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... perhaps no Englishman at that time would have made a better trans- lation . I intended at first to revise Mrs. Carter's transla- tion , and to correct any errors that I might discover . I had revised about half of it , when I found that ...
... perhaps no Englishman at that time would have made a better trans- lation . I intended at first to revise Mrs. Carter's transla- tion , and to correct any errors that I might discover . I had revised about half of it , when I found that ...
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... Perhaps a literal translation of the Greek is still better : " Reason which teaches how we should act co - operates with practice , and reason ( or teaching ) comes in order before custom ( habit ) or practice : for it is not possible ...
... Perhaps a literal translation of the Greek is still better : " Reason which teaches how we should act co - operates with practice , and reason ( or teaching ) comes in order before custom ( habit ) or practice : for it is not possible ...
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... perhaps I cannot explain ; for both opinions perplex me . But that you and I are not the same , I know with perfect certainty . How do you know it ? When I intend to swallow anything , I never carry it to your mouth , but to my own ...
... perhaps I cannot explain ; for both opinions perplex me . But that you and I are not the same , I know with perfect certainty . How do you know it ? When I intend to swallow anything , I never carry it to your mouth , but to my own ...
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... perhaps incomprehensible to the human mind : and if any man should even suppose them to be in the highest degree comprehensible , what then is the profit of them , if they are comprehended ? And must we not say that those men have ...
... perhaps incomprehensible to the human mind : and if any man should even suppose them to be in the highest degree comprehensible , what then is the profit of them , if they are comprehended ? And must we not say that those men have ...
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... Perhaps a mere accident , some trifle which many persons would not notice , may be the beginning of a total change in a man's life , as in the case of Polemon , who was a dissolute youth , and as he was by chance passing the lecture ...
... Perhaps a mere accident , some trifle which many persons would not notice , may be the beginning of a total change in a man's life , as in the case of Polemon , who was a dissolute youth , and as he was by chance passing the lecture ...
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