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... scholar the only true master ? But the old oracle said , " All things have two handles : beware of the wrong one . " In life , too often , the scholar errs with mankind and forfeits his privilege . Let us see him in his school , and ...
... scholar the only true master ? But the old oracle said , " All things have two handles : beware of the wrong one . " In life , too often , the scholar errs with mankind and forfeits his privilege . Let us see him in his school , and ...
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... scholar should be a recluse , a valetudinarian , - as unfit for any handiwork or public labor as a penknife for an axe . The so - called " practical men " sneer at speculative men , as if , because they speculate or see , they could do ...
... scholar should be a recluse , a valetudinarian , - as unfit for any handiwork or public labor as a penknife for an axe . The so - called " practical men " sneer at speculative men , as if , because they speculate or see , they could do ...
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... scholar . I. The resources of the scholar are propor- tioned to his confidence in the attributes of the Intellect . The resources of the scholar are co- extensive with nature and truth , yet can never be his unless claimed by him with ...
... scholar . I. The resources of the scholar are propor- tioned to his confidence in the attributes of the Intellect . The resources of the scholar are co- extensive with nature and truth , yet can never be his unless claimed by him with ...
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