President Garfield and Education: Hiram College MemorialJ. R. Osgood and Company, 1881 - 433 psl. |
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President Garfield and Education– Hiram College Memorial Burke Aaron Hinsdale Visos knygos peržiūra - 1882 |
President Garfield and Education– Hiram College Memorial Burke Aaron Hinsdale Visos knygos peržiūra - 1882 |
President Garfield and Education– Hiram College Memorial Burke Aaron Hinsdale Visos knygos peržiūra - 1882 |
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131 psl. - I am not the thing you kiss; Cease your tears, and let it lie; It was mine, it is not I.
234 psl. - You are surprised to learn that I have not a high opinion of Mr. Jefferson, and I am surprised at your surprise. I am certain that I never wrote a line, and that I never, in Parliament, in conversation, or even on the hustings — a place where it is the fashion to court the populace — uttered a word indicating an opinion that the supreme authority in a state ought to be intrusted to the majority of citizens told by the head; in other words, to the poorest and most ignorant part of society.
247 psl. - Next in importance to freedom and justice, is popular education, without which neither freedom nor justice can be permanently maintained.
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168 psl. - SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the Commissioner of Education to present annually to Congress a report embodying the results of his investigations and labors, together with a statement of such facts and recommendations as will, in his judgment, subserve the purpose for which this department is established.
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