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Self-help: With Illustrations of Character and Conduct - Page 319
by Samuel Smiles - 1861 - 430 pages
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Posthumous Works

John Locke - Commonplace-books - 1706 - 352 pages
...the ruminating kind, and 'tis not enough to cram our felves with a great Joad of Collections, unlefs we chew them over again, they will not give us Strength and Nourimmenr. There are indeed in fome Writers vifible inftances of deep Thought, clofe and acute Reafoning,...
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THE WORKS OF JOHN LOCKE

J. JOHNSON - 1801 - 374 pages
...knowledge, it is thinking makes what we read ours. We are of the ruminating kind, and it is not enough to cram ourselves with a great load of collections...again, they will not give us strength and nourishment. They are, indeed, in some writers visible instances of deep thoughts, close and acute reasoning, and...
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The Conduct of the Understanding

John Locke - Intellect - 1802 - 184 pages
...knowledge, it is thinking makes what ' wereadoursy We are of the ruminating kind, and it is not enough to cram ourselves with a great load of collections;...again, they will not give us strength and nourishment. There are indeed in some writers visihle instances of deep thought, close and acute reasoning, and...
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Philosophical beauties selected from the works of John Locke

John Locke - 1802 - 308 pages
...knowledge, it is thinking iniikes what we read ours. We are of the ruminating kind, and it is not enough to cram ourselves with a great load of collections...again, they will not give us strength and nourishment. There are indeed in some writers visible instances of deep thought, close and acute reasoning, and...
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An Essay Concerning Human Understanding, Volume 2

John Locke - Knowledge, Theory of - 1805 - 508 pages
...knowledge, it is thinking makes what we read ours. We are of the ruminating kinfl, and: it1 is not enough to cram ourselves with a great load of collections;...again, they will not give us strength and nourishment. There are, indeed, in some writers visible insjiauces of deep thoughts, close and acute reasoning,...
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A Manual of Essays: Selected from Various Authors

Manual - Essays - 1809 - 288 pages
...knowledge ; it is thinking makes what we read ours. We are of the ruminating kind, and it is not enough to cram ourselves with a great load of collections;...again, they will not give us strength, and nourishment. There are indeed in some writers visible instances of deep thoughts, close and acute reasoning, and...
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The conduct of the understanding. To which is prefixed, a sketch of the life ...

John Locke - 1812 - 178 pages
...knowledge, it is thinking makes what we read eurs. We are of the ruminating kind, and it is not enough to cram ourselves with a great load of collections...again, they will not give us strength and nourishment. There are indeed in some writers visible instances of deep-thought, close and acute reasoning, and...
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An Essay Concerning Human Understanding, Volume 2

John Locke - Knowledge, Theory of - 1813 - 448 pages
...ot the ruminating kind, and it is nofc enough to cram ourselves with a great load pi" collections 5 unless we chew them over again, they will not give us strength and nour* ishmcnt. There are indeed in some writers visible instances. of deep thoughts, close and iu-iiie...
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The Works of John Locke, Volume 3

John Locke - Philosophy - 1823 - 412 pages
...knowledge ; it is thinking makes what we read ours We are of the ruminating kind, and it is not enough to cram ourselves with a great load of collections...again, they will not give us strength and nourishment. There are, indeed, in some writers visible instances of deep thoughts, close and acute reasoning, and...
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An essay concerning human understanding. To which are now added, i. analysis ...

John Locke - 1824 - 518 pages
...knowledge, it is thinking makes what we read ours. We are of the ruminating kind, and it is not enough to cram ourselves with a great load of collections...again, they will not give us strength and nourishment. There are, indeed, in some writers visible instances of deep thoughts, close and acute reasoning, and...
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