The Lectures Delivered Before the American Institute of Instruction, at Lowell, (Mass.) August, 1838
Author : American Institute Of Instruction
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780332950068
Total Pages : 210 pages
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Book Synopsis The Lectures Delivered Before the American Institute of Instruction, at Lowell, (Mass.) August, 1838 by : American Institute Of Instruction
Download or read book The Lectures Delivered Before the American Institute of Instruction, at Lowell, (Mass.) August, 1838 written by American Institute Of Instruction and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-12-16 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Lectures Delivered Before the American Institute of Instruction, at Lowell, (Mass.) August, 1838: Including the Journal of Proceedings, and a List of the Officers Preliminary, subject of lecture, 33, - in the cornplex organization of human nature, the supremacy belongs to the moral and religious power, 84, the universe framed and governed in conformity to this supremacy, 35 this principle not generally recognised, 36, this especially true among ourselves, the prominent defects of our national character, moral rather than intellectual,31, what can the American Institute do toward reme dying these defects? - it can do much by establishing and illustrating great principles, 39, the importance of early moral culture, 40 -the moral and intellectual characteristics of childhood, the early activity of the moral and religious nature, 40, the intellect may remain nearly dormant, this not true of the higher and the lower nature, 42, one or the other of these will be active, the intellect alike susceptible of culture in connexion with the activity of either the higher or the lower nature, the intellect not the antagonist power to the selfish and animal nature, 48 - ignorance of this truth a source of great and fatal mistake in relation to some subjects of moral reform, each power of the mind must be educated through the agency of its own related objects, theological science not moral principle or religious feeling, 45, connexion of science and-religion, 46, A the highest greatness and the truest happiness founded more on the moral than the intellectual nature, 49. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
