Essays on Various Subjects, 2 |
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Our knowledge of both is equally perfect , and equally imperfect ; and the man
who supposes , that he knows more or has clearer conceptions of one than the
other , deceives himself , because he has not sufficiently considered what he
really ...
Our knowledge of both is equally perfect , and equally imperfect ; and the man
who supposes , that he knows more or has clearer conceptions of one than the
other , deceives himself , because he has not sufficiently considered what he
really ...
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To know , and merely to know , is the business of man from the cradle to the
grave ; it is the province of other principles to apply the knowledge , when
acquired , to whatever purpose . Now if history conduced to no other end
whatever , than the ...
To know , and merely to know , is the business of man from the cradle to the
grave ; it is the province of other principles to apply the knowledge , when
acquired , to whatever purpose . Now if history conduced to no other end
whatever , than the ...
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It is to gratify the thirst of knowledge , the knowledge of what man has acted on
the great theatre of this world of ours , and to gratify the passion for grand display
, grandeur of style and grandeur of talent , that the historian writes , and never
fails ...
It is to gratify the thirst of knowledge , the knowledge of what man has acted on
the great theatre of this world of ours , and to gratify the passion for grand display
, grandeur of style and grandeur of talent , that the historian writes , and never
fails ...
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to acquire that knowledge and experience , which are essentially necessary to
him in the discharge of his public duties . While in contemplating the revolution of
human af . fairs , the rise and decline of nations , with the causes that have ...
to acquire that knowledge and experience , which are essentially necessary to
him in the discharge of his public duties . While in contemplating the revolution of
human af . fairs , the rise and decline of nations , with the causes that have ...
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1 He must store up facts ; compare , digest them ; separate those which are
consequent from those which are antecedent , and thus in a regular gradation
arrive at the knowledge of those qualities in every order of beings , which have
no ...
1 He must store up facts ; compare , digest them ; separate those which are
consequent from those which are antecedent , and thus in a regular gradation
arrive at the knowledge of those qualities in every order of beings , which have
no ...
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| Título | Essays on Various Subjects, 2 |
| Autor | George Walker |
| Editor | Johnson, 1809 |
| Procedencia del original | Biblioteca de Cataluña |
| Digitalizado | 12 Feb. 2009 |
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