The Pursuit of Knowledge Under Difficulties: Illustrated by Anecdotes, Volume 1Wm. Crosby and H.P. Nichols, 1840 |
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... able to arrest the progress of the resolute and persevering student ; that diligence may render its possessor illustri- ous , without the assistance of instructers , nay , while en- gaged in the most active pursuits of everyday life ...
... able to arrest the progress of the resolute and persevering student ; that diligence may render its possessor illustri- ous , without the assistance of instructers , nay , while en- gaged in the most active pursuits of everyday life ...
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... able to accomplish the high enterprise which he had so early planned , he declares that the deeper he had carried his reflections and inquiries , he had only become the more convinced of its practicability . Such allurement is there ...
... able to accomplish the high enterprise which he had so early planned , he declares that the deeper he had carried his reflections and inquiries , he had only become the more convinced of its practicability . Such allurement is there ...
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... able effectually to subdue . The late Professor HEYNE , of Gottingen , was one of the greatest classical scholars of his own or of any age ; and , during his latter days , enjoyed a degree_of distinction , both in his own country and ...
... able effectually to subdue . The late Professor HEYNE , of Gottingen , was one of the greatest classical scholars of his own or of any age ; and , during his latter days , enjoyed a degree_of distinction , both in his own country and ...
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... able to rise up by his own efforts . His ardor for study only grew the greater as his difficulties increased . For six months , he only allowed himself two nights ' sleep in the week ; and yet all the while his godfather scarcely ever ...
... able to rise up by his own efforts . His ardor for study only grew the greater as his difficulties increased . For six months , he only allowed himself two nights ' sleep in the week ; and yet all the while his godfather scarcely ever ...
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... able to procure the ne- cessaries of life , devoted himself to the study of philoso- phy . A treatise of this writer , was one of the works edited by Heyne , while at Dresden ; and he used to relate that his fortitude , amid the ...
... able to procure the ne- cessaries of life , devoted himself to the study of philoso- phy . A treatise of this writer , was one of the works edited by Heyne , while at Dresden ; and he used to relate that his fortitude , amid the ...
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