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" Knowledge is of two kinds. We know a subject ourselves, or we know where we can find information upon it. "
The life of Samuel Johnson ... including A journal of his tour to the ... - Page 312
by James Boswell - 1835
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The Johns Hopkins University Studies in Historical and Political Science

Johns Hopkins University - History - 1884 - 690 pages
...will also prove of great practical value to teachers and pupils. " Knowledge," says Dr. Johnson, " is of two kinds. We know a subject ourselves, or we know where we can find information upon it." Professor Allen's views concerning the topical method of historical study are best represented by one...
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The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: And the Journal of His Tour to ..., Volume 2

James Boswell - Authors, English - 1885 - 492 pages
...he said, " You are an honest man to have formed so great an accumulation of knowledge." — BURNEY.] said, " Dr. Johnson, I am going, with your pardon,...know where we can find information upon it. When we enquire into any subject, the first thing we have to do is to know what books have treated of it. This...
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Boswell's Life of Johnson: Life

James Boswell - Authors, English - 1887 - 512 pages
...Johnsons extraordinary promptitude. 365 (aside,) ' He runs to the books, as I do to the pictures : but I have the advantage. I can see much more of the pictures...know where we can find information upon it. When we enquire into any subject, the first thing we have to do is to know what books have treated of it. This...
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Through the Fields with Linnæus: A Chapter in Swedish History, Volume 1

Florence Caddy - Natural history - 1887 - 388 pages
...would ransack, and eagerly scan the backs of the books; for the good reason Dr. Johnson gives us—' Knowledge is of two kinds. We know a subject ourselves,...or we know where we can find information upon it.' Linnasus here found out, to his surprise, that Le Vaillant was not actually the first to clearly see...
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Through the Fields with Linnæus: A Chapter in Swedish History, Volume 1

Florence Caddy - Natural history - 1887 - 376 pages
...would ransack, and eagerly scan the backs of the books ; for the good reason Dr. Johnson gives us—' Knowledge is of two kinds. We know a subject ourselves,...or we know where we can find information upon it.' Linnaeus here found out, to his surprise, that Le Vaillant was not actually the first to clearly see...
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Common School Education: Devoted to the Art of ..., Volume 1 - Volume 2, Issue 4

Education - 1887 - 454 pages
...sad, whom I long to entreat To take a house in Thanksgiving Street. The Appeal. OF= GOLD. NOWLEDGE is of two kinds. We know a subject ourselves, or we know where we can find information upon it. JOHNSON. Tender handed stroke a nettle, And it stings you for your pains ; Grasp it like a man of mettle,...
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Public Ledger Almanac

Almanacs, American - 1887 - 834 pages
...18*3,39.17; 1884,39.34; I88s, 33.35 ; 1886, 37.34. 1887 exceeds ten years between 1872 and the lust year. " KNOWLEDGE is of two kinds : We know a subject ourselves, Or we know where to find information upon it." _. < Fifth Month,] MAY. [1888. 1 1 Lrf £ C Last Quarter.. 3 6 47 PM...
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Book Chat, Volume 3

William George Jordan, Adr Schade van Westrum - American literature - 1888 - 644 pages
...Гага—П Ave. «le ГОрег«. BRENTANO'S BEST BOOKS— A SELECT LIST»' VALUABLE REFERENCE BOOKS. Knowledge Is of two kinds. We know a subject ourselves, or we know where we can und Information upon It. The Qrst tiling is to know what books bave treated of it.— Dr. Samuel Jnhmon....
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The Little Giant Cyclopedia and Treasury of Ready Reference: 1,000,001 ...

K. L. Armstrong - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1889 - 460 pages
...the glorious uncertainty of it is of mair use to the professors than the justice of it. — MaMin. KNOWLEDGE is of two kinds: we know a subject ourselves...or we know where we can find information upon it. — Johnson. Crushing and Tensile Strength, in Lbs., pep Sq. Inch of Natural and Artificial Stones....
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A Dictionary of Quotations in Prose: From American and Foreign Authors ...

Anna Lydia Ward - Citations anglaises - 1889 - 724 pages
...Knowled9e is Power. Integrity without knowledge is weak and useless. 2951 Johnson : Rasselas. Ch. 41. Knowledge is of two kinds. We know a subject ourselves,...or we know where we can find information upon it. 2952 Johnson: Boswell's Lift of JolmKon. 1775. (Routledge edition, Vol. ii. Ch. 11.) Knowledge without...
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