Ten Great Events in History - Johonnot, James
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Excerpts: Patriotism, or love of country, is one of the tests of nobility of character. No great man ever lived that was not a patriot in the highest and truest sense. From the earliest times, the sentiment of patriotism has been aroused in the hearts of men by the narrative of heroic deeds inspired by love of country and love of liberty. This truth furnishes the key to the arrangement and method of the present work. The ten epochs treated are those that have been potential in shaping subsequent events; and when men have struck blows for human liberty against odds and regardless of personal…mehr

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Excerpts: Patriotism, or love of country, is one of the tests of nobility of character. No great man ever lived that was not a patriot in the highest and truest sense. From the earliest times, the sentiment of patriotism has been aroused in the hearts of men by the narrative of heroic deeds inspired by love of country and love of liberty. This truth furnishes the key to the arrangement and method of the present work. The ten epochs treated are those that have been potential in shaping subsequent events; and when men have struck blows for human liberty against odds and regardless of personal consequences. The simple narrative carries its own morals, and the most profitable work for the teacher will be to merely supplement the narrative so that the picture presented shall be all the more vivid. Moral reflections are wearisome and superfluous. The great events in history are those where, upon special occasions, a man or a people have made a stand against tyranny, and have preserved or advanced freedom for the people...
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James Johonnot (1823-1888) was a teacher in New York State. He was born in Bethel, Vermont, and attended New England Seminary in Windsor. In 1845, he was appointed principal of the Jefferson School in Syracuse. He graduated from the State Normal School in Albany in 1848. He began working as an agent for D. Appleton & Company in 1850, and in 1853 he was chosen state agent of the New York State Teachers' Association. He was the principal of the high school in Joliet, Illinois, from 1861 until 1866. He was appointed principal of the State Normal School in Warrensburg, Missouri, in 1872, a position he held until 1875. He subsequently worked as a school administrator in Deposit, New York for a year before moving to Ithaca, New York, where he stayed from 1876 until 1880. After 1880, he lived in Princeton, NJ with his son-in-law, a Princeton College professor. He wrote Principles and Practice of Teaching, Country School-Houses: Containing Elevations, Plans, and Specifications, and many other books, was a co-author of Kruesi's Drawing Books, and helped prepare Appleton's Geographies.