THE ROOT OF A GREAT EVIL . . . . . . . . 79 THE POOR MAN '
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THE OLD PARISH SCHOOL . * LOOKING to former times , we find that our
forefathers , with their wonted piety and paternal care , had established a system
of national education , based upon the parish organization and forming part of
parish ...
THE OLD PARISH SCHOOL . * LOOKING to former times , we find that our
forefathers , with their wonted piety and paternal care , had established a system
of national education , based upon the parish organization and forming part of
parish ...
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The Old Parish School . 73 of their day , and had in it a certain unity and
completeness which we might well envy at the present moment . But in the
progress of time our wants have outstripped that system , and the condition of the
country has ...
The Old Parish School . 73 of their day , and had in it a certain unity and
completeness which we might well envy at the present moment . But in the
progress of time our wants have outstripped that system , and the condition of the
country has ...
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You may well be proud , gentlemen , of the results hitherto achieved by your rival
efforts , and may point to the fact that , since the beginning of the century , while
the population has doubled itself , the number of schools both public and private
...
You may well be proud , gentlemen , of the results hitherto achieved by your rival
efforts , and may point to the fact that , since the beginning of the century , while
the population has doubled itself , the number of schools both public and private
...
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On the other hand , carefully collected statistics reveal to us the fact that while
about 600 , 000 children between the ages of three and fifteen are absent from
school , but known to be employed , no less than 2 , 200 , 000 are not at schools
...
On the other hand , carefully collected statistics reveal to us the fact that while
about 600 , 000 children between the ages of three and fifteen are absent from
school , but known to be employed , no less than 2 , 200 , 000 are not at schools
...
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| Title | Prince Albert's golden precepts: or, The opinions and maxims of ... the prince consort, selected from his addresses, etc |
| Author | Albert (consort of Victoria, queen of Gt. Britain.) |
| Published | 1873 |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | 31 juuli 2006 |
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