North-American Review and Miscellaneous Journal, Volume 12Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge Wells and Lilly, 1821 Vols. 277-230, no. 2 include Stuff and nonsense, v. 5-6, no. 8, Jan. 1929-Aug. 1930. |
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... means to be considered merely as places of education , whither young men are to resort to acquire knowledge . There are , on the contrary , two other points of view in which these establish- ments are entitled to respect . The first is ...
... means to be considered merely as places of education , whither young men are to resort to acquire knowledge . There are , on the contrary , two other points of view in which these establish- ments are entitled to respect . The first is ...
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... means sure that the estab- lishment existing in England could be destroyed , to give place to any thing which might be proposed as a substitute , without bringing in new evils greater than the old . It ought never to be lost sight of ...
... means sure that the estab- lishment existing in England could be destroyed , to give place to any thing which might be proposed as a substitute , without bringing in new evils greater than the old . It ought never to be lost sight of ...
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... means of pursuing whatever calling inclination may suggest , the original object of the colleges , viz . as indispensa ble nurseries for literary and clerical men , has become , if not subordinate , at least only collaterally important ...
... means of pursuing whatever calling inclination may suggest , the original object of the colleges , viz . as indispensa ble nurseries for literary and clerical men , has become , if not subordinate , at least only collaterally important ...
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... means inconsiderable , of the great catastrophe of Babel , which enabled the scholar , wherever he went , to find his native tongue ; and which , so long as it continued to be the depository of science and literature , emancipated him ...
... means inconsiderable , of the great catastrophe of Babel , which enabled the scholar , wherever he went , to find his native tongue ; and which , so long as it continued to be the depository of science and literature , emancipated him ...
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... mean the power of work- ing without means , without time , and without pause ; nor was it ever given to mortal man to scribble off with a flying pen , what shall be read and be worthy to be read for ever . It is paying no compliment to ...
... mean the power of work- ing without means , without time , and without pause ; nor was it ever given to mortal man to scribble off with a flying pen , what shall be read and be worthy to be read for ever . It is paying no compliment to ...
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