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Page 107
On this principle , Scotland is the country of all others in which every disparagement of classical learning might be expected to be least unsuccessful . For it is the country where , from an accumulation of circumstances , the public ...
On this principle , Scotland is the country of all others in which every disparagement of classical learning might be expected to be least unsuccessful . For it is the country where , from an accumulation of circumstances , the public ...
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On the other hand , the quality and amount of their learning princi- pally determine for good or evil the character of the whole edu- cation , public and private , of a country ; for the clergy , or those trained for the church ...
On the other hand , the quality and amount of their learning princi- pally determine for good or evil the character of the whole edu- cation , public and private , of a country ; for the clergy , or those trained for the church ...
Page 118
Nor until the patronage and regulation of our universities be deposited in more enlightened and disinterested hands , can we hope that solid learning will receive the preference and encouragement which a university should ...
Nor until the patronage and regulation of our universities be deposited in more enlightened and disinterested hands , can we hope that solid learning will receive the preference and encouragement which a university should ...
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Contents
Sir Thomas Brownes Works including his Life | 1 |
Narrative of a Residence in Koordistan and on the site | 35 |
Poggii Epistolæ Editas collegit et emendavit pleras | 60 |
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