| Francis Fisher Browne - 1883 - 308 páginas
...the spirit of our institutions ; and I am confident that as our circumstances are more flourishing, our means are greater than the nobleman's. New England...them round the while, and not be provincial at all. This is the uncommon school we want. Instead of noblemen let us have noble villages of men." Urging... | |
| 1908 - 598 páginas
...painting, statuary, music, philanthropic instruments and the like, so let the city do. New York can have all the wise men in the world to come and teach her and not be provincial at all. That is the uncommon school we want. Instead of noblemen, let us have noble... | |
| Annie Russell Marble - 1902 - 408 páginas
...provincial ? Let the reports of all the learned societies come to us and we will see if they know anything. New England can hire all the wise men in the world...them round the while, and not be provincial at all." Perchance it is not strange that some of Thoreau's contemporaries, failing to recognize in this aspiration... | |
| Henry David Thoreau - 1906 - 540 páginas
...institutions, and I am confident that, as our circumstances are more flourishing, our means are greater. New England can hire all the wise men in the world...provincial at all. That is the uncommon school we want. The one hundred and twenty-five dollars which is subscribed in this town every winter for a Lyceum... | |
| Henry David Thoreau - 1906 - 494 páginas
...the spirit of our institutions; inid 1 arrTconfident that, as our circumstances are more flourishing, our means are greater than the nobleman's. New England...board them round the while, and not be provincial ul all. That is the uncommon school we want. Instead of noblemen, let us have noble villages of men.... | |
| 1914 - 668 páginas
...three selectmen, because our pilgrim forefathers got through a cold winter on a bleak rock with these. New England can hire all the wise men in the world...teach her, and board them round the while, and not the provincial at all. That is the uncommon school we want. Instead of noblemen, let us have noble... | |
| Franklin Benjamin Sanborn - 1917 - 614 páginas
...institutions; and I am confident that, as our circumstances are more flourishing, our means are greater. New England can hire all the wise men in the world...provincial at all. That is the uncommon school we want. The $125 which is subscribed in this town every winter for a Lyceum is better spent than any equal... | |
| 1905 - 600 páginas
...painting, statuary, music, philanthropic instruments and the like — so let the city do. The city can have all the wise men in the world to come and teach her and not be provincial at all. That is the uncommon school we want. Instead of noblemen, let us have noble... | |
| 1945 - 612 páginas
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