The Pursuit of Knowledge Under Difficulties: Illustrated by Anecdotes, Volume 1Wm. Crosby and H.P. Nichols, 1840 |
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... assistance of instructers , nay , while en- gaged in the most active pursuits of everyday life ; and , finally , that these remarks apply to every department of literature and science . We are thus taught that what- ever may be the ...
... assistance of instructers , nay , while en- gaged in the most active pursuits of everyday life ; and , finally , that these remarks apply to every department of literature and science . We are thus taught that what- ever may be the ...
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... assistance , and some- times with hardly this , some of the greatest scholars and philosophers that ever appeared have formed themselves , as the following pages will show . And let him who , smitten by the love of knowledge , may yet ...
... assistance , and some- times with hardly this , some of the greatest scholars and philosophers that ever appeared have formed themselves , as the following pages will show . And let him who , smitten by the love of knowledge , may yet ...
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... assistance he might receive from his godfather , who had promised to continue his bounty . He had to wait so long , however , for his ex- pected supplies from this source , which came accompa- nied with much grudging and reproach when ...
... assistance he might receive from his godfather , who had promised to continue his bounty . He had to wait so long , however , for his ex- pected supplies from this source , which came accompa- nied with much grudging and reproach when ...
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... assistance of a master , any how obtained , are recorded to have made themselves learned scholars , or able philosophers , or accomplished artists . For all , or nearly all , of the individuals we have hitherto enu- merated , many as ...
... assistance of a master , any how obtained , are recorded to have made themselves learned scholars , or able philosophers , or accomplished artists . For all , or nearly all , of the individuals we have hitherto enu- merated , many as ...
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... assistance . We have never known a young man of energy , talent , and perse- verance , fail of obtaining an education , who honestly and industriously set himself about it . The education socie- ties , though intended to benefit ...
... assistance . We have never known a young man of energy , talent , and perse- verance , fail of obtaining an education , who honestly and industriously set himself about it . The education socie- ties , though intended to benefit ...
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