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... mind , " John Clarke con- cluded.93 Jefferson once wrote a young man about how to study history : " It would be a waste of time to attend a professor of [ His- tory ] . It is to be acquired from books , and if you pursue it by your ...
... mind , " John Clarke con- cluded.93 Jefferson once wrote a young man about how to study history : " It would be a waste of time to attend a professor of [ His- tory ] . It is to be acquired from books , and if you pursue it by your ...
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... mind . It is virtue alone , which , if once not only rooted , but brought to perfection in the mind , bears the fruit of glory in old age . It is more profitable than riches , and more excellent than nobility ; making what is impos ...
... mind . It is virtue alone , which , if once not only rooted , but brought to perfection in the mind , bears the fruit of glory in old age . It is more profitable than riches , and more excellent than nobility ; making what is impos ...
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... Mind .... ... . . It is not the Matter , but the Virtue , that makes the Action Good or Ill ; and , he that is led in Triumph , may be yet Greater than his Conqueror . When we come once to value our Flesh above our Honesty , we are lost ...
... Mind .... ... . . It is not the Matter , but the Virtue , that makes the Action Good or Ill ; and , he that is led in Triumph , may be yet Greater than his Conqueror . When we come once to value our Flesh above our Honesty , we are lost ...
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The Cult of Antiquity in America | 1 |
THESE GREAT MASTERS | 29 |
Florus | 35 |
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