“ The aim of education should be to teach us rather how to think, than what to think rather to improve our minds, so as to enable us to think for ourselves, than to load the memory with the thoughts of other men. ”
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“ Or merry swains, who quaff the nut-brown ale, And sing enamour'd of the nut-brown maid. ”
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“ By the glare of false science betrayed, that leads to bewilder and dazzles to blind. ”
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“ By the glare of false science betrayed, that leads to bewilder and dazzles to blind. ”
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“ And from the prayer of Want, and plaint of Woe, O never, never turn away their ear! Forlorn, in this bleak wilderness below, Ah! what were man, should Heaven refuse to hear! ”
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“ Rocks, torrents, gulfs, and shapes of giant size And glitt'ring cliff on cliffs, and fiery ramparts rise. ”
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“ Ah, who can tell how hard it is to climb the steep where Fame's proud temple shines afar? ”
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“ Or merry swains, who quaff the nut-brown ale, And sing enamour'd of the nut-brown maid. ”
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“ On the cold cheek of Death smiles and roses are blending, And beauty immortal awakes from the tomb. ”
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“ On the cold cheek of Death smiles and roses are blending, And beauty immortal awakes from the tomb. ”
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“ At the close of the day, when the hamlet is still And mortals the sweets of forgetfulness prove, When nought but the torrent is heard on the hill And nought but the nightingale's song in the grove. ”
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“ On the cold cheek of Death smiles and roses are blending, And beauty immortal awakes from the tomb. ”
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“ In every age and every man there is something to praise as well as to blame. ”
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“ By the glare of false science betrayed, that leads to bewilder and dazzles to blind. ”
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“ Mine be the breezy hill that skirts the down, Where a green grassy turf is all I crave, With here and there a violet bestrewn, Fast by a brook or fountain's murmuring wave; And many an evening sun shine sweetly on my grave! ”
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“ Rocks, torrents, gulfs, and shapes of giant size And glitt'ring cliff on cliffs, and fiery ramparts rise. ”
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“ Rocks, torrents, gulfs, and shapes of giant size And glitt'ring cliff on cliffs, and fiery ramparts rise. ”
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“ That has been the case since I got here and I haven't been able to show anybody that I can handle it. ”
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“ No jealousy their dawn of love o'ercast, Nor blasted were their wedded days with strife; Each season looked delightful as it past, To the fond husband and the faithful wife. ”
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“ When squint-eyed Slander plies the unhallow'd tongue,From poison'd maw when Treason weaves his line,And Muse apostate (infamy to song!)Grovels, low muttering, at Sedition's shrine. ”
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“ When squint-eyed Slander plies the unhallow'd tongue,From poison'd maw when Treason weaves his line,And Muse apostate (infamy to song!)Grovels, low muttering, at Sedition's shrine. ”
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“ When squint-eyed Slander plies the unhallow'd tongue,From poison'd maw when Treason weaves his line,And Muse apostate (infamy to song!)Grovels, low muttering, at Sedition's shrine. ”
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