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" I think I may say, that of all the men we meet with, nine parts of ten are what they are, good or evil, useful or not, by their education. "
The Evolution of Morality - Page 7
by Richard Joyce - 2007 - 288 pages
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Household prayers for the year 1847

Household prayers - 1847 - 108 pages
...Fifteenth Edition. 12mo. cloth, 3s. 6d. " I think I may say that of all men we meet with, nine parts out of ten are | what they are, good or evil, useful or not, by their education."— Locke. I ! HINTS for REFLECTION. Compiled from various Authors. Third Edition. 32mo. cloth, 2s. HISTORY...
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The cotton-tree; or, Emily, the little West Indian

Theodora Elizabeth Lynch - 1847 - 148 pages
...Fifteenth Edition. 12mo. cloth, 3s. 6d. " I think I may say that of all men we meet with , nine parts out of ten are what they are, good or evil, useful or not, by their education." — Locke. HINTS for REFLECTION. Compiled from various Authors. Third Edition. 32mo. cloth, 2s. HISTORY...
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History of Rome, for Young Persons, Volume 2

Elizabeth Caroline Gray - 1847 - 540 pages
...Fifteenth Edition. 12mo. cloth, 3s. 6d. " I think I may say that of all men we meet with, nine parts out of ten are what they are, good or evil, useful or not, by their education." — Locke. HINTS for REFLECTION. Compiled from various Authors. Third Edition. 32mo. cloth, 2s. , HISTORY...
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Introduction to the Literature of Europe: In the Fifteenth ..., Volume 2

Henry Hallam - 1847 - 490 pages
...theoretical truth alone " I think 1 may say," he begins, " that of all the men we meet with, nine parts often are what they are, good or evil, useful or not, by their education. It is this which makes the great difference in mankind. The little or almost insensible impressions...
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The North British Review, Volume 10

1849 - 636 pages
...Our safety and our interests depend upon it. " Of all the men we meet," said Locke, " nine parts in ten are what they are, good or evil, useful or not, by their education." Keep this in remembrance, along with the undoubted truth, that men are never in a state of independence...
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The coming era of practical reform, not 'looming in the distance', but 'nigh ...

James Silk Buckingham - 1853 - 588 pages
...in a sound body, comprises a happy state in this world. Of all the men we meet with, nine parts in ten are what they are, good or evil, useful or not, by their Education." The most learned of poets, Milton, says : " The reforming of Education is one of the greatest and noblest...
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The Church of England quarterly review, Volume 33

1853 - 528 pages
...waters may be turned into new channels. " Of all the men we meet with (says Locke), nine parts out of ten are what they are, good or evil, useful or not, l,y their education. 'Tis that which makes the great difference in mankind." And one greater than Locke...
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Introduction to the literature of Europe in the fifteenth ..., Volume 3

Henry Hallam - 1854 - 690 pages
..." I think I may say," he begins, " that of all the men we meet with, , • i . . . . »nd defects. nine parts of ten are what they are, good or evil, useful or not, by their education. It is this which makes the great difference in mankind. The little or almost insensible impressions...
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Report of the Superintendent of Public Instruction of the Province of Quebec ...

Québec (Province). Department of Public Instruction - 1854 - 782 pages
...one of the most enlightened men of his time, says, "that of all the men we meet, with nine out often, are what they are, good or evil, useful or not, by their education," how important is it that the man who is to be the educator, that is not only the imparterof head knowledge,...
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A Treatise on English Punctuation ...: With an Appendix, Containing Rules on ...

John Wilson - 1855 - 360 pages
...said of Socrates that he brought philosophy down from heaven to dwell among men. (Rule.) I may say that, of all the men we meet with, nine parts of ten...are, good or evil, useful or not, by their education. (Remark rf, second sentence.) Tell me when was it that you felt yourself most strongly inclined to...
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