Letters on the Study and Use of History: On Exile ; the Spirit of Patriotism ; Idea of a Patriot King ; State of Parties in 1714Alexander Murray, 1870 - 280 pages |
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... minds with crude un- ruminated facts and sentences ; and hope to supply , by bare memory , the want of imagination and judgment . But these are in the two lowest forms . The next I shall mention are in one a little higher ; in the form ...
... minds with crude un- ruminated facts and sentences ; and hope to supply , by bare memory , the want of imagination and judgment . But these are in the two lowest forms . The next I shall mention are in one a little higher ; in the form ...
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... minds . But if we consult our reason , we shall be far from following the examples of our fellow - creatures , in this as in most other cases , who are so proud of being rational . We shall neither read to soothe our indolence , nor to ...
... minds . But if we consult our reason , we shall be far from following the examples of our fellow - creatures , in this as in most other cases , who are so proud of being rational . We shall neither read to soothe our indolence , nor to ...
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... minds ; but she never intended it should be made the principal , much less the sole , object of their application . The true and proper object of this application , is a constant improvement in private and in public virtue . An ...
... minds ; but she never intended it should be made the principal , much less the sole , object of their application . The true and proper object of this application , is a constant improvement in private and in public virtue . An ...
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... mind , which will grow up and become habitual in every man who applies himself early to the study of history as the study of philosophy , with the intention of being wiser and better , without the affectation of being more learned . The ...
... mind , which will grow up and become habitual in every man who applies himself early to the study of history as the study of philosophy , with the intention of being wiser and better , without the affectation of being more learned . The ...
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... mind , the Mexican with his cap and coat of feathers , sacrificing a human victim to his god , will not appear more savage to our eyes , than the Spaniard with a hat on his head , and a gonilla round his neck , sacri- ficing whole ...
... mind , the Mexican with his cap and coat of feathers , sacrificing a human victim to his god , will not appear more savage to our eyes , than the Spaniard with a hat on his head , and a gonilla round his neck , sacri- ficing whole ...
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