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Article PLAN OF EDUCATION. ← Page 4 of 4 Article A VIEW OF THE PROGRESS OF NAVIGATION. Page 1 of 4 →
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Plan Of Education.
has not a tendency to improve their minds , and to form their hearts to virtue ; to prepare them for the duties of life , and direct their con . duct through it ; no book , where the sentiments , if not very important , are not , at least , innocent . The capital authors , with the order in which they may be read , are mentioned in the detail of the method that was pursued in the school of Dumfries , while under the direction
of the Author ; and even some of those , though admired for the beauties of their style , are to be' taught with much discretion ; and the wheat is to be separated from the tares . A prudent and virtuous teacher has still such a choice of Roman Classics , or of parts of them , proper for youth at schools , that he can be at no loss to furnish his pupils with useful subjects of study , and with the best patterns of justness of composition and elegance of language .
A View Of The Progress Of Navigation.
A VIEW OF THE PROGRESS OF NAVIGATION .
IN SEVERAL ESSAYS . ( Continued from Page 101 . J
ESSAY VI . —Portuguefe Voyages in . the Fifteenth Century , TO the spirited exertion of Prince Henry of Portugal , the Portuguese are indebted for those settlements which gave them the first European commerce by the Cape of Good Hope , and raised that kingdom to so hi g h a degree of celebrity . In 1415 the prince had accompanied his father to the taking of Ceuta , and brought back with him so strong an inclination for making discoveries , that he "femployed about forty years in those attempts , expending a considerable sum of money ,
and procuring experienced mariners from all parts . Anno 1417 . His first effort was not at first very successful ; ' he fitted out two ships that proceeded no further than Cape Non , which , from its projecting far into the sea , is called by the Spaniards Bojador , from the Spanish word Bojar . Round this cape a strong current ran , and a heavy swell , which' deterred these young navigators from attempting it , not considering that by keeping out at sea they mi g ht avoid it . Prince
Henry , who knew how this difficulty was to be overcome , in 1418 . Tent Juan Gonzales Zarco and Tristan Vaz , gentlemen of his household , in a small ship , with orders to pass that formidable cape . — They sailed , but before they reached the coast of Africa they met with such violent storms , that they expected every moment to founder , and were driven before the wind without knowing where they were . They st last fell in with a small island , which , from their deliverance , they
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Plan Of Education.
has not a tendency to improve their minds , and to form their hearts to virtue ; to prepare them for the duties of life , and direct their con . duct through it ; no book , where the sentiments , if not very important , are not , at least , innocent . The capital authors , with the order in which they may be read , are mentioned in the detail of the method that was pursued in the school of Dumfries , while under the direction
of the Author ; and even some of those , though admired for the beauties of their style , are to be' taught with much discretion ; and the wheat is to be separated from the tares . A prudent and virtuous teacher has still such a choice of Roman Classics , or of parts of them , proper for youth at schools , that he can be at no loss to furnish his pupils with useful subjects of study , and with the best patterns of justness of composition and elegance of language .
A View Of The Progress Of Navigation.
A VIEW OF THE PROGRESS OF NAVIGATION .
IN SEVERAL ESSAYS . ( Continued from Page 101 . J
ESSAY VI . —Portuguefe Voyages in . the Fifteenth Century , TO the spirited exertion of Prince Henry of Portugal , the Portuguese are indebted for those settlements which gave them the first European commerce by the Cape of Good Hope , and raised that kingdom to so hi g h a degree of celebrity . In 1415 the prince had accompanied his father to the taking of Ceuta , and brought back with him so strong an inclination for making discoveries , that he "femployed about forty years in those attempts , expending a considerable sum of money ,
and procuring experienced mariners from all parts . Anno 1417 . His first effort was not at first very successful ; ' he fitted out two ships that proceeded no further than Cape Non , which , from its projecting far into the sea , is called by the Spaniards Bojador , from the Spanish word Bojar . Round this cape a strong current ran , and a heavy swell , which' deterred these young navigators from attempting it , not considering that by keeping out at sea they mi g ht avoid it . Prince
Henry , who knew how this difficulty was to be overcome , in 1418 . Tent Juan Gonzales Zarco and Tristan Vaz , gentlemen of his household , in a small ship , with orders to pass that formidable cape . — They sailed , but before they reached the coast of Africa they met with such violent storms , that they expected every moment to founder , and were driven before the wind without knowing where they were . They st last fell in with a small island , which , from their deliverance , they