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... knowledge that can only be had by actual experience , yet next to that actual experience the most important thing in under- taking an unknown journey is a good guide book . Practical experience and good examples are the indispensable ...
... knowledge that can only be had by actual experience , yet next to that actual experience the most important thing in under- taking an unknown journey is a good guide book . Practical experience and good examples are the indispensable ...
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... knowledge , requires also much time , energy , and expense , and may cost us the possession or much of the enjoyment of the object of the journey at the end by getting us there too late , or too exhausted by the long travel ; so that it ...
... knowledge , requires also much time , energy , and expense , and may cost us the possession or much of the enjoyment of the object of the journey at the end by getting us there too late , or too exhausted by the long travel ; so that it ...
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... knowledge there gained , however valuable , often comes too late to be of benefit to you in this life , and serves only to remind you of your previous folly . Be willing , therefore , to learn from others . Example is a better , more ...
... knowledge there gained , however valuable , often comes too late to be of benefit to you in this life , and serves only to remind you of your previous folly . Be willing , therefore , to learn from others . Example is a better , more ...
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... knowledge , and with part of his first week's scant wages bought a small Latin grammar , and began to rise ! He was required to be in the factory at work by six o'clock in the morning , and must work until eight o'clock at night , with ...
... knowledge , and with part of his first week's scant wages bought a small Latin grammar , and began to rise ! He was required to be in the factory at work by six o'clock in the morning , and must work until eight o'clock at night , with ...
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... knowledge could not be obtained easier . " Sir , " said Euclid , " there is no royal road to learning . " That state- ment is as true to - day as it was twenty - two centuries ago . There is no royal road to either wisdom or success in ...
... knowledge could not be obtained easier . " Sir , " said Euclid , " there is no royal road to learning . " That state- ment is as true to - day as it was twenty - two centuries ago . There is no royal road to either wisdom or success in ...
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