 The schoolmaster is abroad ! And I trust more to him, armed with his primer, than I do to the soldier in full military array, for upholding and extending the liberties of his country.  Opinions on Politics, Theology, &c - Page 35by Henry Brougham Baron Brougham and Vaux - 1839Full view - About this book
 | Samuel Arthur Bent - Anecdotes - 1882 - 638 pages
...sometimes heard with dismay that the soldier was abroad. Now there is another person abroad, — a less important person ; in the eyes of some, an insignificant person, — whose labors had tended to produce this state of things. The schoolmaster is abroad ! and I trust more to the schoolmaster... | |
 | Alfred Hix Welsh - English language - 1883 - 586 pages
...be ever so much abroad, in the present age he can do nothing. There is another person abroad,— a less important person,— in the eyes of some an insignificant...this state of things,— the schoolmaster is abroad.' Education was in various ways improving the general character. The establishment of Sunday schools... | |
 | Elizabeth Stansbury Kirkland - English language - 1883 - 276 pages
...several of them have been travelling and are quite ready for bed. CHAPTER II. THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL. The schoolmaster is abroad! And I trust more to him,...primer, than I do to the soldier in full military array. LORD BROUGHAM. " DID yon ever study grammar? '' asked Laura of her left-hand neighbor in the course... | |
 | Thomas Archer - Great Britain - 1883 - 736 pages
...abroad — a less imposing person, and in the eyes of some an insignificant person — whose labours have tended to produce this state of things. The schoolmaster is abroad; and I trust more to the schoolmaster, armed with his primer, for upholding the liberties of the country, than I fear the... | |
 | Alexander Paul - Political Science - 1884 - 294 pages
...Brougham had prophetically said, " The schoolmaster is abroad, and I trust more to the schoolmaster armed with his primer than I do to the soldier in...array, for upholding and extending the liberties of my country." The people were rapidly learning the exact measure of their servitude. Hume's persistent... | |
 | Alexander Paul - Great Britain - 1884 - 296 pages
...Brougham had prophetically said, " The schoolmaster is abroad, and I trust more to the schoolmaster armed with his primer than I do to the soldier in...array, for upholding and extending the liberties of my country." The people were rapidly learning the exact measure of their servitude. Hume's persistent... | |
 | Alfred Hix Welsh - English language - 1882 - 1134 pages
...be ever so much abroad, in the present age he can do nothing. There is another person abroad, — a less important person, — in the eyes of some an...produce this state of things, — the schoolmaster is abroad.1 Education was in various ways improving the general character. The establishment of Sunday... | |
 | England - 1886 - 848 pages
...the soldier, he said, " In the present age he could do nothing. There was another person abroad, a less important person in the eyes of some, an insignificant person, whose labours had tended to produce this state of things — the Schoolmaster was r X 'vis»** ¿,4,^. /c-«... | |
 | 1891 - 790 pages
...themselves discovered much that is excellent. In this production God and I have helped. — Socrates. The schoolmaster is abroad ! And I trust more to him,...upholding and extending the liberties of his country. — Lord Brougham (Speech in House of Commons, 1828). The Prussian schoolmasters won the battle of... | |
 | James Frith Jeffers, James Lawrence Nichols - Canada - 1896 - 602 pages
...Let the soldier be abroad; in the present age he can do nothing. There is another person abroad — a less important person in the eyes of some, an insignificant...trust more to him, armed with his primer, than I do the soldier in full military array, i'or upholding and extending the liberties of his country." "It... | |
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