 | Francis Blackburne - Education - 1780 - 408 pages
...relating, I here give you them to difpofe 6'f. The end then of learmng is to repair fhe ruin of our firft parents by regaining to know GOD aright, and' out of that knowledge to love him, to imitate- him, M to . to be like him, as we may the-neereflby poflefling our fouls of true vertue, which being united... | |
 | Francis Blackburne - 1780 - 444 pages
...give you them to difnofe O' OJ A. of. TThc end then of learning is to repair the ruin of our firfl parents by regaining to know GOD aright, and out of that knowledge to love him, to imitate him, M 3 to to be like him, as we may the neereffby poffeffing our fouls of true vertue, which being united... | |
 | William Barrow - Education - 1804 - 424 pages
...due eftimation. The end of learning, in the opinion of Milton, is to repair the ruins of our jirft parents, by regaining to know God aright, and out of that knowledge to him and to imitate him. The fpeculations or the difcoveries of reafon and philofopby become truly valuable,... | |
 | Great Britain. Parliament - Great Britain - 1855 - 1214 pages
...defines the true purpose of education — Milton says, "tho end of learning is to repair the ruins of our first parents by regaining to know God aright, and out of that knowledge to lore Him, to imitate Him, to be like Him, as we may tho nearest by possessing our souls of true virtue... | |
 | 1854 - 766 pages
...excluded from our schools, it being " the end of learning to repair the ruins of the fall, by teaching to know God aright, and out of that knowledge to love him and obey him;" that, therefore, the General Assembly reaffirms its approval, so often expressed in... | |
 | Education - 1835 - 670 pages
...And so Milton, also, in the very outset of his Letter on Education, premises that, "The end, then, of learning is to repair the ruin of our first parents, by inquiring to know God aright, and out of that knowledge to love him, to imitate him, to he like him,... | |
 | William Russell, William Channing Woodbridge, Fordyce Mitchell Hubbard - Education - 1835 - 614 pages
...And so Milton, also, in the very outset of his Letter on Education, premises that, "The end, then, of learning is to repair the ruin of our first parents, by inquiring to know God aright, and out of thut knowledge to lovo him, to imitate him, to he like him,... | |
 | American Institute of Instruction - Education - 1835 - 318 pages
...And so Milton, also, in the very outset of his Letter on Education, premises that, " The end, then, of learning is to repair the ruin of our first parents, by inquiring to know God aright, and out of that knowledge to love him, to imitate him, to be like him,... | |
 | Education - 1835 - 716 pages
...And so Milton, also, in the very outset of his Letter on Education, premises that, "The end, then, of learning is to repair the ruin of our first parents, by inquiring to know God aright, and out of that knowledge to love him, to imitate him, to be like him,... | |
 | William Russell, William Channing Woodbridge, Fordyce Mitchell Hubbard - Education - 1835 - 760 pages
...And so Milton, also, in the very outset of his Letter on Education, premises that, "The end, then, of learning is to repair the ruin of our first parents, by inquiring to know God aright, and out of that knowledge to love him, to imitate him, to be like him,... | |
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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 be like him, as we may the nearest by possessing our souls of true virtue, which, being united to the heavenly... 
