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... earnest heed . The claim of culture on teachers on account of their being set under authority , and hence responsible for what they teach , is too hackneyed to bear being dwelt upon , and yet deserves a momentary notice . I wish this ...
... earnest heed . The claim of culture on teachers on account of their being set under authority , and hence responsible for what they teach , is too hackneyed to bear being dwelt upon , and yet deserves a momentary notice . I wish this ...
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... earnest scrutiny , studies the character of an artist in his profession , seeking to understand the elements of his success , and to catch his spirit , will be , according to the law of assimila- tion , conformed to the pattern he ...
... earnest scrutiny , studies the character of an artist in his profession , seeking to understand the elements of his success , and to catch his spirit , will be , according to the law of assimila- tion , conformed to the pattern he ...
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... without catching a portion of the spirit of the place , and being awakened to earnest efforts to attain to the grace and excellence of scholarship . Dr. Arnold was an industrious man , and possessed in 48 MR . BATES'S LECTURE.
... without catching a portion of the spirit of the place , and being awakened to earnest efforts to attain to the grace and excellence of scholarship . Dr. Arnold was an industrious man , and possessed in 48 MR . BATES'S LECTURE.
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... earnest . " The emanation from his ex- ample permeated the atmosphere around him , and evinced to the visitor of an hour even , what was the genius of the place . Thomas Carlyle , having spent a week at Rugby in term time , remarked at ...
... earnest . " The emanation from his ex- ample permeated the atmosphere around him , and evinced to the visitor of an hour even , what was the genius of the place . Thomas Carlyle , having spent a week at Rugby in term time , remarked at ...
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... earnest desire for healthful progress in his views of education , and plans of teaching . When asked once if he did not find the repetition , time after time of the same lessons , irksome to him , he replied , “ No , there is a constant ...
... earnest desire for healthful progress in his views of education , and plans of teaching . When asked once if he did not find the repetition , time after time of the same lessons , irksome to him , he replied , “ No , there is a constant ...
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Page 1 - Every man at the beginning doth set forth good wine ; and when men have well drunk, then that which is worse; but thou hast kept the good wine until now.
Page 135 - To die, to sleep : To sleep : perchance to dream : ay, there's the rub; For in that sleep of death what dreams may come When we have shuffled off this mortal coil, Must give us pause...
Page 82 - For whilst, to the shame of slow-endeavouring art, Thy easy numbers flow, and that each heart Hath, from the leaves of thy unvalued book, Those Delphic lines with deep impression took ; Then thou, our fancy of itself bereaving, Dost make us marble, with too much conceiving ; And, so sepulchred, in such pomp dost lie, That kings, for such a tomb, would wish to die.
Page 136 - Cromwell, Cromwell, Had I but served my God with half the zeal I served my king, he would not in mine age Have left me naked to mine enemies.
Page 135 - In the corrupted currents of this world, Offence's gilded hand may shove by justice, And oft 'tis seen the wicked prize itself Buys out the law...
Page 29 - This operator did his office after a different manner from those of his trade in Europe. He first took my altitude by a quadrant, and then, with rule and compasses, described the dimensions and outlines of my whole body, all which he entered upon paper, and in six days brought my clothes very ill made, and quite out of shape, by happening to mistake a figure in the calculation. But my comfort was, that I observed such accidents very frequent, and little regarded.
Page 135 - And, like a man to double business bound, I stand in pause where I shall first begin, And both neglect. What if this cursed hand Were thicker than itself with brother's blood, Is there not rain enough in the sweet heavens To wash it white as snow?
Page 136 - Love thyself last; cherish those hearts that hate thee; Corruption wins not more than honesty. Still in thy right hand carry gentle peace To silence envious tongues. Be just, and fear not; Let all the ends thou aim'st at be thy country's, Thy God's, and truth's; then, if thou fall'st, O Cromwell, Thou fall'st a blessed martyr!
Page 82 - WHAT needs my Shakespeare for his honored bones The labor of an age in piled stones? Or that his hallowed relics should be hid Under a star-ypointing pyramid? Dear son of memory, great heir of fame, What need'st thou such weak witness of thy name? Thou in our wonder and astonishment Hast built thyself a livelong monument.