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... become sufficiently well known to the public , to enable it to prejudge with tolerable confidence the gene- ral qualities of any work he might write , especially on the subject of education . His book will be opened with the expectation ...
... become sufficiently well known to the public , to enable it to prejudge with tolerable confidence the gene- ral qualities of any work he might write , especially on the subject of education . His book will be opened with the expectation ...
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... become he- roic , or eloquent , or scientific , will yet be less absolutely the reverse of those characters , than they would otherwise have been . Our author touches but briefly on the nature of that undeniable original distinction ...
... become he- roic , or eloquent , or scientific , will yet be less absolutely the reverse of those characters , than they would otherwise have been . Our author touches but briefly on the nature of that undeniable original distinction ...
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... becoming idle , those from remaining inactive . The sophistical mathematician proves that with but twenty paces advantage of the swift footed Achilles , the tor- toise can never be overtaken , even by twenty times its own speed ; but ...
... becoming idle , those from remaining inactive . The sophistical mathematician proves that with but twenty paces advantage of the swift footed Achilles , the tor- toise can never be overtaken , even by twenty times its own speed ; but ...
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... become the interest of many to establish new seminaries , or reform the old . The first impulse therefore must be given to the minds of parents ; and they must in the first place be convinced of the folly of treating children as mere ...
... become the interest of many to establish new seminaries , or reform the old . The first impulse therefore must be given to the minds of parents ; and they must in the first place be convinced of the folly of treating children as mere ...
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... become fit for such em . ployments , and worthy of such rewards . Parliamentary interest , in- fluencing the ... becoming sycophants in the course of their progress , and political tools at its conclusion ; or whether zealous piety , and ...
... become fit for such em . ployments , and worthy of such rewards . Parliamentary interest , in- fluencing the ... becoming sycophants in the course of their progress , and political tools at its conclusion ; or whether zealous piety , and ...
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Page 108 - ... sun. And behold a man bent with age coming from the way of the wilderness leaning on a staff. And Abraham arose, and met him, and said unto him, ' Turn in, I pray thee, and wash thy feet, and tarry all night ; and thou shall arise early in the morning, and go on thy way.' And the man said, 'Nay; for I will abide under this tree.