American Quarterly Review, Volume 17Robert Walsh Carey, Lea & Carey, 1835 - American literature |
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... truth , untarnished , upon its capital . It might be a subject of curious and not unphilosophical inves- tigation , to inquire , whither the lust of innovation may carry a people , whose very national existence originated in a bold dis ...
... truth , untarnished , upon its capital . It might be a subject of curious and not unphilosophical inves- tigation , to inquire , whither the lust of innovation may carry a people , whose very national existence originated in a bold dis ...
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... and disproves its own position by the very means it uses to establish it . Its apostles take their stand upon some thrice overthrown fallacy or misap- plied truth , and reason conclusively enough , if you 4 [ March , Classical Learning .
... and disproves its own position by the very means it uses to establish it . Its apostles take their stand upon some thrice overthrown fallacy or misap- plied truth , and reason conclusively enough , if you 4 [ March , Classical Learning .
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Robert Walsh. plied truth , and reason conclusively enough , if you will but grant their premises . Man , they insist , is a creature of simple wants and impulses , and these may be satisfied and directed without any wide or elevated ...
Robert Walsh. plied truth , and reason conclusively enough , if you will but grant their premises . Man , they insist , is a creature of simple wants and impulses , and these may be satisfied and directed without any wide or elevated ...
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... truth is , education with us is neither Christian nor American . We educate the young almost entirely as tho ' we did not know whether they were to be Chris- tians , Pagans , or Mahometans ; Americans , Germans , or Italians . We ...
... truth is , education with us is neither Christian nor American . We educate the young almost entirely as tho ' we did not know whether they were to be Chris- tians , Pagans , or Mahometans ; Americans , Germans , or Italians . We ...
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... truth , it is yet a useless result , an unut- terable , incommunicable , voiceless truth , -a waste flower in the wilderness , —a gem buried in the ocean , -until it has been embodied 12 [ March , Classical Learning .
... truth , it is yet a useless result , an unut- terable , incommunicable , voiceless truth , -a waste flower in the wilderness , —a gem buried in the ocean , -until it has been embodied 12 [ March , Classical Learning .
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