 | John [prose Milton (selected]) - 1862 - 396 pages
...the subject under discussion from the highest possible point of view. "The end of learning," he says, "is to repair the ruins of our first parents, by regaining...love Him, to imitate Him, to be like Him, as we may by possessing our souls of true virtue, which being united to the heavenly grace of faith, makes up... | |
 | 1862 - 452 pages
...the best and noblest way of education," — of which the end is declared to be " to repair the ruines of our first parents, by regaining to know God aright,...him, to imitate him, to be like him, as we may the neerest by possessing our souls of true vertue, which, being united to the heavenly grace of faith... | |
 | Lydia Howard Sigourney - Commonplace-books - 1863 - 254 pages
...chanting " Te deum laudamus," — Bancroft. EDUCATION. " THE end of education, is to repair the ruin of our first parents, by regaining to know God aright,...of that knowledge to love Him, to imitate Him, to grow like Him." — Milton. NO COMPLAINING. " DON'T run about, telling that you have been unfortunate.... | |
 | S. Phillips - History - 1865 - 392 pages
...profession." "The end of learning," says Milton, "is to repair the ruins of our first parents, by requiring to know God aright, and out of that knowledge, to love Him, and to imitate Him." We see, therefore, that religious training is the only true palladium of your... | |
 | Emily Davies - Education, Higher - 1866 - 204 pages
...when Milton, in his treatise on Education, lays down that the end of learning is ' to repair the ruin of our first parents by regaining to know God aright,...knowledge to love Him, to imitate Him, to be like Him,' the language might be taken in a general sense ; and when he goes on to define a complete and generous... | |
 | Congregationalism - 1866 - 650 pages
...those who believe with Milton that the end of all learning, whatever its extent and comprehension, is "to repair the ruins of our first parents by regaining...God aright, and out of that knowledge to love Him and to imitate Him." The highest culture is that 1866.] Literature, Its Place and Uses. 65 bowers of... | |
 | Congregationalism - 1866 - 648 pages
...those who believe with Milton that the end of all learning, whatever its extent and comprehension, is " to repair the ruins of our first parents by regaining...God aright, and out of that knowledge to love Him and to imitate Him." The highest culture is that which best fits a man " to perform justly, skilfully... | |
 | Samuel Phillips - Booksellers and bookselling - 1866 - 412 pages
...profession." " The end of learning," says Milton, " is to repair the ruins of our first parents, by requiring to know God aright, and out of that knowledge, to love Him, and to imitate Him." We see, therefore, that religious training is the only true palladium of your... | |
 | Education - 1864 - 408 pages
...all the powers and faculties of man, and that its true end is, in the words of Milton, " to restore the ruins of our first parents by regaining to know...and out of that knowledge to love Him, to imitate Ilim, to be like Him, as we may the nearest by possessing our souls of true virtue, which being added... | |
 | John Pilkington Norris - Education - 1869 - 242 pages
...assuredly fulfil the purpose which Milton so magnificently assigns to her—the purpose of " repairing the ruins of our first parents by regaining to know...knowledge to love Him, to imitate Him, to be like Him." CHAPTER VI. ADULT EDUCATION AND EVENING-SCHOOLS. THE department of national education of which this... | |
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The end then of learning is to repair the ruins of our first parents by regaining to know God aright, and out of that knowledge to love him, to imitate him, to be like him, as we may the neerest by possessing our souls of true vertue, which being united... 
