Man's Pursuit of Happiness: Dr. Samuel Johnson's Philosophical View in Rasselas |
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... experiences of hardship he had to go through before he could rehabilitate himself : I have had to experience so much stupidity , so many vices , so much error , so much nausea , disillusionment and sorrow , just in order to become a ...
... experiences of hardship he had to go through before he could rehabilitate himself : I have had to experience so much stupidity , so many vices , so much error , so much nausea , disillusionment and sorrow , just in order to become a ...
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... experience , and fortitude , he addressed him happily : " Imlac , I have long considered thy friendship as the greatest blessing of my life . Integrity without knowledge is weak and useless , and knowledge without integrity is dangerous ...
... experience , and fortitude , he addressed him happily : " Imlac , I have long considered thy friendship as the greatest blessing of my life . Integrity without knowledge is weak and useless , and knowledge without integrity is dangerous ...
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... experience ; in the attainment of sciences which can , for the most part , be but remotely useful to mankind . I have purchased knowledge at the expense of all the common comforts of life : I have missed the endearing elegance of female ...
... experience ; in the attainment of sciences which can , for the most part , be but remotely useful to mankind . I have purchased knowledge at the expense of all the common comforts of life : I have missed the endearing elegance of female ...
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