 | Francis Blackburne - 1780 - 408 σελίδες
...relating, I here give you them to difpofe 6'f. The end then of learmng is to repair fhe ruin of our firft parents by regaining to know GOD aright, and' out of that knowledge to love him, to imitate- him, M to . to be like him, as we may the-neereflby poflefling our fouls of true vertue, which being united... | |
 | Francis Blackburne - 1780 - 444 σελίδες
...give you them to difnofe O' OJ A. of. TThc end then of learning is to repair the ruin of our firfl parents by regaining to know GOD aright, and out of that knowledge to love him, to imitate him, M 3 to to be like him, as we may the neereffby poffeffing our fouls of true vertue, which being united... | |
 | William Barrow - 1804 - 424 σελίδες
...due eftimation. The end of learning, in the opinion of Milton, is to repair the ruins of our jirft parents, by regaining to know God aright, and out of that knowledge to him and to imitate him. The fpeculations or the difcoveries of reafon and philofopby become truly valuable,... | |
 | Henry Kett - 1805 - 432 σελίδες
...Christ," than it is possible for those to do, who act not upon Christian "principles*. * " The end of learning' is to repair the ruins of our first parents,...knowledge to love him, to imitate him, to be like bim, as we may the nearest, by possessing our souls of true virtue, which being united to' the heavenly... | |
 | Great Britain. Parliament - 1855 - 1214 σελίδες
...opinions, will be disposed to defer, thus defines the true purpose of education — Milton says, "tho end of learning is to repair the ruins of our first parents...regaining to know God aright, and out of that knowledge to lore Him, to imitate Him, to be like Him, as we may tho nearest by possessing our souls of true virtue... | |
 | 1854 - 766 σελίδες
...excluded from our schools, it being " the end of learning to repair the ruins of the fall, by teaching to know God aright, and out of that knowledge to love him and obey him;" that, therefore, the General Assembly reaffirms its approval, so often expressed in... | |
 | James Simpson - 1834 - 350 σελίδες
...The end of learning is to repair th ruin of our first parents, by regaining to know God aright, an out of that knowledge to love him, to imitate him, to be Ilk him, as wo may the nearest, by possessing our souls of tru virtue, which being united to the Heavenly... | |
 | 1835 - 670 σελίδες
...premises that, "The end, then, of learning is to repair the ruin of our first parents, by inquiring to know God aright, and out of that knowledge to love him, to imitate him, to he like him, ns we may the nearest, by possessing our souls of true virtue, which, being united to... | |
 | François-René vicomte de Chateaubriand - 1836 - 380 σελίδες
...of his poem. Even in the " Tractate on Education," addressed to Hartlib, in 1650, he says, " The end of learning is to repair the ruins of our first parents, by regaining to know God aright." These works, which would have done honour to a Ducange, or to a Benedictine of the congregation of... | |
 | Robert Aris Willmott - 1838 - 400 σελίδες
...learning is sublime. He considered it to consist in repairing the ruin of our first parents by requiring to know God aright, and out of that knowledge to love him, to imitate him, and to be like him, as we may the nearest, by possessing our souls of true virtue, which being united... | |
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The end then of learning is, to repair the ruins of our first parents by regaining to know God aright... 
