... to the rule of three. If a straggler supposed to understand Latin happened to sojourn in the neighborhood, he was looked upon as a wizard. There was absolutely nothing to excite ambition for education. Of course, when I came of age I did not know... Complete Works - Stran 47avtor: Abraham Lincoln - 1894Celotni ogled - O knjigi
| United States. Congress. Senate. Labor and Public Welfare - 1961 - 1676 strani
...complained about school : "There wpre some schools, so called [where I grew up], but no qualification > "er required of a teacher, beyond 'readin, writin, and cipherin' to the rule three. * • • There was absolutely nothing to excite ambition for educaOf course, when I came of... | |
| 1927 - 724 strani
...the Ohio Valley pp. 192, 193; Cohen, Early Education in Ohio (Mag. of West* Hist. Vol. IH, p. 221). of a teacher beyond 'readin', writin' and cipherin'...the neighborhood, he was looked upon as a wizard. There was absolutely nothing to excite ambition for education." 7" Yet a Lincoln became educated as... | |
| Charles E. Schutz - 1977 - 364 strani
...and other wild animals still in the woods. There I grew up. There were some schools, so called, but no qualification was ever required of a teacher beyond...the neighborhood, he was looked upon as a wizard. There was absolutely nothing to excite ambition for education. Of course, when I came of age, I did... | |
| Abraham Lincoln, Don Edward Fehrenbacher - 1977 - 292 strani
...and other wild animals still in the woods. There I grew up. There were some schools, so called; but no qualification was ever required of a teacher, beyond...sojourn in the neighborhood, he was looked upon as a wizzard. There was absolutely nothing to excite ambition for education. Of course when I came of age,... | |
| Gabor S. Boritt, Norman O. Forness - 1996 - 486 strani
...were some schools, so called," he told Jessie Fell. "But no qualification was ever required of the teacher, beyond readin, writin', and cipherin', to...the neighborhood, he was looked upon, as a wizard. There was absolutely nothing to excite ambition for education."24 In 1816 Thomas decided to move to... | |
| Abraham Lincoln, Paul McClelland Angle, Earl Schenck Miers - 1992 - 692 strani
...and other wild animals still in the woods. There I grew up. There were some schools, so called; but no qualification was ever required of a teacher, beyond...understand Latin, happened to sojourn in the neighborhood, be was looked upon as a wizard. There was absolutely nothing to excite ambition for education. Of course... | |
| Isaac Newton Arnold - 1994 - 492 strani
...called,but no qualification was ever required of a teacher beyond "readtn', wrtlln', antcipherin'"' to the Rule of Three. If a straggler supposed to understand Latin happened to sojourn Rogers Clark captured Kaskaskia, and on the 12th of September, 1782, Patrick Henry, Governor of Virginia,... | |
| David Herbert Donald - 1995 - 724 strani
...teacher, beyond 'readin, ivritin, and cipberin,' to the Rule of Three [ie, ratio and proportions]. If a straggler supposed to understand latin, happened...sojourn in the neighborhood, he was looked upon as a wizzard." Though his censure was largely deserved, a school system that produced Abraham Lincoln could... | |
| Douglas L. Wilson - 1997 - 216 strani
...backwoods schools he attended sporadically were conducted by teachers who had meager qualifications. "If a straggler supposed to understand latin happened to sojourn in the neighborhood," Lincoln wrote, "he was looked upon as a wizzard."9 Where Jefferson, after studying classical languages... | |
| Paul M. Zall - 2003 - 220 strani
...he is supposed to have ruined in the rain would have cost three times that! (Mearns, Three, 50-52). If a straggler supposed to understand latin, happened...sojourn in the neighborhood, he was looked upon as a wizzard. There was absolutely nothing to excite ambition for education. Of course when I came of age... | |
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