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" ... we are born to it, if we please ; yet we may truly say, nature gives us but the seeds of it ; we are born to be, if we please, rational creatures, but it is use and exercise only that makes us so, and we are, indeed, so no farther than industry and... "
The conduct of the understanding. To which is prefixed, a sketch of the life ... - Page 27
by John Locke - 1812
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John Locke - Commonplace-books - 1706 - 352 pages
...for though we all call our felves fo, becaufe we1 are born to it if we pleafe, yet we may truly fay Nature gives us but the Seeds of it ^ we are born to be, if we pleafe., rational Creabut 'tis Ufe an4 Exercife only that nukes makes us fo, and we are indeed fo no...
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An Essay Upon Study: Wherein Directins are Given for the Due Conduct Thereof ...

John Clarke - Best books - 1731 - 380 pages
...tho' we all call our felves fo, * becaufe we are Born to it, if we ' pieafe ; yet we may truly fay, Nature ' gives us but the Seeds of it ; we * are Born to be, if we pieafe, Rati' onal Creatures ; but 'tis ufe and ' Exercife only that makes us fq ; ' and we are indeed...
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The Elements of Logick: In Four Books ... Design'd Particularly for Young ...

William Duncan - Logic - 1748 - 380 pages
...call ourfelves fo, becaufe we are born to it, if we " pleafej yet we may truly fay, Nature gives ua " but the Seeds of it. We are born to be, if we *' pleafe, rational Creatures; but 'tis Ufe and Exer** cife only that makes us fo, and we are indeed...
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The Preceptor: Containing a General Course of Education. Wherein ..., Volume 2

Robert Dodsley - Education - 1758 - 586 pages
...thouch we " ail call ouifelvcs fo, becaufe we are born "to it, if we pleafc ; " yet we may truly fay, Nature gives us but the Seeds of it. " We are born to be, if we pleafc, rational Creatures ; but 'tis ", Ufe and Exercife only that makes us fo, and we are indeed...
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The preceptor: containing a general course of education [ed. by R. Dodsley].

Preceptor - 1758 - 590 pages
...though we *' all call ourfelves fo, becaufe we are born to it, if we pleafe j *' yet we may truly fay, Nature gives us but the Seeds of it. " We are born to be, if we pleafe, rational Creatures ; but 'tis *' Ufe and Exercife only that makes us fo, and we are indeed...
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A New Introduction to the Mathematicks: Being Essays on Vulgar and Decimal ...

Benjamin Donne - Algebra - 1758 - 428 pages
...though we all call ou.felves fo, becaufe we " are born to it, if we pleafe ; yet we may truly fay, Nature gives " us but the Seeds of it. We are born to be, if we pleafe, ratio" nal Creature,; but 'tis Ufe and, Exercife only that makes us fo, " and we are indeed...
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The Elements of Logick: In Four Books

William Duncan - Logic - 1770 - 380 pages
...call ourfelves fo, beI « caufe " caufe we are born to it, if we pleafe j yet we •" may truly fay, Nature gives us but the Seeds " of it. We are born to be, if we pleafe, ra" tional Creatures ; but 'tis Ufe and Exercife «' only that makes us fo, and we are indeed...
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The Elements of Logic: In Four Books ...

William Duncan - Logic - 1802 - 256 pages
...make them mathematicians, as to make them reasonable creatures j for though we all call ourselves so, because we are born to it, if we please ; yet •we...born to be, if we please, rational creatures ; but 'tis use and exercise only that makes us so, and we are indeed so, no farther than industry and application...
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The Elements of Logic: In Four Books ...

William Duncan - Logic - 1802 - 244 pages
...mathematicians, as to make them reasonable creatures ; for though we all call ourselves so, heI cause we are born to it, if we please ; yet we may truly...born to be, if we please, rational creatures ; but 'tis use and exercise only that makes us so, and we are indeed so, no farther than industry and application...
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The Elements of Logic: In Four Books ...

William Duncan - Logic - 1802 - 258 pages
...mathematicians, as to make them reasonaWe ereatwes ; for though we all call ourselves so, be, eause ire »re born to it, if -we please ; yet we may truly say,...born to be, if we please, rational Creatures ; but 'tis use and exercise only that makes us so, and we are indeed so, no farther than industry and application...
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