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" were of various kinds. One boy may acquire a contempt for the information itself, which he sees possessed by a man whom he feels nevertheless to be far below him. Another will fancy himself as much above nearly all the world as he feels he is above his... "
Report of twenty-one years' experience of the Dick bequest for elevating the ... - Page 242
by Allan Menzies - 1854
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The Life and Correspondence of Thomas Arnold, D.D.: Late Head ..., Volume 1

Arthur Penrhyn Stanley - Christian biography - 1844 - 476 pages
...masters, (and his remark of course applied still more to the station which he occupied himself,) " ordinary men may be quite sufficient, but the twentieth,...intellectually to a level with one whom he feels bound to reverence, and thus there have been instances, where the veneration of a young man of ability for a...
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The life and correspondence of Thomas Arnold, Volume 1

Arthur Penrhyn Stanley - 1844 - 422 pages
...masters, (and his remark of course applied still more to the station which he occupied himself,) " ordinary men may be quite sufficient, but the twentieth,...all the world as he feels he is above his own tutor ; aud will become self-sufficient and scornful. A third will believe it to be his duty, as a point...
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The Life and Correspondence of Thomas Arnold: D. D., Late Head ..., Volume 2

Arthur Penrhyn Stanley - 1845 - 566 pages
...kinds. One boy may acquire a contempt for the information iteelf, which he sees possessed by a man wbom he feels nevertheless to be far below him. Another...feels he is above his own tutor ; and will become self-suHicient and scornful. A third will believe it to be his duty, us a point of humility, to bring...
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The Presbyterian review and religious journal, Volume 19

1846 - 602 pages
...possessed by a man whom he feels nevertheless to be far below him. Another will fancy himself as much above all the world as he feels he is above his own tutor,...intellectually to a level with one whom he feels bound to reverence, and thus the veneration of a young man of ability for a teacher of small powers has been...
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The Life and Correspondence of Thomas Arnold

Arthur Penrhyn Stanley - Education - 1852 - 812 pages
...talents, who is more important than the others, is liable even to suffer injury from not being earlv placed under the training of one whom he can, on close...will become self-sufficient and scornful. A third mil believe it to be his duty, as a point of humility, to bring himself down intellectually to a level...
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Arnold's Travelling Journals

Thomas Arnold - Europe - 1852 - 248 pages
...on close inspection, look up to as his superior in something besides mere knowledge. The dangers are of various kinds. One boy may acquire a contempt for...intellectually to a level with one whom he feels bound to reverence, and thus there have been instances, where the veneration of a young man of ability for a...
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Journal of Australasia, Volume 2

1857 - 298 pages
...on close inspection, look up as to his superior in something besides mere knowledge. The dangers are of various kinds. One boy may acquire a contempt for...bring himself down intellectually to a level with the one whom he feels bound to reverence, and thus there have been instances where the veneration of...
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The Life and Correspondence of Thomas Arnold ...

Arthur Penrhyn Stanley - 1860 - 408 pages
...sufficient ; but the twentieth, the boy of real talents, who is more important than the others, is liable to suffer injury from not being early placed under...intellectually to a level with one whom he feels bound to reverence ; and thus there have been instances where the veneration of a young man of ability for a...
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Miscellaneous Remains from the Commonplace Book of Richard Whately, D.D ...

Richard Whately - Conduct of life - 1865 - 438 pages
...he sees prepared in a superior degree by a man whom he feels to be, nevertheless, far below himself. Another will fancy himself as much above nearly all...tutor, and will become self-sufficient and scornful (he used to instance L. of B. who. was under J., a very diligent tutor, and very good for average men)....
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Miscellaneous Remains from the Commonplace Book of Richard Whately, D.D ...

Richard Whately - Conduct of life - 1865 - 432 pages
...he sees prepared in a superior degree by a man whom he feels to be, nevertheless, far below himself. Another will fancy himself as much above nearly all...tutor, and will become self-sufficient and scornful (he used to instance L. of B. who was under J., a very diligent tutor, and very good for average men)....
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