 In short, you must not attempt to enlarge your ideas, or polish your taste, or refine your sentiments ; but must keep on, in one beaten track, without turning aside, either to the right hand or to the left. ' But I cannot submit to drudgery like this....  The Rhode Island Educational Magazine - Page 179edited by - 1852Full view - About this book
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...to the right or to the left. "But," you say, "I cannot submit to drudgery like this; 1 feel a spirit above it." 'Tis well; be above it, then; only do not repine because -you are not rich. Is knowledge the pearl of price in your estimation? That too may be purchased... | |
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