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Record of a School (American Education : Its Men, Institutions and Ideas Ser. 1)
Record of a School - American Education : Its Men, Institutions and Ideas Ser. 1 Author:Elizabeth P. Peabody Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God :—What does Word mean there ? It means God, said she. Yes, language is a sign of G... more »od, a representation of God in the world, said he: how important then are words; bow sacred should be our use of them ; how carefully should we learn them; how carefully should we express our thoughts in words, in order to have them what they should be. Don't you know how painful it is to hear people swear? That is a wrong use of words. He added, that he was sorry he had not time to talk longer of the passage of the Bible he had quoted, as it had a great deal of meaning. I was sorry he did not take tune to observe to them, that word, in that passage was probably used in a still more general sense than Language, meaning the expression of Truth in all ways, including action as the highest. The word park led to a description of the chase, which afforded many animating pictures. These were the most important words denned, before recess. At twelve o'clock, all the children came in, and found their slates ready; those around Mr. Alcott's table had sums to do from Fowle's Child's Arithmetic. The rest, except the seven oldest, found their slates ready for the grammatical exercise, for which the words were to be found in Frank. The reading class consisted of the seven oldest. They took the A. C. P. B. of Poetry. The reading lesson was Pinckney's Evergreens. Mr. Alcott asked, what is the subject? Evergreens. Whose thoughts are these ? Pinckney's. What are evergreens ? Plants which are green all the year. Have you seen any in any house or church lately? Yes, in the Episcopal churches. Can evergreens be made to mean any thing? There was no answer, and he added ; I suppose there is nothing in the external world, but it will...« less