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title: 'The Trials and Triumphs of the Teacher'
type: pdf
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authors:
- 'James McCosh'
date: 1889-11-14
collection: 'Archives'
subcollection: '19th century'
topics:
- 'Archaeology'
- 'Education'
- 'Poetry'
scriptures:
- 'John 1'
- 'Proverbs 22'
url: https://confessional.org/archives/19th-century/mccosh-1889-the-trials-and-triumphs-of-the-teacher
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# The Trials and Triumphs of the Teacher

Selections from The Independent (1889): poems and essays — Stoddard lyric and 'The Lighthouse,' Miss Edwards on Egyptology, and James McCosh on the vocation of teaching.

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