American Quarterly Review, Volume 17Robert Walsh Carey, Lea & Carey, 1835 - American literature |
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... light of ancient and foreign learning , without giving him in its place any thing substantial or satisfac- tory . The very objection which is urged against the study of the learned languages , that they depict a state of society with ...
... light of ancient and foreign learning , without giving him in its place any thing substantial or satisfac- tory . The very objection which is urged against the study of the learned languages , that they depict a state of society with ...
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... light and freedom of modern times . The national eagle gazes at the sunbeam , the owl only blinks at the daylight . Shut out classical instruction , and by a parity of reasoning you must put an end to the study of foreign manners and ...
... light and freedom of modern times . The national eagle gazes at the sunbeam , the owl only blinks at the daylight . Shut out classical instruction , and by a parity of reasoning you must put an end to the study of foreign manners and ...
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... light by which all other nations have walked ? It is the very prescrip- tion of an acute philosopher to make a despotism . " Destroy the ancient Greek and Latin authors , " says Hobbes , " if you aim at absolute dominion , because if ...
... light by which all other nations have walked ? It is the very prescrip- tion of an acute philosopher to make a despotism . " Destroy the ancient Greek and Latin authors , " says Hobbes , " if you aim at absolute dominion , because if ...
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... act with grace and dignity in the presence of foreign nations , no self - re- spect to enforce by a consciousness of equality ? The spirit of liberty rejects no sources of light . It is her 18 [ March , Classical Learning .
... act with grace and dignity in the presence of foreign nations , no self - re- spect to enforce by a consciousness of equality ? The spirit of liberty rejects no sources of light . It is her 18 [ March , Classical Learning .
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Robert Walsh. liberty rejects no sources of light . It is her boast that she aspires at all moral perfections , and neglects no means to attain them . It is her vital principle that she imposes no curb nor shackle upon the human powers ...
Robert Walsh. liberty rejects no sources of light . It is her boast that she aspires at all moral perfections , and neglects no means to attain them . It is her vital principle that she imposes no curb nor shackle upon the human powers ...
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