The North American Review, Volume 140Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge O. Everett, 1885 - American fiction Vols. 227-230, no. 2 include: Stuff and nonsense, v. 5-6, no. 8, Jan. 1929-Aug. 1930. |
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Page 85
... knowledge of the material world , we are prone to place implicit reliance on their indications , to overlook the ... knowledge are always open ; but we are not the passive recipients of knowledge . The fable of Proteus is a true picture ...
... knowledge of the material world , we are prone to place implicit reliance on their indications , to overlook the ... knowledge are always open ; but we are not the passive recipients of knowledge . The fable of Proteus is a true picture ...
Page 218
... knowledge , - though , indeed , all knowledge is useful , but pure science ; for , leaving out all thought of its practical application , this of itself is in the highest degree conducive to the perfection of humanity . Man lives for ...
... knowledge , - though , indeed , all knowledge is useful , but pure science ; for , leaving out all thought of its practical application , this of itself is in the highest degree conducive to the perfection of humanity . Man lives for ...
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... knowledge , for by it alone would men's needs be perfectly comprehended , and their affections be self - directed to that only which is the best for all . We therefore conclude , that the high maxims and principles deduced by ...
... knowledge , for by it alone would men's needs be perfectly comprehended , and their affections be self - directed to that only which is the best for all . We therefore conclude , that the high maxims and principles deduced by ...
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