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I could have made the language [in the translation of Meditations] more easy and flowing, but I have preferred a ruder style as being better suited to express the character of the original.

— George Long

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It is an undoubted truth that, if a thing is not learned well, there is more harm done than good acquired.

All education which is in its kind complete and good, is the means of forming character, and of making useful men and women.

He will learn to observe carefully, and not to be deceived, as we sometimes are, by appearances.

I believe that many children in the humblest schools will observe and learn as well as those in other schools.

A man who attempts to debate when he cannot listen must make a wretched display of impotence.

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