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... genius leads them to : do not they know , that a boy of seven years old has a genius for nothing but spinning a top and eating apple - pie ? " Mr. Edgeworth condemns the folly of waiting in expectation that the supposed natural genius ...
... genius leads them to : do not they know , that a boy of seven years old has a genius for nothing but spinning a top and eating apple - pie ? " Mr. Edgeworth condemns the folly of waiting in expectation that the supposed natural genius ...
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... genius ' and ' no genius . ' A father who is persuaded that there is an immeasurable diffe- rence between the natural capacities of children , and who admits all the pretensions and all the prerogatives of genius , will act in conse ...
... genius ' and ' no genius . ' A father who is persuaded that there is an immeasurable diffe- rence between the natural capacities of children , and who admits all the pretensions and all the prerogatives of genius , will act in conse ...
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... genius ; none are envied for labour or perseverance ; in these the competitor can be imitated , fol- lowed , and excelled . These efforts are acknowledged to depend upon the will ; and the wages of industry are the same for all by whom ...
... genius ; none are envied for labour or perseverance ; in these the competitor can be imitated , fol- lowed , and excelled . These efforts are acknowledged to depend upon the will ; and the wages of industry are the same for all by whom ...
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... genius of the Christian Revelation . The preacher sometimes appears to lose sight even of philosophy and philosophers ' ; and , at- tracted by the influence of truth , seems on the point of ad- vancing to the exhibition of its most ...
... genius of the Christian Revelation . The preacher sometimes appears to lose sight even of philosophy and philosophers ' ; and , at- tracted by the influence of truth , seems on the point of ad- vancing to the exhibition of its most ...
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... genius , is to be met with through the whole routine of his six cantos . He has solely confined himself to the task of putting into French verse a mere catalogue of the labours of the agriculturist . His style , it is true , is ge ...
... genius , is to be met with through the whole routine of his six cantos . He has solely confined himself to the task of putting into French verse a mere catalogue of the labours of the agriculturist . His style , it is true , is ge ...
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Page 108 - ... sun. And behold a man bent with age coming from the way of the wilderness leaning on a staff. And Abraham arose, and met him, and said unto him, ' Turn in, I pray thee, and wash thy feet, and tarry all night ; and thou shall arise early in the morning, and go on thy way.' And the man said, 'Nay; for I will abide under this tree.