A New System of Arithmetic: In Which Is Explained and Applied to Practical Purposes, in Addition to the Ordinary Rules of Operation, the Principle of ... Solution; Designed for Schools and Academies - Hardcover

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This difference of opinion exists especially in relation to books de signed or the use of common schools and academies, and which treat Upon t e more common subjects of study. The multiplication of books of this description, to the extent realized at the present day, is regarded by many as injurious to the general good. That its tendency is to increase, in some small degree, the expense of education, at least in some parts of the country, will not be denied. But before sentence of final condemnation is pronounced, it always becomes those, who sit as umpires, to take as extended views of the subject before them, as the nature of the case will admit.

The question now presented is, how far the general good is advanced by the multiplication of school books.

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