Learned in the law; or, Examples and encouragements from the lives of eminent lawyers, Page 55 |
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... true that a versatile man is generally a smatterer ; it is not less true that a specialist is usually narrow - minded . He so confines his vision to a particular object , that it becomes incapable of any extended scope or range . Other ...
... true that a versatile man is generally a smatterer ; it is not less true that a specialist is usually narrow - minded . He so confines his vision to a particular object , that it becomes incapable of any extended scope or range . Other ...
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... true secret of success . The biography of every man who has risen to eminence is nothing more than a commentary on the commonplace truth which has been expressed by poets and teachers in so many different ways , but always with the same ...
... true secret of success . The biography of every man who has risen to eminence is nothing more than a commentary on the commonplace truth which has been expressed by poets and teachers in so many different ways , but always with the same ...
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... true pioneer in that mine of truth which lies so deep . " With the lofty assurance of genius - that self - knowledge and self - reliance which breathe in Horace's " Exegi opus perennius , " and Milton's " Which the world will not ...
... true pioneer in that mine of truth which lies so deep . " With the lofty assurance of genius - that self - knowledge and self - reliance which breathe in Horace's " Exegi opus perennius , " and Milton's " Which the world will not ...
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... true great- ness . Its sole excuse is to be found in his pecuniary difficulties , which would seem to have been very grave , as he was arrested by a money - lender , named Simpson , on a bond for £ 300 , apparently as soon as the ...
... true great- ness . Its sole excuse is to be found in his pecuniary difficulties , which would seem to have been very grave , as he was arrested by a money - lender , named Simpson , on a bond for £ 300 , apparently as soon as the ...
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... true man . ' " II . The poet Pope , in a well - known couplet , has made use of Bacon to point a moral and adorn a tale , and has contrived to embody the praises of his admirers , as well as the censures of his detractors , in the ...
... true man . ' " II . The poet Pope , in a well - known couplet , has made use of Bacon to point a moral and adorn a tale , and has contrived to embody the praises of his admirers , as well as the censures of his detractors , in the ...
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