Source-book of American History: Ed. for Schools and ReadersAlbert Bushnell Hart Macmillan, 1899 - 408 страница This book offers a survey of American history, from the earliest colonial times through the Spanish-American War. The source book is directed at an adolescent crowd, and contains further explanations in the margins. The subject matter is rather balanced between political, military, and societal events and trends. |
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... things most important to know . Yet , as no sensible person expects to get a knowledge of art simply from seeing a series of lantern slides , so it is not expected that the history of the United States can be learned from a Source Book ...
... things most important to know . Yet , as no sensible person expects to get a knowledge of art simply from seeing a series of lantern slides , so it is not expected that the history of the United States can be learned from a Source Book ...
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... things . Our own slavery contest is an example : freedom seems to us normal , and we can under- stand neither the South nor ... thing out of the narratives of fugi- tives and the apologies of slave - holders , to see whether secondary ...
... things . Our own slavery contest is an example : freedom seems to us normal , and we can under- stand neither the South nor ... thing out of the narratives of fugi- tives and the apologies of slave - holders , to see whether secondary ...
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... things as he finds them . However simple his work and small his result , however far it may be from " original re- search , " it is nevertheless to him a voyage of discovery ; and the state- ment of his results , if he really puts his ...
... things as he finds them . However simple his work and small his result , however far it may be from " original re- search , " it is nevertheless to him a voyage of discovery ; and the state- ment of his results , if he really puts his ...
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... thing , indeed , will be not to read them all at a sitting , and so to diminish the freshness of their force when we desire them , on closer study , to yield their full aid in mental discipline . They whet our appe- tite and at the same ...
... thing , indeed , will be not to read them all at a sitting , and so to diminish the freshness of their force when we desire them , on closer study , to yield their full aid in mental discipline . They whet our appe- tite and at the same ...
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... things are to be considered , —a mastery of the subject - matter and the development of the pupil's mind . The bare facts and dates may perhaps be obtained and even the memory developed under the old text - book system , but it is ...
... things are to be considered , —a mastery of the subject - matter and the development of the pupil's mind . The bare facts and dates may perhaps be obtained and even the memory developed under the old text - book system , but it is ...
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