Triumphs and wonders of the 19th century, the true mirror of a phenomenal era, a volume of original, entertaining and instructive historic and descriptive writings, showing the many and marvellous achievements which distinguish an hundred years of material, intellectual, social and moral progress .. (1899)
Boyd, James Penny, 1836-1910 · Philadelphia, Pa., A. J. Holman & Co · leaf 552
rit of the individual colonies ; con-sequently, there was the widest possible divergence in the policies andmethods of different localities. But as soon as the Eevolution had been accomplished, and independencehad become a fact, a renewed interest in general education was evident. Itis exceedingly… … (3«^^^^^s wS# ^n*^ £*-> AN OI.D LOG SCHOOLHOUSE. were not slow to recognize this. In the words of Franklin, A Bible andnewspaper in every house, a good school in every district — all studied andappreciated as they merit — are the principal support of virtue, morality, andcivil liberty. In…
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