The New Englander, Volume 13A.H. Maltby, 1855 - Criticism |
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... knowledge will be more apt to make them wordy than wise ; and , " Words are like leaves , and where they most abound , Much fruit of sense is rarely found . " " " They seem to act upon the principle that " knowledge is power , ' but not ...
... knowledge will be more apt to make them wordy than wise ; and , " Words are like leaves , and where they most abound , Much fruit of sense is rarely found . " " " They seem to act upon the principle that " knowledge is power , ' but not ...
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... knowledge will come in due time , as a matter of course ; and any degree of knowledge , without mental discipline , will be of little use . It is the discipline of the intellectual and moral faculties that constitutes the man , and ...
... knowledge will come in due time , as a matter of course ; and any degree of knowledge , without mental discipline , will be of little use . It is the discipline of the intellectual and moral faculties that constitutes the man , and ...
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... knowledge as to show his pupils how to get it ; to give a strong impulse to their minds , and lead them , in conscious self - reliance , to put forth their utmost energies . He will thus inspire them with a love of study and delight in ...
... knowledge as to show his pupils how to get it ; to give a strong impulse to their minds , and lead them , in conscious self - reliance , to put forth their utmost energies . He will thus inspire them with a love of study and delight in ...
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... knowledge . Persons who entertain this view generally estimate knowledge by its extent rather than by its depth . If we look into the schools where education is conducted on such a principle - and it would not be difficult to find them ...
... knowledge . Persons who entertain this view generally estimate knowledge by its extent rather than by its depth . If we look into the schools where education is conducted on such a principle - and it would not be difficult to find them ...
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... knowledge be of a faulty charac- ter , all that higher knowledge which depends upon it will be equally so . principle here laid down will appear the more important , if we consider that its influence is not limited to the elementary ...
... knowledge be of a faulty charac- ter , all that higher knowledge which depends upon it will be equally so . principle here laid down will appear the more important , if we consider that its influence is not limited to the elementary ...
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Page 111 - Whosoever therefore shall be ashamed of me and of my words, in this adulterous and sinful generation, of him also shall the son of man be ashamed, when he cometh in the glory of his Father with the holy angels.
Page 367 - Peace be unto you : as my Father hath sent me, even so send I you. And when he had said this, he breathed on them, and saith unto them, Receive ye the Holy Ghost: Whosesoever sins ye remit, they are remitted unto them ; and whosesoever sins ye retain, they are retained.
Page 498 - And you, that were sometime alienated and enemies in your mind by wicked works, yet now hath he reconciled in the body of his flesh through death, to present you holy and unblameable and unreproveable in his sight.
Page 434 - Who have said, With our tongue will we prevail; our lips are our own: who is lord over us?
Page 46 - Words are like leaves; and where they most abound, Much fruit of sense beneath is rarely found.
Page 421 - Either make the tree good, and his fruit good; or else make the tree corrupt, and his fruit corrupt: for the tree is known by his fruit.
Page 354 - And the ravens brought him bread and flesh in the morning, and bread and flesh in the evening; and he drank of the brook.
Page 5 - A thousand years scarce serve to form a state ; An hour may lay it in the dust : and when Can man its shatter'd splendour renovate, Recall its virtues back, and vanquish Time and Fate?
Page 260 - Bless the LORD, ye his angels, That excel in strength, that do his commandments, Hearkening unto the voice of his word.
Page 361 - Thou crownest the year with thy goodness ; and thy paths drop fatness. They drop upon the pastures of the wilderness : and the little hills rejoice on every side. The pastures are clothed with flocks ; the valleys also are covered over with corn ; they shout for joy, they also sing.