Prince Albert's golden precepts: or, The opinions and maxims of ... the prince consort, selected from his addresses, etc |
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For this is precisely the difference between science and prejudice : that the latter
keeps stubbornly to its position , whether disproved or not , whilst the former is an
unarrestable movement towards the fountain of truth , caring little for cherished ...
For this is precisely the difference between science and prejudice : that the latter
keeps stubbornly to its position , whether disproved or not , whilst the former is an
unarrestable movement towards the fountain of truth , caring little for cherished ...
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Whilst formerly the great mental energies strove at universal knowledge , and that
knowledge was confined to the few , now they are directed on specialities , and in
these , again , even to the minutest points ; but the knowledge acquired ...
Whilst formerly the great mental energies strove at universal knowledge , and that
knowledge was confined to the few , now they are directed on specialities , and in
these , again , even to the minutest points ; but the knowledge acquired ...
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Whilst his impulse drove him to foster progress , his sagacious mind and great
experience showed him how easily the whole machinery of a state and of society
is deranged , and how important , but how difficult also , it is to direct its further ...
Whilst his impulse drove him to foster progress , his sagacious mind and great
experience showed him how easily the whole machinery of a state and of society
is deranged , and how important , but how difficult also , it is to direct its further ...
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It is owing to these national qualities that England , whilst constantly progressing ,
has still preserved the integrity of her constitution from the earliest times , and has
been protected from wild schemes whose chief charm lies in their novelty ...
It is owing to these national qualities that England , whilst constantly progressing ,
has still preserved the integrity of her constitution from the earliest times , and has
been protected from wild schemes whose chief charm lies in their novelty ...
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... felt as one upon the person itself ; whilst facts are " objective ” and belong to
everybodythey remain the same facts at all times and under all circumstances :
they can be proved ; they have to be proved , and when proved , are finally
settled .
... felt as one upon the person itself ; whilst facts are " objective ” and belong to
everybodythey remain the same facts at all times and under all circumstances :
they can be proved ; they have to be proved , and when proved , are finally
settled .
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| Title | Prince Albert's golden precepts: or, The opinions and maxims of ... the prince consort, selected from his addresses, etc |
| Author | Albert (consort of Victoria, queen of Gt. Britain.) |
| Published | 1873 |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | 31 juuli 2006 |
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