How Shall I Govern My School?: Addressed to Young Teachers; and Also Adapted to Assist Parents in Family GovernmentJ. Whetham, 1839 - 297 pages |
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Page 176 - Because sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily, therefore the heart of the sons of men is fully set in them to do evil.
Page 127 - After singing this, they fell to their work with great cheerfulness and vigor. I mention these instances, from numerous others which might be produced, to show how much may be done in reclaiming the most hopeless youthful offenders by a judicious application of the right means of moral influence. How short-sighted and destructive, then, is the policy which would exclude such influence from our public institutions ! The same effects have been produced by houses of reformation in our own country. I...
Page 53 - If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, who giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not, and it shall be given him,
Page 155 - ... and was not at all disposed to gratify his father. Very reluctantly he came as he was bid, but when his father pointed to the first letter of the alphabet, and said, " What letter is that, John?" he could get no answer. John looked upon the book sulky and silent. " My son," said the father pleasantly,
Page 305 - As, when in tumults rise th' ignoble crowd, Mad are their motions, and their tongues are loud; And stones and brands in rattling volleys fly, And all the rustic arms that fury can supply: If then some grave and pious man appear, They hush their noise, and lend a list'ning ear ; He soothes with sober words their angry mood, And quenches their innate desire of blood...
Page 106 - He that hath no rule over his own spirit is like a city that is broken down, and without walls.
Page 256 - Tis education forms the common mind ; Just as the twig is bent the tree's inclined.
Page 122 - ... sitting at a long table, making clothes for the establishment, and singing at their work. The doctor enjoyed my surprise, and, on going out, remarked, ' I always keep these little rogues singing at their work, for while the children sing the devil cannot come among them at all ; he can only sit out doors there and growl ; but if they stop singing, in the devil comes.
Page 266 - ... himself, let him translate into English his former lesson. Then showing it to his master, let the master take from him his Latin book, and pausing an hour at the least, then let the child translate his own English into Latin again in another paper book. When the child bringeth it turned into Latin, the master must compare it with Tully's book, and lay them both together; and where the child doth well, either in choosing or true placing of Tully's words, let the master praise him, and say, "Here...
Page 156 - Again the father inflicted punishment as severely as he dared to do it, and still the child, with his whole frame in agitation, refused to yield. The father was suffering from the most intense solicitude. He regretted exceedingly that he had been drawn into the contest. He had already punished his child with a severity which he feared to exceed. And yet the wilful sufferer stood before him, sobbing and trembling, but apparently as unyielding as a rock. I have often heard that parent mention the acuteness...