... highly serve us when they aim not to drill, but to create; when they gather from far every ray of various genius to their hospitable halls, and by the concentrated fires set the hearts of their youth on flame. Thought and knowledge are natures in... Orations from Homer to William McKinley - Página 5936editado por - 1902Visualização completa - Sobre este livro
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...mind of the past; and action in life. He concludes with a consideration of the duty of the scholar. " There goes in the world a notion that the scholar...valetudinarian, — as unfit for any handiwork or public labour as a penknife for an axe. The so-called ' practical men' sneer at speculative men, as if, because... | |
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