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... youth draw a moral from these facts . Let him not despair , though the road to learning appear long and difficult .. Let him not desist , though the hill of science seems impossible to ascend . As one foot placed before the other , with ...
... youth draw a moral from these facts . Let him not despair , though the road to learning appear long and difficult .. Let him not desist , though the hill of science seems impossible to ascend . As one foot placed before the other , with ...
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... good he regrets ; he will but sigh and weep the more . Proud of reason , he acts irrationally . Endued with the powers of reflection , he scorns to reflect . Even youth is in this wiser than man- hood . OF AUTUMN . 29.
... good he regrets ; he will but sigh and weep the more . Proud of reason , he acts irrationally . Endued with the powers of reflection , he scorns to reflect . Even youth is in this wiser than man- hood . OF AUTUMN . 29.
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Maria Elizabeth Budden. Even youth is in this wiser than man- hood . The young man seizes the passing joy , and enjoys the passing pleasure . He stays not coldly to calculate whether he ought or ought not to profit by the occasions of ...
Maria Elizabeth Budden. Even youth is in this wiser than man- hood . The young man seizes the passing joy , and enjoys the passing pleasure . He stays not coldly to calculate whether he ought or ought not to profit by the occasions of ...
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... youth is not studious ; that age premature , if youth is luxurious . is But the child of fortune scorned the advice of friends and tutors . His robust frame had so long repelled every attack of sickness , that he believed it would ...
... youth is not studious ; that age premature , if youth is luxurious . is But the child of fortune scorned the advice of friends and tutors . His robust frame had so long repelled every attack of sickness , that he believed it would ...
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... youth , in years and in figure , when he was a boy in mind . But neighbours and acquaintance ex- claimed , that " the child of fortune " seemed to prosper , however contrarily to right he steered his course . He laughed , and said so ...
... youth , in years and in figure , when he was a boy in mind . But neighbours and acquaintance ex- claimed , that " the child of fortune " seemed to prosper , however contrarily to right he steered his course . He laughed , and said so ...
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