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Page 28
... knowledge they do not possess , undertake to instruct mankind by specious stories , founded on idle rumour and vague con- jecture . Those who are well informed ' smile at the folly . Great minds disdain to tell their own good deeds : it ...
... knowledge they do not possess , undertake to instruct mankind by specious stories , founded on idle rumour and vague con- jecture . Those who are well informed ' smile at the folly . Great minds disdain to tell their own good deeds : it ...
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... knowledge of our nature may be derived from the intuitive perception and personificating power of Shak- speare , than from the laborious research and acute dis- cussion of Hume . Many important events are on record , and however dark ...
... knowledge of our nature may be derived from the intuitive perception and personificating power of Shak- speare , than from the laborious research and acute dis- cussion of Hume . Many important events are on record , and however dark ...
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... knowledge might be enlarged , but seems to have perceived the re- mote bound to which it could extend . And yet that wonderful man sullied his soul , by accepting a bribe . The character a great English poet gave to Chancellor Bacon 5 33.
... knowledge might be enlarged , but seems to have perceived the re- mote bound to which it could extend . And yet that wonderful man sullied his soul , by accepting a bribe . The character a great English poet gave to Chancellor Bacon 5 33.
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... knowledge that some few of his proposed a Brieve Relacion de la Destruccion . b See the " Apologie de Bart . Las Casas , " of Gregoire . The abstract of Las Casas ' opinions , given by Dupin , seem , in general , to justify Gre- goire's ...
... knowledge that some few of his proposed a Brieve Relacion de la Destruccion . b See the " Apologie de Bart . Las Casas , " of Gregoire . The abstract of Las Casas ' opinions , given by Dupin , seem , in general , to justify Gre- goire's ...
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... knowledge of character , a more bustling ac- tivity of disposition , greater skill in the conduct of af- ' fairs , and , perhaps , a little more of worldly ambition , as well as much more of worldly wisdom . He ap- peared , too , on a ...
... knowledge of character , a more bustling ac- tivity of disposition , greater skill in the conduct of af- ' fairs , and , perhaps , a little more of worldly ambition , as well as much more of worldly wisdom . He ap- peared , too , on a ...
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