Half-hours with the Best Authors, Volume 1Charles Knight Charles Knight, 1850 - English literature |
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Page 87
... knowledge acquired from books , which appears to me both just and valuable . The prejudice against such knowledge , he said , and the custom of opposing it to that which is learnt by practice , originated in those times when books were ...
... knowledge acquired from books , which appears to me both just and valuable . The prejudice against such knowledge , he said , and the custom of opposing it to that which is learnt by practice , originated in those times when books were ...
Page 141
Charles Knight. ROBERT HALL RELIGIOUS KNOWLEDGE . 42. - RELIGIOUS KNOWLEDGE . ROBERT HALL . [ THE following ' Half Hour ' is from a Sermon entitled ' The Advantages of Knowledge to Robert Hall was the son of a minister of the the Lower ...
Charles Knight. ROBERT HALL RELIGIOUS KNOWLEDGE . 42. - RELIGIOUS KNOWLEDGE . ROBERT HALL . [ THE following ' Half Hour ' is from a Sermon entitled ' The Advantages of Knowledge to Robert Hall was the son of a minister of the the Lower ...
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... knowledge is mixed with many uncertainties , yea , and mistakes ; but when he openeth the corpse , he seeth all , and his knowledge is more full , more true , and more certain , besides that it is easily and quickly attained , even by a ...
... knowledge is mixed with many uncertainties , yea , and mistakes ; but when he openeth the corpse , he seeth all , and his knowledge is more full , more true , and more certain , besides that it is easily and quickly attained , even by a ...
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