To suppose that man without language taught himself to speak, seems to me as absurd as it would be to suppose that without legs he could teach himself to walk. Language, therefore, must have been the immediate gift of God.
All the miseries and evils which men suffer from vice, crime, ambition, injustice, oppression, slavery and war, proceed from their despising or negle… - Noah Webster
All the miseries and evils which men suffer from vice, crime, ambition, injustice, oppression, slavery and war, proceed from their despising or negle…
- Noah Webster
The education of youth, an employment of more consequence than making laws and preaching the gospel, because it lays the foundation on which both law… - Noah Webster
The education of youth, an employment of more consequence than making laws and preaching the gospel, because it lays the foundation on which both law…
If the citizens neglect their duty and place unprincipled men in office, the government will soon be corrupted . . . . If a republican government fai… - Noah Webster
If the citizens neglect their duty and place unprincipled men in office, the government will soon be corrupted . . . . If a republican government fai…
Language is the expression of ideas, and if the people of one country cannot preserve an identity of ideas they cannot retain an identity of language. - Noah Webster
Language is the expression of ideas, and if the people of one country cannot preserve an identity of ideas they cannot retain an identity of language.
The causes which destroyed the ancient republics were numerous; but in Rome, one principal cause was the vast inequality of fortunes. - Noah Webster
The causes which destroyed the ancient republics were numerous; but in Rome, one principal cause was the vast inequality of fortunes.
Every child in America should be acquainted with his own country. He should read books that furnish him with ideas that will be useful to him in life… - Noah Webster
Every child in America should be acquainted with his own country. He should read books that furnish him with ideas that will be useful to him in life…
Every civil government is based upon some religion or philosophy of life. Education in a nation will propagate the religion of that nation. In Americ… - Noah Webster
Every civil government is based upon some religion or philosophy of life. Education in a nation will propagate the religion of that nation. In Americ…
...if the citizens neglect their Duty and place unprincipled men in office, the government will soon be corrupted; laws will be made, not for the pub… - Noah Webster
...if the citizens neglect their Duty and place unprincipled men in office, the government will soon be corrupted; laws will be made, not for the pub…
EDUCATION, n. The bringing up, as of a child; instruction; formation of manners. Education comprehends all that series of instruction and discipline … - Noah Webster
EDUCATION, n. The bringing up, as of a child; instruction; formation of manners. Education comprehends all that series of instruction and discipline …
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