It is a trying ordeal for any man to be compared- June 12, 2008 It is a trying ordeal for any man to be compared with Black and Cavendish, and Priestley cannot be said to stand on their level. Nevertheless his achievements are not only great in themselves, but truly wonderful, if we consider the disadvantages under which he laboured. Without the careful scientific training of Black, without the ...http://education.collegecoach.info/it-is-a-trying-ordeal-for-any-man-to-be-compared/ Leave the masters under this general understanding- June 10, 2008 Leave the masters under this general understanding to teach freely; if there in ground of complaint, let it be made, but leave the _onus probandi_ on the objectors. For extreme peculiarities of belief or unbelief there is the Conscience Clause; as to the mass of parents, they will be more anxious to have religion taught ...http://education.collegecoach.info/leave-the-masters-under-this-general-understanding/ Indeed- June 8, 2008 Indeed, he is lucky if, at the end of the first year, by the exertions of his teachers and his own industry, he has acquired even that art of arts. After which there remain not more than three, or perhaps four, years for the profitable study of such vast sciences as Anatomy, Physiology, Therapeutics, ...http://education.collegecoach.info/indeed/ I need not tell you that your late Lord Rector- June 6, 2008 I need not tell you that your late Lord Rector took this view of his position, and acted upon it with the comprehensive, far-seeing insight into the actual condition and tendencies, not merely of his own, but of other countries, which is his honourable characteristic among statesmen. I have already done my best, and, as ...http://education.collegecoach.info/i-need-not-tell-you-that-your-late-lord-rector/ Englishspeaking people- June 3, 2008 English-speaking people, spread over an area as large as that of Europe, and with climates and interests as diverse as those of Spain and Scandinavia, England and Russia. You and your descendants have to ascertain whether this great mass will hold together under the forms of a republic, and the despotic reality of universal suffrage; ...http://education.collegecoach.info/englishspeaking-people/ The practical value of Physiological knowledge- June 1, 2008 The _practical value_ of Physiological knowledge! Why is it that educated men can be found to maintain that a slaughter-house in the midst of a great city is rather a good thing than otherwise&8211;that mothers persist in exposing the largest possible amount of surface of their children to the cold, by the absurd style of ...http://education.collegecoach.info/the-practical-value-of-physiological-knowledge/ |