 | Cyrus R. Edmonds - 1851 - 272 pages
...then of learning," he says, " is to repair the ruins of our first parents, by regaining to know God aright, and out of that knowledge to love him, to imitate him, to be like him, as we may the nearest by possessing our souls of true virtue, which being united to the heavenly grace of faith,... | |
 | Henry Philip Tappan - 1851 - 120 pages
...nobly said, " The end of learning is to repair the ruins of our first parents, by regaining to know God aright, and out of that knowledge to love him, to imitate him, to be like him, as we may the nearest by possessing our souls of true virtue, which being united to the heavenly grace of faith,... | |
 | Henry Philip Tappan - 1851 - 128 pages
...nobly said, " The end of learning is to repair the ruins of our first parents, by regaining to know God aright, and out of that knowledge to love him, to imitate him, to be like him, as we may the nearest by possessing our souls of true virtue, which being united to the heavenly grace of faith,... | |
 | John Milton - 1851 - 606 pages
...^_ j The end then of Learning is to repair the ruines of-elir firft Parents by regaining to know God aright, and out of that knowledge to love him, to imitate him, to be like him, as we may the neereft by poffefling our fouls of true vertue, which being united to the heavenly grace of faith makes... | |
 | 582 pages
...said that the end of education was 'to repair the ruins of our first parents, by regaining to knmv God aright, and out of that knowledge to love Him, to imitate Him, to be like Him." — Rev. J. I'. Norris, II. M. Inspector of Schools. INDUSTRIAL SCHOOLS. Theso form another attractive... | |
 | Sir Thomas More (Saint) - 1852 - 348 pages
...The end of learning," he says, "is to repair the ruins of our first parents, by regaining to know God aright, and out of that knowledge to love him, to imitate him, to be like him, as we may the nearest by possessing our souls of true virtue, which being united to the heavenly grace of faith,... | |
 | 1855 - 534 pages
...to again. " The end of learning is to repair the ruin of our first parents by regaining to know God aright, and out of that knowledge to love him, to imitate him, to be like him, as we may be nearest by possessing our souls of true virtue, which being united to the heavenly grace of faith,... | |
 | Edwin Paxton Hood - 1852 - 256 pages
...the knowledge to love him, and to imitate him, to be like Him as we may ; the nearest, by possessing our souls of true virtue, which, being united to the heavenly grace of faith, makes up the best perfection. " And thus, though a linguist should pride himself to have all the tongues that Babel... | |
 | George William Rusden - 1853 - 382 pages
...that knowledge to love hi in, to imitate him, to be like him, as we may the nearest, by possessing our souls of true virtue, which, being united to the heavenly grace of faith, makes up the highest perfection. But because our understanding cannot found itself but on sensible things, nor arrive... | |
 | Richard Hiley - 1853 - 310 pages
...Education,— " The end of learning is to repair the ruin of our first parents, hy regaining to know Ood aright, and out of that knowledge to love him* to imitate him, to he like him, as we may the nearest hy possessing our souls of true rirtue, which, heing united to the... | |
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The end, then, of learning is to repair the ruins of our first parents by regaining to know God aright and out of that knowledge to love him, to imitate him, to be like him as we may the nearest by possessing our souls of true virtue, which being united... 
