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... truth ; and if I have sometimes expressed myself strongly , I may plead in extenuation , that my language is weaker than my convictions . These considerations will sufficiently explain why several questions , the examination of which ...
... truth ; and if I have sometimes expressed myself strongly , I may plead in extenuation , that my language is weaker than my convictions . These considerations will sufficiently explain why several questions , the examination of which ...
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... truth , enunciated not only from the Pulpit but from the Bench , that mere intellectual training is in itself one - sided and incomplete . Nor have I loaded my pages with the details of particular instances that may have come under my ...
... truth , enunciated not only from the Pulpit but from the Bench , that mere intellectual training is in itself one - sided and incomplete . Nor have I loaded my pages with the details of particular instances that may have come under my ...
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... truth , in other regions , where discovery is of far higher importance to Man , they had but feeble and fitful ... truths , which are now so obvious , so universally admitted , that they have passed into the constituent elements of our ...
... truth , in other regions , where discovery is of far higher importance to Man , they had but feeble and fitful ... truths , which are now so obvious , so universally admitted , that they have passed into the constituent elements of our ...
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... truth few at the present day will be found openly to dissent . How all should be educated , is a problem on which almost as many varieties of conflicting opinion prevail , as there are sects or parties in the state . Nor is this ...
... truth few at the present day will be found openly to dissent . How all should be educated , is a problem on which almost as many varieties of conflicting opinion prevail , as there are sects or parties in the state . Nor is this ...
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... truth . But we shall be here met by the objection , that the Universities , the standards of liberal education , do not teach , or at most but coldly sanction , the introduction of Natural and Experimental Science , within their ...
... truth . But we shall be here met by the objection , that the Universities , the standards of liberal education , do not teach , or at most but coldly sanction , the introduction of Natural and Experimental Science , within their ...
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Page 6 - And though a linguist should pride himself to have all the tongues that Babel cleft the world into, yet if he have not studied the solid things in them as well as the words and lexicons, he were nothing so much to be esteemed a learned man, as any yeoman or tradesman competently wise in his mother dialect only.
Page 10 - To conclude therefore, let no man, upon a weak conceit of sobriety or an ill-applied moderation, think or maintain that a man can search too far or be too well studied in the book of God's word or in the book of God's works ; divinity or philosophy ; but rather let men endeavour an endless progress or proficience in both...
Page 31 - Nothing, in truth, has such a tendency to weaken, not only the powers of invention, but the intellectual powers in general, as a habit of extensive and various reading without reflection.
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Page 50 - Accustomed to trace the operation of general causes, and the exemplification of general laws, in circumstances where the uninformed and unenquiring eye perceives neither novelty nor beauty, he walks in the midst of wonders : every object which falls in his way elucidates some principle, affords some instruction, and impresses him with a sense of harmony and order.
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Page 36 - ... acquired a knowledge of the ancient languages. But not one gentleman in fifty can possibly receive what we should call a complete and liberal education. That term includes not only the ancient languages, but those of France, Italy, Germany, and Spain. It includes mathematics, the experimental sciences, and moral philosophy. An intimate acquaintance both with the profound and polite parts of English literature is indispensable. Few of those who are intended for professional or commercial life...
Page 6 - And that which casts our proficiency therein so much behind, is our time lost partly in too oft idle vacancies given both to schools and universities ; partly in a preposterous exaction, forcing the empty wits of children to compose themes, verses, and orations, which are the acts...