10
Hast —— the wondrous scenes survey'd
That all around thee —— display'd?
And hast —— never raised thine
To Him —— bade these scenes arise?
11
'Twas GOD who form'd the concave ——
And all the glorious orbs —— high;
—— gave the various beings birth,
That people all the spacious ——.
12
'Tis —— that bids the tempests
And rolls the —— thro' —— skies:
His voice the elements ——
Thro' all the —— extends His sway.
13
His goodness —— His creatures share,
But MAN is HIS peculiar ——.
Then, while they all proclaim —— praise,
Let —— his —— the loudest ——.
The elliptical plan has been found to be most successful, and has been applied with equal success in schools for older children, and also children of another grade. Messrs. Chambers, I believe, are the only persons, as far as I know, who have the honesty to acknowledge the source from whence this plan was taken.
CHAPTER XXI.
REMARKS ON SCHOOLS.
National schools—British and foreign societies—Sunday schools—Observations.
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"Is it then fitting that one soul should pine
For want of culture in this favour'd land?
That spirits of capacity divine
Perish, like seeds upon the desert sand?
That needful knowledge, in this age of light,
Should not by birth be every Briton's right?"
Southey.