Anniversary AddressesCongregational Sunday School and Publishing Company, 1894 - 517 pages |
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Page 15
... wisdom or the depth of folly ? And how such a central paralysis of the mental retina spreads its darkness ! — as , for example , in the affirmation that as oxygen and hydrogen are reciprocally convertible with water , so are water ...
... wisdom or the depth of folly ? And how such a central paralysis of the mental retina spreads its darkness ! — as , for example , in the affirmation that as oxygen and hydrogen are reciprocally convertible with water , so are water ...
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... Wisdom , skill , and strength were not born with us . All the qualities of manly thought , though with ruder imple- ments and cruder materials , have been as conspicuously exhibited down through the ages past as in our day . The power ...
... Wisdom , skill , and strength were not born with us . All the qualities of manly thought , though with ruder imple- ments and cruder materials , have been as conspicuously exhibited down through the ages past as in our day . The power ...
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... wisdom was not born with us , neither will it die with us . There will be something left to know . Our facts will be tested , our theories probed , and our asser- tions exploded by better minds than ours . If it be true as Bacon says ...
... wisdom was not born with us , neither will it die with us . There will be something left to know . Our facts will be tested , our theories probed , and our asser- tions exploded by better minds than ours . If it be true as Bacon says ...
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... wisdom of the past all such scions of modern origin as mark a real progress . By variety of themes and meth- ods it would stimulate the mental activity , and by the breadth of its range it would encourage fullness of material , both ...
... wisdom of the past all such scions of modern origin as mark a real progress . By variety of themes and meth- ods it would stimulate the mental activity , and by the breadth of its range it would encourage fullness of material , both ...
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... wisdom of the wise as to prove their folly . There is an air of brilliancy and bravery in characterizing the highest maxims of the past as ancient dogmas and obsolete superstitions ; an aspect of breadth , liberality , and glory in ...
... wisdom of the wise as to prove their folly . There is an air of brilliancy and bravery in characterizing the highest maxims of the past as ancient dogmas and obsolete superstitions ; an aspect of breadth , liberality , and glory in ...
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