The Pocket Lacon: Comprising Nearly One Thousand Extracts from the Best Authors, Том 1John Taylor Lea & Blanchard, 1839 |
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... ignorant , as to remind them of what they know ; not so much to make men read ( to borrow MONTESQUIEU's ex- pression ) as to make them think . And what is the subject of this work ? The mind of man , -investigated , not by disquisition ...
... ignorant , as to remind them of what they know ; not so much to make men read ( to borrow MONTESQUIEU's ex- pression ) as to make them think . And what is the subject of this work ? The mind of man , -investigated , not by disquisition ...
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... ignorance and cience , despotism and liberty , by a uniform process , arising from their own natural constitutions , and their invariable effects upon each other . In poor countries , recessity incites industry , and cheapness of ...
... ignorance and cience , despotism and liberty , by a uniform process , arising from their own natural constitutions , and their invariable effects upon each other . In poor countries , recessity incites industry , and cheapness of ...
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... ignorance ; but if either exceed the bounds of moderation , their consequences are extremely fatal ; the former producing storms and inundations , and the latter anarchy and confusion . Lore Bacon observes , that war is to states what ...
... ignorance ; but if either exceed the bounds of moderation , their consequences are extremely fatal ; the former producing storms and inundations , and the latter anarchy and confusion . Lore Bacon observes , that war is to states what ...
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... Ignorance is of a peculiar nature , once dispelled , it is`im- possible to re - establish it ; it is not a thing of itself , but is only the absence of knowledge ; and though men may be kept ignorant , they cannot be made ignorant . The ...
... Ignorance is of a peculiar nature , once dispelled , it is`im- possible to re - establish it ; it is not a thing of itself , but is only the absence of knowledge ; and though men may be kept ignorant , they cannot be made ignorant . The ...
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... ignorant of the arithmetical art was but half a man . With how much greater force may a similar expression be applied to him who carries to his grave the neglected and unprofitable seeds of faculties , which it depended on himself to ...
... ignorant of the arithmetical art was but half a man . With how much greater force may a similar expression be applied to him who carries to his grave the neglected and unprofitable seeds of faculties , which it depended on himself to ...
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