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... so much to swell their number , as to weigh their value . And young persons , espe- cially , will pardon the suggestion , that , in no way , perhaps , can their store of applicable knowledge be more a 2 INTRODUCTION . iii.
... so much to swell their number , as to weigh their value . And young persons , espe- cially , will pardon the suggestion , that , in no way , perhaps , can their store of applicable knowledge be more a 2 INTRODUCTION . iii.
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Gilbert Burnet John Jebb. perhaps , can their store of applicable knowledge be more certainly , though at first almost imperceptibly increased , than by habitually reading with a pen in the hand . There is much good sense in the doggrel ...
Gilbert Burnet John Jebb. perhaps , can their store of applicable knowledge be more certainly , though at first almost imperceptibly increased , than by habitually reading with a pen in the hand . There is much good sense in the doggrel ...
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... knowledge : and right feelings cannot , so certainly , be either obtained , or improved , as by communication , and close inter- course , with those who possess them . • As iron sharpeneth iron , so doth the countenance of a man , his ...
... knowledge : and right feelings cannot , so certainly , be either obtained , or improved , as by communication , and close inter- course , with those who possess them . • As iron sharpeneth iron , so doth the countenance of a man , his ...
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... knowledge , of what is true , and good ; to fill their hearts , with the love of it ; and to furnish them with the power , to per- form it . The blessings consequent upon this change , immediately follow : That they may re- ceive ...
... knowledge , of what is true , and good ; to fill their hearts , with the love of it ; and to furnish them with the power , to per- form it . The blessings consequent upon this change , immediately follow : That they may re- ceive ...
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... knowledge is somewhat more advanced , and you are able to ex- ercise the eclectic faculty , he ought to make a part of your library : for , a more apostolic man never lived ; and his genius was not only vivid , but sublime . In the far ...
... knowledge is somewhat more advanced , and you are able to ex- ercise the eclectic faculty , he ought to make a part of your library : for , a more apostolic man never lived ; and his genius was not only vivid , but sublime . In the far ...
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