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... learning of other kinds , the Egyptians never possessed Alpha- betical writing ; they were " contented with their hieroglyphical method and never , of themselves , advanced beyond it . " The same may be remarked of the Chinese even at ...
... learning of other kinds , the Egyptians never possessed Alpha- betical writing ; they were " contented with their hieroglyphical method and never , of themselves , advanced beyond it . " The same may be remarked of the Chinese even at ...
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... learning as they were more or less remote from the Holy Land . May we not then regard Judea as the birth place of letters ? Her language was a sort of universal lan- guage ; her central position had been reserved by the God of nations ...
... learning as they were more or less remote from the Holy Land . May we not then regard Judea as the birth place of letters ? Her language was a sort of universal lan- guage ; her central position had been reserved by the God of nations ...
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... learning of Egypt must have been chiefly lost by the excision of the first born and the disasters of the Red Sea . Since the priests , the more common depositaries of learning , usually attended in their wars , the people who were left ...
... learning of Egypt must have been chiefly lost by the excision of the first born and the disasters of the Red Sea . Since the priests , the more common depositaries of learning , usually attended in their wars , the people who were left ...
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... learning of its venerable translators . Addison re- marks , " There is a certain coldness in the phrases of European languages , compared with the oriental forms of speech . The English tongue has received innumerable improvements from ...
... learning of its venerable translators . Addison re- marks , " There is a certain coldness in the phrases of European languages , compared with the oriental forms of speech . The English tongue has received innumerable improvements from ...
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... learning , " says Lord Bacon , " tendeth to atheism ; but more bringeth us back to religion . " It is for the interests of religion to encourage the pursuit of science and literature in every form and department . The more the Bible is ...
... learning , " says Lord Bacon , " tendeth to atheism ; but more bringeth us back to religion . " It is for the interests of religion to encourage the pursuit of science and literature in every form and department . The more the Bible is ...
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