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... talents and attainments of his beloved child , he has erred in common with some whose names stand high in more than one department of literature and science . * He cer- tainly felt no inconsiderable diffidence in offering to the notice ...
... talents and attainments of his beloved child , he has erred in common with some whose names stand high in more than one department of literature and science . * He cer- tainly felt no inconsiderable diffidence in offering to the notice ...
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... talents , did he not acknowledge that he has seriously con- sidered the subject ; and it would be as unjust to himself did he not add , that he cannot go before general opinion . He is willing to follow it : and should the public give ...
... talents , did he not acknowledge that he has seriously con- sidered the subject ; and it would be as unjust to himself did he not add , that he cannot go before general opinion . He is willing to follow it : and should the public give ...
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... talents ; and at the age of eight or nine , he could and did pray with considerable variety , with facility , and , occa- sionally , with pathos and eloquence . At the age of twelve , and thenceforward , he had a remarkable fluency in ...
... talents ; and at the age of eight or nine , he could and did pray with considerable variety , with facility , and , occa- sionally , with pathos and eloquence . At the age of twelve , and thenceforward , he had a remarkable fluency in ...
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... talents were developed in a surprising degree , at a very early stage of life ; and he seems to have felt the power of religion from the time that he could first form a notion of its nature . He was not a little indebted for this to a ...
... talents were developed in a surprising degree , at a very early stage of life ; and he seems to have felt the power of religion from the time that he could first form a notion of its nature . He was not a little indebted for this to a ...
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... talents in their child , would apply themselves , with assi- duity , to the cultivation of his mind . We were aware that more depended on the man- NER OF CONDUCTING HIS EDUCATION , than on our best inclinations . We , therefore , read ...
... talents in their child , would apply themselves , with assi- duity , to the cultivation of his mind . We were aware that more depended on the man- NER OF CONDUCTING HIS EDUCATION , than on our best inclinations . We , therefore , read ...
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