Knowledge is Power: A Guide to Personal CultureE. Arnold, 1903 - 336 pages |
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... persons without acquiring some of their philosophy and their ideals , and without , perhaps unconsciously but none the less surely , storing up some of their force . The Looking- glass of Life . Plutarch , who wrote KNOWLEDGE IS POWER 5 II.
... persons without acquiring some of their philosophy and their ideals , and without , perhaps unconsciously but none the less surely , storing up some of their force . The Looking- glass of Life . Plutarch , who wrote KNOWLEDGE IS POWER 5 II.
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... wrote biographies eighteen centuries ago , prefaced one of them by the following wise words , which are as true to - day as then : - " It was , " he said , " for the sake of others that I first commenced writing biographies ; but I find ...
... wrote biographies eighteen centuries ago , prefaced one of them by the following wise words , which are as true to - day as then : - " It was , " he said , " for the sake of others that I first commenced writing biographies ; but I find ...
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... wrote with the dignity and grace of Plutarch , and with his philosophic insight into human nature , so that his History of the Rebellion may be read not so much for the historical narrative of events , but for the truthful and brilliant ...
... wrote with the dignity and grace of Plutarch , and with his philosophic insight into human nature , so that his History of the Rebellion may be read not so much for the historical narrative of events , but for the truthful and brilliant ...
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... wrote , " may Elizabethan Genius . Of Bacon's Essays I have written more in detail on another page , but now I will say how profitable it is for a modern student to master these gems of thought which came from one of the loftiest ...
... wrote , " may Elizabethan Genius . Of Bacon's Essays I have written more in detail on another page , but now I will say how profitable it is for a modern student to master these gems of thought which came from one of the loftiest ...
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... wrote with a pen dipped in glowing colours , and for this reason they must be read with caution , the student keeping his judgment in check , nor allowing it to be carried away by the prejudice of the writers . Neverthe- less , these ...
... wrote with a pen dipped in glowing colours , and for this reason they must be read with caution , the student keeping his judgment in check , nor allowing it to be carried away by the prejudice of the writers . Neverthe- less , these ...
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