Excerpt: ...the bays and blue inlets, which, among the Greeks, would have been always loved, always fateful in influence on the national mind. That Snowdon is your Parnassus; but where are its Muses? That Holyhead mountain is your Island of AEgina; but where is its Temple to Minerva? Shall I read you what the Christian Minerva had achieved under the shadow of our Parnassus up to the year 1848?-Here is a little account of a Welsh school, from page 261 of the Report on Wales, published by the Committee of Council on Education ...
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Excerpt: ...the bays and blue inlets, which, among the Greeks, would have been always loved, always fateful in influence on the national mind. That Snowdon is your Parnassus; but where are its Muses? That Holyhead mountain is your Island of AEgina; but where is its Temple to Minerva? Shall I read you what the Christian Minerva had achieved under the shadow of our Parnassus up to the year 1848?-Here is a little account of a Welsh school, from page 261 of the Report on Wales, published by the Committee of Council on Education. This is a school close to a town containing 5,000 persons: - "I then called up a larger class, most of whom had recently come to the school. Three girls repeatedly declared they had never heard of Christ, and two that they had never heard of God. Two out of six thought Christ was on earth now" (they might have had a worse thought perhaps), "three knew nothing about the Crucifixion. Four out of seven did not know the names of the months nor the number of days in a year. They had no notion of addition beyond two and two, or three and three; their minds were perfect blanks." Oh, ye women of England! from the Princess of that Wales to the simplest of you, do not think your own children can be brought into their true fold of rest, while these are scattered on the hills, as sheep having no shepherd. And do not think your daughters can be trained to the truth of their own human beauty, while the pleasant places, which God made at once for their schoolroom and their playground, lie desolate and defiled. You cannot baptize them rightly in those inch-deep fonts of yours, unless you baptize them also in the sweet waters which the great Lawgiver strikes forth for ever from the rocks of your native land-waters which a Pagan would have worshipped in their purity, and you worship only with pollution. You cannot lead your children faithfully to those narrow axe-hewn church altars of yours, while the dark azure altars in heaven-the mountains that...
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Complete Edition. Hardback, Ex-Library, with usual stamps markings, in fair condition, suitable as a reading copy, no dust jacket, 228pages. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item, 550grams, ISBN:
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This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside. This book has clothback covers. In poor condition, suitable as a reading copy. -Small octavo. Bumped corners. Edgeworn. Blind stamping, gilt lettering. Binding, red leather. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item, 300grams, ISBN:
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This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside. This book has hardback covers. In fair condition, suitable as a study copy. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item, 300grams, ISBN:
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This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside. This book has hardback covers. In poor condition, suitable as a reading copy. No dust jacket. 8vo. Green cloth binding. Spine missing. Boards loose. Library sticker on front board. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item, 400grams, ISBN:
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This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside. This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. No dust jacket. Cloth-bound, gilt lettering on backstrip, shelfwear, bumped corners, internally clean. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item, 400grams, ISBN:
