The Educational Systems of the Puritans and Jesuits Compared: A Premium Essay, Written for "The Society for the Promotion of Collegiate and Theological Education at the West,"M.W. Dodd, 1851 - 95 strani |
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Stran 5 - ... its unity, and, as their Constitutions express it, the union of its members. It may be easily understood what immense power the government of a society thus constructed must acquire, and how the general of the Jesuits was justified in saying to the Duke de Brissac, " From this room, sir, I govern not only Paris but China; not only China, but the whole world, without any one understanding the manner in which I do it.
Stran 45 - ... Spain, magnificently endowed — Spain, which received from the Romans her first civilization, from the Arabians her second civilization, from Providence, and in spite of you, a •world — America ; Spain has lost, thanks to you, thanks to your brutal yoke, which is a yoke of degradation — Spain has lost that secret of her power which she received from the Romans, that genius in the arts which she received from the Arabs, that world which God gave her. And in exchange for what you made her...
Stran 45 - Italy, of which no one can think nor even pronounce her name without inexpressible filial grief — Italy, that mother of genius and of nations, which has diffused over the whole world the most astonishing productions of poetry and art — Italy, which has taught our race to read, does not to-day know how to read herself! Yes, Italy has, of all the States of Europe, the smallest number of native inhabitants who are able to read.
Stran 4 - It seemed also better to select the most recent work, as likely to he the most able and plausible. No writer would be likely, at this, day, to write largely in the interest of the Jesuits, without having access to the most abundant stores of information, and without being duly instructed how to put the most favorable construction on the weak points in their history. * As, for instance, when a general of the society said to the duke of Brancas, " See, my lord, from this room—from this room...
Stran 45 - You (Jesuits) claim the liberty to instruct. For some centuries you have held in your hands, at your discretion, at your school, under your ferule, two great nations — Italy and Spain, illustrious among the illustrious ; and what have you done with them ? I am going to tell you. Thanks to...
Stran 41 - ... imperfections Protestantism is not responsible, and the college and school systems of the United States. In these institutions, those principles, which are the glory and strength of the Protestant interest, have been expounded and defended. From them have proceeded those influences which have made Protestant civilization, Protestant freedom, and Protestant piety, to be what they are.
Stran 8 - The Novitiate ; Or, a Year among the English Jesuits : a Personal Narrative. With an Essay on the Constitutions, the Confessional Morality, and History of the Jesuits. By ANDREW STEINMETZ.
Stran 61 - ... present generation, and how the men of this generation are to be led to receive it. The one will only look backward, to make the future an exact transcript of the past. The other is ready to concede to the present and the future their claims. Their methods and aims in reasoning will be different.
Stran 18 - Rome with a store of well-considered arguments, and train them to their sinful use. They aspired, also, to gain for the church a splendid fame for wisdom and learning. But most of all, did they aim, deliberately and steadily aim, to gain a personal influence over the youth of Europe, so as to be able to mould and use them at their will.
Stran 54 - Jesuit institutions are not limited in the materiel of instruction. Money, buildings, apparatus, and libraries are supplied in sufficient abundance. The teachers have no families for which to provide, and no inadequate salaries to eke out, by distracting and lifeconsuming services. AS they are sure of a subsistence for life, and are masters of their own movements to but a limited extent, their business is simple, and that is, to labor with all their might in the study and the classroom.