Chronicles of a pioneer school from 1792 to 1833 [electronic resource] : being the history of Miss Sarah Pierce and her Litchfield school . pioneer in the cause of female education in our country, and lived to seethe effects of her eflTorts in the increased attention paid to that impor-tant cause, and to witness the advancement & progress of the usefulplans she had formed, and the foundation she had laid. The instructionwas eminently practical. She strove to make her pupils useful in thestations in which Providence might place them. Among the twothousand pupils, whose mind & character she has
Chronicles of a pioneer school from 1792 to 1833 [electronic resource] : being the history of Miss Sarah Pierce and her Litchfield school . pioneer in the cause of female education in our country, and lived to seethe effects of her eflTorts in the increased attention paid to that impor-tant cause, and to witness the advancement & progress of the usefulplans she had formed, and the foundation she had laid. The instructionwas eminently practical. She strove to make her pupils useful in thestations in which Providence might place them. Among the twothousand pupils, whose mind & character she has aided in forming,there are many who are ready to rise up and call her blessed. She taught religion as she did science, practically ; and openly placedbefore the young mind, the fear of God as motive than theshrine of applause, the love of Christ a stronger impulse, than the flat-teries of the world. Her own was noted more for its practical fruit,than enthusiastic impulse. She was humble, submissive, resigned, 1 Emma Brace, second daughter of John P. Brace, died in February, Probably from the New York Pl. LXII. — Miss Sakaii PikrceFrom a silhouette
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