| Francis Fisher Browne, Waldo Ralph Browne, Scofield Thayer - 1917 - 582 halaman
...the Sangamon "Journal": "Upon the subject of education, not presuming to dictate any plans or systems respecting it, I can only say that I view it as the most important subject that we as a people can be engaged in." According to the interesting narrative of " Truancy and Non-Attendance... | |
| Michael Vincent O'Shea, Ellsworth D. Foster, George Herbert Locke - 1917 - 858 halaman
...in writing. One of its paragraphs, because of his own limited schooling, is especially noteworthy: "Upon the subject of education, not presuming to dictate any plan or system respecting it, 1 can only say that I view It as the most important subject which we as a people can be engaged In.... | |
| Edith Abbott, Sophonisba Preston Breckinridge - 1917 - 502 halaman
...in the Sangamon Journal the following statement of his position on the question of public education. Upon the subject of education, not presuming to dictate any plan or systems respecting it, I can only say that I view it as the most important subject that we as a people... | |
| Luther Emerson Robinson - 1918 - 376 halaman
...that the labor and difficulty of evading it could only be justified in cases of greatest necessity. Upon the subject of education, not presuming to dictate...least a moderate education, and thereby be enabled :o read the histories of his own and other countries, by which he may duly appreciate the value of... | |
| United States. Congress. House. Committee on Education - 1924 - 796 halaman
...to make the phys-ical and moral frame invulnerable to them. Abraham Lincoln: I view it (education) as the most important subject which we as a people can be engaged in. Daniel Webster: On the diffusion of education among the people rests the preservation and perpetuation... | |
| United States. Congress. House. Committee on Education - 1924 - 792 halaman
...to the ideal, we are under the necassity of doing something more than preaching it. Lincoln said : Upon the subject of education, not presuming to dictate any plan or systems respecting it, I can only say that I view it as the most important subject which we as a people... | |
| 1926 - 576 halaman
...the problem. The Board's Message The opening words of Abraham Lincoln's first public speech are; — "Upon the subject of education, not presuming to dictate...important subject which we as a people can be engaged in." The Board consider these words are specially applicable to our service at the present time. We are... | |
| Everett M. Hosman - 1926 - 224 halaman
...arm themselves with the power which knowledge gives ". Abraham Lincoln said: "I view it (education) as the most important subject which we as a people can be engaged in ". Daniel Webster said : " On the diffusion of education among the people rests the preservation and... | |
| Henry Fairfield Osborn - 1927 - 400 halaman
...happiness of man. — Thomas Jefferson. Upon the subject of Education, not presuming to dictate any plans or system respecting it, I can only say that I view...subject which we, as a people, can be engaged in. — Abraham Lincoln. Education should not confine itself to books. It must train executive power, and... | |
| Henry Fairfield Osborn - 1927 - 416 halaman
...and women ill-fitted by nature and training for the most vital function of our government. Education as "the most important subject which we as a people can be engaged in" was the opening thought of Abraham Lincoln's first public speech. In round numbers, it costs twice... | |
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