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... Truth . Thus much he has learned at school : that Truth gets well if she is run over by a train , but Error gets lock - jaw if she scratches her finger . So he advances to capture the sounder quarry . But at the outset he is met by the ...
... Truth . Thus much he has learned at school : that Truth gets well if she is run over by a train , but Error gets lock - jaw if she scratches her finger . So he advances to capture the sounder quarry . But at the outset he is met by the ...
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... Truth as its end , not only an accumulation of facts : there is little of precise acquisition about it , or of definite attainment ; it is more an adventurous quest after wisdom and emotion and understanding . ' Facts , ' wrote Oliver ...
... Truth as its end , not only an accumulation of facts : there is little of precise acquisition about it , or of definite attainment ; it is more an adventurous quest after wisdom and emotion and understanding . ' Facts , ' wrote Oliver ...
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... truth ; I only want you to be so intellectually equipped as to be able to make him try and see why you believe it to be the truth . And , if you have gained wisdom as well as learning from your reading , you will endeavour to persuade ...
... truth ; I only want you to be so intellectually equipped as to be able to make him try and see why you believe it to be the truth . And , if you have gained wisdom as well as learning from your reading , you will endeavour to persuade ...
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Foreword page | 1 |
Books and Their Uses | 15 |
Memoirs and Biographies | 41 |
Copyright | |
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