 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 neerest by possessing our souls of true vertue, which being united...  Essays on Educational Reformers - Side 213af Robert Hebert Quick - 1890 - 568 siderFuld visning - Om denne bog
 | Noah Porter - 1870 - 304 sider
...culture are friendly to education and culture of every kind. " The end of learning," says Milton, " is to repair .the ruins of our first parents, by regaining...imitate him, to be like him, as we may the nearest by pos-' sessing our souls of true virtue, which being united to the heavenly grace of faith, makes up... | |
 | Benjamin HELLIER - 1870 - 212 sider
...to your family. Yours affectionately, MC TAYLOR." CHAPTER IV. LIFE AT WESTMINSTER. " The end, then, of learning is to repair the ruins of our first parents...of that knowledge to love Him, to imitate Him, to he like Him, as we may the nearest by possessing our souls of true virtue, which, being united to the... | |
 | 1872 - 488 sider
...mind and body ? Who happier than he possessing a refined taste with a cultivated mind? Says Milton : " The end of learning is to repair the ruins of our...first parents, by regaining to know God aright," and this, according to the catechism, is the chief end of man. Again, physical culture must be given in... | |
 | United States. Office of Education - 1872 - 746 sider
...of the soul. "The end of learning," Milton quaintly says, "is to repair the rniu of our first panraa by regaining to know God aright, and out of that knowledge to love Him, to imiiaw Hia. and to be like Him; " and as in that early Eden they stood male and female in the imagr... | |
 | 1873 - 272 sider
...record of his opinion, in his letter to Samuel Hartlib : " The end of learning is to repair the ruin of our first parents, by regaining to know God aright,...be like Him, as we may the nearest, by possessing ourselves of true virtue, which, united to the heavenly grace of faith, makes up the highest perfection.... | |
 | Henry Barnard - 1876 - 514 sider
...hopes of living to be brave men, and worthy patriots, dear to God, and famous to all ages. JOHN MILTON. The end of learning is to repair the ruins of our...like him, as we may the nearest, by possessing our spuls of true virtue, which being united to the heavenly grace of faith, makes up the highest perfection.... | |
 | Henry Moore - 1877 - 492 sider
...the people with the teaching of the Scriptures. One would have thought they must have known that ' the end of learning is to repair the ruins of our...out of that knowledge to love Him, to imitate Him, and to be like Him ;' that the voice must have reached their hearts which said, ' This is my beloved... | |
 | Character - 1878 - 346 sider
...conceived, prefaces his proposal with this description of its ultimate object: — " The end," ho says, "of learning is to repair the ruins of our first parents, by regaining to know God aright, and cut of that knowledge to love him, to imitate him, to be like him, as wo may the nearest, by possessing... | |
 | 1882 - 408 sider
...import Full of suggestive truth is the maxim of Milton : "Learning is not and cannot be its own end. It is to repair the ruins of our first parents by regaining to know God aright." Justly has culture been defined as a study of perfection, coupling with the passion for pure knowledge,... | |
 | John Milton - 1883 - 96 sider
...CL-tL.' •!. f K The, end then of Learning is to repair the rumes of our first Parents byregaining to know God aright, and out of that knowledge to love...him, to imitate him, to be like him, as we may the neerest by possessing our souls of true vertue, which being united to the heavenly grace of faith makes... | |
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