The Pursuit of Knowledge Under Difficulties: Illustrated by Anecdotes, Volume 1Wm. Crosby and H.P. Nichols, 1840 |
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... up . But they exert- ed this influence in vain . Here , then , is enough both of encouragement and of direction for all . To the illus- trious vanquishers of fortune , whose triumphs we are about 24 THE PURSUIT OF KNOWLEDGE .
... up . But they exert- ed this influence in vain . Here , then , is enough both of encouragement and of direction for all . To the illus- trious vanquishers of fortune , whose triumphs we are about 24 THE PURSUIT OF KNOWLEDGE .
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Illustrated by Anecdotes George Lillie Craik Francis Wayland. trious vanquishers of fortune , whose triumphs we are about to record , we would point , as guides for all , who , similarly circumstanced , may aspire to follow in the same ...
Illustrated by Anecdotes George Lillie Craik Francis Wayland. trious vanquishers of fortune , whose triumphs we are about to record , we would point , as guides for all , who , similarly circumstanced , may aspire to follow in the same ...
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... fortune . He was resolved to try , he said , whether , although she had thrown him among the dust , he should not be able to rise up by his own efforts . His ardor for study only grew the greater as his difficulties increased . For six ...
... fortune . He was resolved to try , he said , whether , although she had thrown him among the dust , he should not be able to rise up by his own efforts . His ardor for study only grew the greater as his difficulties increased . For six ...
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... fortune ; but he was doomed only to new disappointments . After having borrowed money to pay the expenses of his jour- ney , all he obtained from the courtier was a few vague promises , which ended in nothing . He was obliged ...
... fortune ; but he was doomed only to new disappointments . After having borrowed money to pay the expenses of his jour- ney , all he obtained from the courtier was a few vague promises , which ended in nothing . He was obliged ...
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... fortunes . Some time before his arrival in that city , the Professorship of Eloquence in the University of Gottingen had become vacant , by the death of the celebrated John Mathias Gesner . The chair had been offered , in the first in ...
... fortunes . Some time before his arrival in that city , the Professorship of Eloquence in the University of Gottingen had become vacant , by the death of the celebrated John Mathias Gesner . The chair had been offered , in the first in ...
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