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... mind , and are , therefore , explanatory of the various movements and effects of different results . The consequences set forth are after all joint productions of many principles and causes combining to produce them . In treating of ...
... mind , and are , therefore , explanatory of the various movements and effects of different results . The consequences set forth are after all joint productions of many principles and causes combining to produce them . In treating of ...
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... mind - If Napoleon had not been educated , query - Quacks , pettifoggers , & c . - But few minds strong enough for professors - Genius will rise - Education does not make mind - Too much expected from education - Ignorant parents cannot ...
... mind - If Napoleon had not been educated , query - Quacks , pettifoggers , & c . - But few minds strong enough for professors - Genius will rise - Education does not make mind - Too much expected from education - Ignorant parents cannot ...
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... mind against the seductions of sin and ignorance . No man in the United States can plead the want of means to learn how to read and study for himself . The Sunday Schools , Free Schools , and other schools , now embrace almost the ...
... mind against the seductions of sin and ignorance . No man in the United States can plead the want of means to learn how to read and study for himself . The Sunday Schools , Free Schools , and other schools , now embrace almost the ...
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... mind - on the contrary it inflates the vain , magnifies fools and dunces , and misleads the ignorant . A mere quack can be shunned , but it is extremely difficult to guard against the imposition of authorized and plausible blockheads ...
... mind - on the contrary it inflates the vain , magnifies fools and dunces , and misleads the ignorant . A mere quack can be shunned , but it is extremely difficult to guard against the imposition of authorized and plausible blockheads ...
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... mind or create genius , whereas it takes from a boy's early years the time which should be used for acquiring a practical knowledge of some employment upon which he can depend for subsistence , instead of keeping him at schools where he ...
... mind or create genius , whereas it takes from a boy's early years the time which should be used for acquiring a practical knowledge of some employment upon which he can depend for subsistence , instead of keeping him at schools where he ...
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