KNOWLEDGE v. JUDGMENT.
"In plain truth, the cares and expenses our parents are at in our education, point at nothing, but to furnish our heads with knowledge; but not a word of judgment or virtue. Cry out, of one that passes by. to the people: "0, what a learned man!" and of another: "0, what a good man!" they will not fail to turn their eyes and address their respect to the former. There should then be a third crier: "0, the blockheads!" Men are apt presently to enquire, does such and such a one understand Greek and Latin? Is he a poet? Or does he write in prose? But whether he be grown better, or more discreet, which are qualities of principal concern, these are never thought of. "We should rather examine who is better learned than who is more learned."— Seneca. ;••
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Northern Advocate, 14 August 1919, Page 4
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143KNOWLEDGE v. JUDGMENT. Northern Advocate, 14 August 1919, Page 4
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