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... may , and frequently is to be found , poverty without any connection whatever with talent and moral worth . All that can be contended for is this - the condition of birth , in general language , is a C 2 NEED OF CULTURE . 19.
... may , and frequently is to be found , poverty without any connection whatever with talent and moral worth . All that can be contended for is this - the condition of birth , in general language , is a C 2 NEED OF CULTURE . 19.
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... talent or genius , like the lark or the eagle , soars upward and upward , and circumstances or men can seldom if ever keep it down . All have to attend personally to mental culture , or pass through life in profound ignorance ; but for ...
... talent or genius , like the lark or the eagle , soars upward and upward , and circumstances or men can seldom if ever keep it down . All have to attend personally to mental culture , or pass through life in profound ignorance ; but for ...
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... that it may appear to be what in reality it is , a bright and beautiful thing . Man ought to fit him- self by culture to make the very best use of the talents - God has given him . And he ought to do THE WHOLE NATURE . 41.
... that it may appear to be what in reality it is , a bright and beautiful thing . Man ought to fit him- self by culture to make the very best use of the talents - God has given him . And he ought to do THE WHOLE NATURE . 41.
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... talent above goodness , it is especially necessary to attend to spiritual culture . Clever men are sought and applauded , while good men are despised and neglected . Genius is popular , piety hangs down its head in obscurity . The ideas ...
... talent above goodness , it is especially necessary to attend to spiritual culture . Clever men are sought and applauded , while good men are despised and neglected . Genius is popular , piety hangs down its head in obscurity . The ideas ...
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... talent to be coveted . The mere ' gift of the gab , ' can scarcely be put too low , —the lower the better for the good of society ; but sensible talk is always seasonable and advantageous . The man who has the command of language - not ...
... talent to be coveted . The mere ' gift of the gab , ' can scarcely be put too low , —the lower the better for the good of society ; but sensible talk is always seasonable and advantageous . The man who has the command of language - not ...
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Page 31 - In other words, education is the instruction of the intellect in the laws of Nature, under which name I include not merely things and their forces, but men and their ways ; and the fashioning of the affections and of the will into an earnest and loving desire to move in harmony with those laws.
Page 134 - And Jacob vowed a vow, saying, If God will be with me, and will keep me in this way that I go, and will give me bread to eat, and raiment to put on, 21 So that I come again to my father's house in peace; then shall the Lord be my God...
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Page 32 - For that indirect self-preservation which we call gaining a livelihood, the knowledge of greatest value is— Science. For the due discharge of parental functions, the proper guidance is to be found only in— Science. For that interpretation of national life, past and present, without which the citizen cannot rightly regulate his conduct, the indispensable key is— Science. Alike for the most perfect production and highest enjoyment of art in all its forms, the needful preparation is still— Science....
Page 53 - We then that are strong ought to bear the infirmities of the weak, and not to please ourselves. Let every one of us please his neighbour for his good to edification.
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Page 25 - ... a pursuit of our total perfection by means of getting to know, on all the matters which most concern us, the best which has been thought and said in the world...
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