Rays of Genius Collected to Enlighten the Rising Generation, Volume 1proprietor, 1806 - English literature |
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... knowledge of right and wrong . The next is an acquaintance with the history of mankind , and with those examples , which may be said to embody truth , and prove , by events , the reasonableness of opinions . I am always very much con ...
... knowledge of right and wrong . The next is an acquaintance with the history of mankind , and with those examples , which may be said to embody truth , and prove , by events , the reasonableness of opinions . I am always very much con ...
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Thomas Tomkins. SELF - KNOWLEDGE . THE great and important end of all education is self- knowledge , which is , next to the knowledge of God , the most useful and comprehensive attainment in the whole moral system ; for what can afford a ...
Thomas Tomkins. SELF - KNOWLEDGE . THE great and important end of all education is self- knowledge , which is , next to the knowledge of God , the most useful and comprehensive attainment in the whole moral system ; for what can afford a ...
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... knowledge to knowledge ; and when he humbly hopes , it is in God himself , to see his creatures for ever drawing nearer to him by greater degrees of re- semblance . There is not , in my opinion , a more pleasing and triumphant ...
... knowledge to knowledge ; and when he humbly hopes , it is in God himself , to see his creatures for ever drawing nearer to him by greater degrees of re- semblance . There is not , in my opinion , a more pleasing and triumphant ...
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