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Is not indeed every man a student , and do not all things exist for the student's behoof ? And , finally is not the true scholar the only true master ? But the old oracle said , “ All things have two handles : beware of the wrong one .
Is not indeed every man a student , and do not all things exist for the student's behoof ? And , finally is not the true scholar the only true master ? But the old oracle said , “ All things have two handles : beware of the wrong one .
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Kingdom and lordship , power and estate , are a gaudier vocabulary than private John and Edward in a small house and common day's work ; but the things of life are the same to both ; the sum total of both is the same .
Kingdom and lordship , power and estate , are a gaudier vocabulary than private John and Edward in a small house and common day's work ; but the things of life are the same to both ; the sum total of both is the same .
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He may err in the expression of them , but he knows that these things are so , like day and night , not to be disputed . My wilful actions and acquisitions are but roving ; the idlest reverie , the faintest native emotion , command my ...
He may err in the expression of them , but he knows that these things are so , like day and night , not to be disputed . My wilful actions and acquisitions are but roving ; the idlest reverie , the faintest native emotion , command my ...
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| Title | American Literature Survey: The American romantics, 1800-1860 Volume 2 of American Literature Survey, Milton R. Stern Viking portable library |
| Editors | Milton R. Stern, Seymour L. Gross |
| Compiled by | Seymour L. Gross |
| Edition | revised |
| Publisher | Viking Press, 1968 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 5 Oct 2007 |
| ISBN | 0670018880, 9780670018888 |
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