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Date: 1686, 1689, 1697
"Learning ought to be infus'd into the Scholar like spirits into a Bottle, by little and little, for whosoever attempts to pour in all at once, may in all likelihood spill a great part, and in a great measure fill the Vessel with Wind and Air."
preview | full record— Nourse, Timothy (c.1636–1699)
Date: December 10, 1774; 1775
"Like a sovereign judge and arbiter of Art, he is possessed of that-presiding power which separates and attracts every excellence from every school; selects both from what is great, and what is little; brings home knowledge from the East and from the West; making the universe tributary towards fu...
preview | full record— Reynolds, Joshua (1723-1792)
