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Page 85
... ignorance . Ignorance is a blank sheet , on which we may write ; but error is a scribbled one , from which we must first erase . Ignorance is contented to stand still with THE WORLD'S LACONICS . 85.
... ignorance . Ignorance is a blank sheet , on which we may write ; but error is a scribbled one , from which we must first erase . Ignorance is contented to stand still with THE WORLD'S LACONICS . 85.
Page 86
... Ignorance has no light , but error follows a false one . The consequence is , that error when she retraces her steps , has farther to go before she car arrive at truth , than ignorance . - Colton . ERROR , THE WAY TO DEFEAT IT . - My ...
... Ignorance has no light , but error follows a false one . The consequence is , that error when she retraces her steps , has farther to go before she car arrive at truth , than ignorance . - Colton . ERROR , THE WAY TO DEFEAT IT . - My ...
Page 89
... ignorant carriage is caught , as men take diseases one of another ; therefore , let them take heed of their com pany . Shakspeare . EXAMPLES , GOOD . - Noble examples stir us up to noble actions , and the very history of large and ...
... ignorant carriage is caught , as men take diseases one of another ; therefore , let them take heed of their com pany . Shakspeare . EXAMPLES , GOOD . - Noble examples stir us up to noble actions , and the very history of large and ...
Page 101
... ignorant .-- Shaftesbury . FOREBODINGS . - Half our forebodings of our neighbors , are but our wishes , which we are ashamed to utter in any other form.-L. E. Landon . FORGIVENESS .-- He that cannot forgive others , breaks the bridge ...
... ignorant .-- Shaftesbury . FOREBODINGS . - Half our forebodings of our neighbors , are but our wishes , which we are ashamed to utter in any other form.-L. E. Landon . FORGIVENESS .-- He that cannot forgive others , breaks the bridge ...
Page 117
... ignorant world has thought otherwise . Good nature , by which I mean benefi- cence and candor , is the product of right reason ; which of necessity will give allowance to the failings of others , by con- sidering that there is nothing ...
... ignorant world has thought otherwise . Good nature , by which I mean benefi- cence and candor , is the product of right reason ; which of necessity will give allowance to the failings of others , by con- sidering that there is nothing ...
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