Word: cannot
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...daily course, and if not reminded of them we are apt to forget their existence. But books are in our hands every day, and by daily use we grow fond of them. The love of learning is of slow growth, the result of constant mental improvement, and cannot be hurried by artificial stimulants...
...suggest the purchase of marsh lands on Charles River, to be drained and diked in the interests of out-door sports. It is also proposed that the College, by the erection of boat-houses, encourage this branch of athletic exercise among the many. Before closing this review, I cannot refrain from noticing the high and elevating view taken of education in general throughout the report, and particularly enunciated under the head of Courses of Study. It is a bright omen for the future, that the gentlemen to whom the guidance of the College is to such a large extent intrusted...
...what are such men worth? And yet these are the very men to whom is intrusted the charge of making our children good citizens and good men! They are not such themselves, nor can they be, either the one or the other. I cannot but be reminded of the ancient Romans who left the education of their children to their slaves...
...hundred and eight hundred francs a year. But this salary paid, the instruction is still not free. Each child has to contribute in addition what amounts to about a sou per day. Now, fathers - in districts where civilization has not yet penetrated - hesitate to pay this assessment. These people cannot themselves read, they cannot write, and yet they have lived, eaten, even amassed a little wealth, and perhaps have bought a piece of land. Very well; what need of learning in the management of their affairs! To milk cows or hold the plough requires no great amount of science. Then...
...prefect, he is obliged to do the bidding of both. Under the control of the cure because the cure is a man of great influence, he is also attached to him by other ties. A teacher is usually very poor. The minimum salary that he receives certainly cannot make his position brilliant. It does not even render him independent. A capable and intelligent man rarely remains a teacher, because he has few chances of advancement, and is almost sure to die of hunger. Consequently, capable men are not found in the corps of instructors. In regard to others, they...