The Wit and Wisdom of the Rev. Sydney Smith: A Selection of the Most Memorable Passages in His Writings ConversationsLongmans, Green, 1865 - 355 oldal |
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... KNOWLEDGE CURES CONCEIT . DIFFUSE knowledge generally among women , and you will at once cure the conceit which knowledge occasions while it is rare . [ E . R. 1810. ] ENLARGE WOMAN'S EDUCATION . WHY are we necessarily to doom a girl ...
... KNOWLEDGE CURES CONCEIT . DIFFUSE knowledge generally among women , and you will at once cure the conceit which knowledge occasions while it is rare . [ E . R. 1810. ] ENLARGE WOMAN'S EDUCATION . WHY are we necessarily to doom a girl ...
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... KNOWLEDGE . — MODEST MERIT . 237 THE MISUSE OF KNOWLEDGE . THE truth is , that most men want knowledge , not for itself , but for the superiority which knowledge confers ; and the means they employ to secure this superiority are as ...
... KNOWLEDGE . — MODEST MERIT . 237 THE MISUSE OF KNOWLEDGE . THE truth is , that most men want knowledge , not for itself , but for the superiority which knowledge confers ; and the means they employ to secure this superiority are as ...
239. oldal
... KNOWLEDGE . - ― - I SOLEMNLY declare that , but for the love of knowledge , I should consider the life of the meanest hedger and ditcher , as preferable to that of the greatest and richest man here present : for the fire of our minds is ...
... KNOWLEDGE . - ― - I SOLEMNLY declare that , but for the love of knowledge , I should consider the life of the meanest hedger and ditcher , as preferable to that of the greatest and richest man here present : for the fire of our minds is ...
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