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THE
INTRODUCTORY DISCOURSE
AND THE
LECTURES
DELIVERED BEFORE THE
AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF INSTRUCTION,
IN
BOSTON, AUGUST, 1835.
INCLUDING THE JOURNAL OF PROCEEDINGS
AND
A LIST OF THE OFFICERS.
PUBLISHED UNDER THE DIRECTION OF THE BOARD OF CENSORS.
BOSTON: CHARLES J. HENDEE. 1836.
CONTENTS.
JOURNAL OF PROCEEDINGS.
LIST OF OFFICERS,
ANNUAL REPORT,
INTRODUCTORY LECTURE, by W. H. FURNESS,
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page ix
xiv
xix
1
General meaning of the term education, 3-difficult nature of education consolatory reflection, 4 - the course of human life a model for schools,
5- the most active influences of nature those in which there is the least
appearance of design — so in the action of mind upon mind in society, 7 —
Example better than precept. Teacher must love what he teaches, 8
- inadequate views of education, 10-motives which should actuate a
teacher, 11.
LECTURE I.
ON THE STUDY OF THE CLASSICS. By A. CROSBY.
nature
. 15
Difficulty in selecting particular points for illustration, 15-Illustrations
drawn from the art of painting-low state of classic acquisition in this
country, 16- prominent cause of this — inadequate ideas respecting its
various opinions respecting it, 17 — What is a classic? 17-
What is implied in the study of a classic? — first, its meaning must be
fully ascertained, 18-methods of accomplishing this various kinds
of knowledge necessary for this purpose, 20-second, the student must
catch the spirit of the author, 21 illustration from Wytenbach's Greek
studies, 22— by a comparison of the characters of Bentley and Gray, 23 —
third, the student must discover the principles upon which its excellency
depends-advantages of living at the present period of the world — ages
of literature, 24 - literary prospects of our own country, 25- importance
of a correct ideal of absolute excellence, 26-Method of obtaining it, 27-
analytical and synthetical exercises, 28 exercises of the former kind
of the latter, 29-importance of classical studies, 30.