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“But the way to wealth through the quill seems long.”

Book:Chronicles of the Schönberg-Cotta Family

Work

Chronicles of the Schönberg-Cotta Family

This book is a comprehensive narrative that delves into the history and genealogy of the Schönberg-Cotta family, offering a detailed account of their experiences across generations. more

Author

Elizabeth Charles

Elizabeth Charles, a British writer born on January 2, 1828, and died on March 28, 1896. Her works are known for their delicate emotions and profound insights, which have had a significant impact on 19th-century British literature. more

“As the moon, though darkened with spots, gives us a much greater light than the stars that sewn all-luminous, so do the Scriptures afford more light than the brightest human authors. In them the ignorant may learn all requisite knowledge, and the most knowing may learn to discern their ignorance.”

Giving Humans May Light Stars Knowing Greater Ignorance Moon Bible Scripture Ignorant Spots Luminous

Author:Robert Boyle

“In the Bible the ignorant may learn all requisite knowledge, and the most knowing may learn to discern their ignorance.”

May Knowing Ignorance Bible Ignorant

Book:Some considerations touching the style of the H. Scriptures; extracted from ... a discourse, concerning divers particulars belonging to the Bible ... The third edition

Source: Some considerations touching the style of the H. Scriptures; extracted from ... a discourse, concerning divers particulars belonging to the Bible ... The third edition

“I use the Scriptures, not as an arsenal to be resorted to only for arms and weapons, but as a matchless temple, where I delight to be, to contemplate the beauty, the symmetry, and the magnificence of the structure, and to increase my awe, and excite my devotion to the Deity there preached and adored.”