 ... man, unless, indeed, you put into his hands a most perverse selection of books. You place him in contact with the best society in every period of history, with the wisest, the wittiest, with the tenderest, the bravest, and the purest characters who...  The R.I. Schoolmaster - Page 1891868Full view - About this book
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...purest characters that have adorned humanity. You make him a denizen of all nations— a cotemporary of all ages. The world has been created for him. It is hardlypossible but the character should take a higher and better tone from the constant habit of associating... | |
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...tendercst, the bravest, and the purest characters who have adorned humanity. You make him a denizen of all nations — a contemporary of all ages. The...with a class of thinkers, to say the least of it, i.bove the average of humanity. It is morally impossible but that the manners should take a tinge of... | |
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...tendercst, the bravest, and the purest characters who have adorned humanity. You make him a denizen of all nations — a contemporary of all ages. The...but the character should take a higher and better tono from the constant habit of associating in thought with a class of thinkers, to say the least of... | |
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...nations — a contemporary of all ages. It is hardly possible that the character can fail of taking a higher and better tone from the constant habit, of associating in thought with those who are, to say the least, above the average of humanity. There ¡ч a gentle, but perfectly... | |
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