 The end then of learning is to repair the ruins of our first parents by regaining to know God aright, and out of that knowledge to love him, to imitate him, to be like him, as we may the nearest by possessing our souls of true virtue, which being united...  The Methodist Quarterly Review - Page 3661854Full view - About this book
 | James Simpson - 1836 - 308 pages
...Milton's words are these, " The end of learning is to repair the ruin of our first parents, by regaining to know God aright, and out of that knowledge to love him, to imitate him, to be like him, as we may the nearest, by possessing our souls of true virtue, which... | |
 | American Institute of Instruction - 1836 - 328 pages
...EARLY EDUCATION BY RC WATERSTON. 30 MORAL AND SPIRITUAL CULTURE. The end of learning is to know God, and out of that knowledge to love him, and to imitate him, as we may the nearest, by possessing ourselves of true virtue. — MILTON. Whatever turns the soul... | |
 | American Institute of Instruction - 1836 - 332 pages
...EARLY EDUCATION BY RC WATERSTON. 30 MORAL AND SPIRITUAL CULTURE. The end of learning is to know God, and out of that knowledge to love him, and to imitate him, as we may the nearest, by possessing ourselves of true virtue. — MILTON. Whatever turns the soul... | |
 | Samuel Eells - 1836 - 276 pages
...letter to Samuel Hartlib: "The endoflearning is to repair the ruin of our first parents, by regaining to know God aright, and out of that knowledge, to love him, to imitate him, to be like him, as we may the nearest, by possessing ourselves of true virtue, which,... | |
 | John Milton - 1836 - 448 pages
...to dispose of. 4. The end then of learning is to repair the ruins of our first parents by regaining to know God aright, and out of that knowledge to love him, to imitate him, to be like him, as we may the nearest by possessing our souls of true virtue, which... | |
 | Schoolmaster - 1836 - 926 pages
...them to dispose of. The end then of learning is, to repair the ruins of our first parents by regaining to know God aright, and out of that knowledge to love him, to imitate him, to be like him, as we may the nearest by possessing our souls of true virtue, which... | |
 | 1836 - 432 pages
...them to dispose of. The end then of learning is, to repair the ruins of our first parents by regaining to know God aright, and out of that knowledge to love him, to imitate him, to be like him, as we may the nearest by possessing our souls of true virtue, which... | |
 | Western Literary Institute and College of Professional Teachers - 1837 - 286 pages
...dangerous man." Milton says: "The end of learning is to repair the ruin of our first parents, by regaining to know God aright, and out of that knowledge to love him, to imitate him, to be like him, as we may the nearest, by possessing our souls of true virtue, which... | |
 | Enoch Cobb Wines - 1838 - 300 pages
...Scriptures." And in another place he declares explicitly : "THE END OF LEARNING IS TO REPAIR THE RUINS OF OUR FIRST PARENTS, BY REQUIRING TO KNOW GOD ARIGHT,...OF THAT KNOWLEDGE TO LOVE HIM AND TO IMITATE HIM."* * One of our own most eminent citizens, the Hon. Samuel L. Southard, in an Address recently delivered... | |
 | Robert Aris Willmott - 1838 - 400 pages
...experience. His idea of the objects of learning is sublime. He considered it to consist in repairing the ruin of our first parents by requiring to know...God aright, and out of that knowledge to love him, to imitate him, and to be like him, as we may the nearest, by possessing our souls of true virtue,... | |
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