Readings in English and American LiteratureF. S. Crofts & Company, 1945 - 687 pages |
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sists , not merely in the passive reception into the mind of a number of ideas hitherto un- known to it , but in the mind's energetic and simultaneous action upon and towards and among those new ideas , which are rushing in upon it . It ...
sists , not merely in the passive reception into the mind of a number of ideas hitherto un- known to it , but in the mind's energetic and simultaneous action upon and towards and among those new ideas , which are rushing in upon it . It ...
Page 391
... mind . If they are nothing more than well - read men , or men of information , they have not what s specially deserves the name of culture of mind , or fulfils the type of liberal educa- tion . one thing is much the same to him as ...
... mind . If they are nothing more than well - read men , or men of information , they have not what s specially deserves the name of culture of mind , or fulfils the type of liberal educa- tion . one thing is much the same to him as ...
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... mind , though it be nothing be- sides , provided it be sober , any more than I would despise bookseller's shop : -it is of great value to others , even when not so to the owner . Nor am I banishing , far from it , Instances abound ...
... mind , though it be nothing be- sides , provided it be sober , any more than I would despise bookseller's shop : -it is of great value to others , even when not so to the owner . Nor am I banishing , far from it , Instances abound ...
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