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... never can learn thoroughly ; in which they cannot even make such progress as to secure that mental discipline which is still more valuable than knowledge itself . We cannot help think- ing that it would be better , either , if possible ...
... never can learn thoroughly ; in which they cannot even make such progress as to secure that mental discipline which is still more valuable than knowledge itself . We cannot help think- ing that it would be better , either , if possible ...
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... never give , and the power of applying the knowledge they possess with greater effect , simply because that knowledge , how- ever limited , would at all events be accurate . And let any one soberly consider , whether , with regard to a ...
... never give , and the power of applying the knowledge they possess with greater effect , simply because that knowledge , how- ever limited , would at all events be accurate . And let any one soberly consider , whether , with regard to a ...
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... never able thoroughly to digest any thing , they never have enough to digest ; he is gorged to repletion - they are half starved ; he acquires a little knowledge of many things in a loose and unsatisfactory manner , while they , finding ...
... never able thoroughly to digest any thing , they never have enough to digest ; he is gorged to repletion - they are half starved ; he acquires a little knowledge of many things in a loose and unsatisfactory manner , while they , finding ...
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... never less than six years , two of them to be devoted exclusively to science and literature , one partly to these , and partly to the elementary studies of theology , and three years exclusively to theology . If they have already ...
... never less than six years , two of them to be devoted exclusively to science and literature , one partly to these , and partly to the elementary studies of theology , and three years exclusively to theology . If they have already ...
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... never likely to be acquired except by continuous study , pursued at lei- sure , under the eye of an instructor ; never by desultory effort at broken intervals , and amidst the ten thousand cares of the public ministry . Another purpose ...
... never likely to be acquired except by continuous study , pursued at lei- sure , under the eye of an instructor ; never by desultory effort at broken intervals , and amidst the ten thousand cares of the public ministry . Another purpose ...
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