World's Laconics Being Choice Thoughts of Best Authors in Prose and PoetryDodd, 1871 - 432 pages |
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... knowledge is hered- itary ; and even our ability to acquire knowledge , is de- rived , in a great degree , from our contact with other minds . There are various ways in which men's thoughts are made to survive them ; but that which is ...
... knowledge is hered- itary ; and even our ability to acquire knowledge , is de- rived , in a great degree , from our contact with other minds . There are various ways in which men's thoughts are made to survive them ; but that which is ...
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... KNOWLEDGE - All false practices and affectations of knowledge are more odious to God , and de- serve to be so to men , than any want or defect of knowledge can be . - Sprat . AFFECTIONS . The affections , like the conscience , are rath ...
... KNOWLEDGE - All false practices and affectations of knowledge are more odious to God , and de- serve to be so to men , than any want or defect of knowledge can be . - Sprat . AFFECTIONS . The affections , like the conscience , are rath ...
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... knowledge cannot al- ways remove . — Mackenzie . BEAUTY . Socrates called beauty a short - lived tyranny ; Plato , a privilege of nature ; Theophrastus , a silent cheat ; Theocritus , a delightful prejudice ; Carneades , a solitary ...
... knowledge cannot al- ways remove . — Mackenzie . BEAUTY . Socrates called beauty a short - lived tyranny ; Plato , a privilege of nature ; Theophrastus , a silent cheat ; Theocritus , a delightful prejudice ; Carneades , a solitary ...
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... his goodness : Christian cheerful- ness is the external manifestation of that homage . CHEERFULNESS , ITS EFFECTS . - A cheerful temper , joined with innocence , will make beauty attractive , knowledge de THE WORLD'S LACONICS . 39.
... his goodness : Christian cheerful- ness is the external manifestation of that homage . CHEERFULNESS , ITS EFFECTS . - A cheerful temper , joined with innocence , will make beauty attractive , knowledge de THE WORLD'S LACONICS . 39.
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Tryon Edwards. with innocence , will make beauty attractive , knowledge de lightful , and wit good - natured . It will lighten sickness , pov erty , and affliction ; convert ignorance into an amiable sim- plicity , and render deformity ...
Tryon Edwards. with innocence , will make beauty attractive , knowledge de lightful , and wit good - natured . It will lighten sickness , pov erty , and affliction ; convert ignorance into an amiable sim- plicity , and render deformity ...
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