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Page 3 - The end, then, of learning is to repair the ruins of our first parents by regaining to know God aright and out of that knowledge to love him, to imitate him, to be like him as we may the nearest by possessing our souls of true virtue, which being united to the heavenly grace of faith makes up the highest perfection.
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| Title | Milton's Tractate on Education: A Facsimile Reprint from the Edition of 1673 Volume 63 of Pitt press series |
| Author | John Milton |
| Editor | Oscar Browning |
| Publisher | At the University Press, 1883 |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | 15 Jan 2007 |
| Length | 43 pages |
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