Lacon; Or, Many Things in a Few Words: Addressed to Those who Think, Volume 1Sherman, 1824 |
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Page iv
... ignorant , and know that I am so , I am silent . That Grecian gave a better reason for his taciturnity , than most authors for their loquacity , who observed , " What was to the pur- pose I could not say ; and what was not to the pur ...
... ignorant , and know that I am so , I am silent . That Grecian gave a better reason for his taciturnity , than most authors for their loquacity , who observed , " What was to the pur- pose I could not say ; and what was not to the pur ...
Page xii
... ignorance as the sea . On points of the highest interest , the moment we quit the light of revelation , we shall find that Platonism itself is intimately connected with Pyrron- ism , and the deepest enquiry with the darkest doubt . In ...
... ignorance as the sea . On points of the highest interest , the moment we quit the light of revelation , we shall find that Platonism itself is intimately connected with Pyrron- ism , and the deepest enquiry with the darkest doubt . In ...
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... ignorance . Ignorance is a blank sheet , on which we may write ; but error is a scribbled one , on which we must first erase . Ignorance is contented to stand still with her back to the truth ; but error is more presumptuous , and ...
... ignorance . Ignorance is a blank sheet , on which we may write ; but error is a scribbled one , on which we must first erase . Ignorance is contented to stand still with her back to the truth ; but error is more presumptuous , and ...
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... ignorant how far the iniquity of others can go . For our adversi- ty will excite temptations in ourselves , our pros- perity in others . Sir Robert Walpole observed , it was fortunate that few men could be prime ministers , because it ...
... ignorant how far the iniquity of others can go . For our adversi- ty will excite temptations in ourselves , our pros- perity in others . Sir Robert Walpole observed , it was fortunate that few men could be prime ministers , because it ...
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... ignorance , than pedantry by her learning ; since she mistakes the nonage of things for their virility ; and her creed is , that darkness is increased by the accession of light ; that the world grows younger by age ; and that 42 MANY ...
... ignorance , than pedantry by her learning ; since she mistakes the nonage of things for their virility ; and her creed is , that darkness is increased by the accession of light ; that the world grows younger by age ; and that 42 MANY ...
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