Description:Excerpt from Introductory Discourse, Delivered Before the American Institute of Instruction It is believed, that the members of an Association are now addressed, whose chief object in associating was, to devote their united efforts to making the members of society as intelligent and happy as they can be. I have, therefore, supposed, that if I am capable of performing the service implied in accepting the honor conferred on me, I could not do it more usefully, than by showing, as well as my humble means will permit, how intelligence and happiness may be promoted. As the words intelligence and happiness may have different meanings, in different minds, it may be proper, first, to explain the sense in which they are used on this occasion. Intelligence, in its most comprehensive sense, may mean all the knowledge which the human mind can attain to. But as it is, for the persent purpose, to be used in reference to all the members of society, it is used as meaning that information which each member should have in the station which he may hold, whether it be public, or private; prominent, or humble. Every one, of whatever station, has rights and duties.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Introductory Discourse, Delivered Before the American Institute of Instruction. To get started finding Introductory Discourse, Delivered Before the American Institute of Instruction, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.
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Introductory Discourse, Delivered Before the American Institute of Instruction
Description: Excerpt from Introductory Discourse, Delivered Before the American Institute of Instruction It is believed, that the members of an Association are now addressed, whose chief object in associating was, to devote their united efforts to making the members of society as intelligent and happy as they can be. I have, therefore, supposed, that if I am capable of performing the service implied in accepting the honor conferred on me, I could not do it more usefully, than by showing, as well as my humble means will permit, how intelligence and happiness may be promoted. As the words intelligence and happiness may have different meanings, in different minds, it may be proper, first, to explain the sense in which they are used on this occasion. Intelligence, in its most comprehensive sense, may mean all the knowledge which the human mind can attain to. But as it is, for the persent purpose, to be used in reference to all the members of society, it is used as meaning that information which each member should have in the station which he may hold, whether it be public, or private; prominent, or humble. Every one, of whatever station, has rights and duties.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Introductory Discourse, Delivered Before the American Institute of Instruction. To get started finding Introductory Discourse, Delivered Before the American Institute of Instruction, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.