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“Goodness without knowledge... is weak and feeble, yet knowledge without goodness is dangerous.... Both united form the noblest character and lay the surest foundation of usefulness to mankind. Many men went a walking and many crippled men, did not.”

Knowledge Integrity Goodness Exeter

Author:John Phillips

“The summer of 1943 at Exeter was as happy a time as I ever had in my life.”

Author:John Knowles

“Exeter was, I suspect, more crucial in my life than in the lives of most members of my class, and conceivably, than in the lives of almost anyone else who ever attended the school.”

School Class Members Suspects Crucial School Life Exeter

Author:John Knowles

“The best teaching I ever experienced was at Exeter. Yale was a distinct letdown afterward.”

Teaching Yale Letdowns Exeter Best Teaching

Author:John Knowles

“I was born rather late in [my father's] life, in his mid - 40s. And so what he did up until the time he was 15, I think probably from age 12 to 15, my grandfather made him demonstrate mediumistic powers at the Exeter Street Theater, the first Spiritualist church in the United States.”

Thinking Firsts Made States Age Father Born Church United United States Streets Late Theater Grandfather My Grandfather Exeter

Author:Paul Laffoley

“Nick scowled out the window. "I have friends in Exeter already. I have-those people, you know, they hang around outside the bike sheds, they're always hassling Jamie." "Those are some awesome dudes," Jamie muttered. "Don't let them get away.”

People Knows Window Get Away Shed Bike Jamie Exeter

Book:The Demon's Covenant

Source: The Demon's Covenant

“Exeter City's trip to Old Trafford will be a great day for their fans but that is about it - they won't get the result they want against Manchester United.”

Want United Results Cities Journey Fans Travel Funny Travel Manchester Great Day Manchester United Exeter

Author:Mark Lawrenson

“For the Humanist, . . . head and heart . . . must function together. . . . The constitution of the Phillips Exeter Academy reads: 'Though goodness without knowledge . . . is weak and feeble, yet knowledge without goodness is dangerous. . . . Both united form the noblest character and lay the surest foundation of usefulness to mankind.'”

Heart Character Together Form United Mankind Dangerous Goodness Weak Function Constitution Foundation Lays Humanist Academy Usefulness Head And Heart Exeter

Author:Corliss Lamont

“My faith grew strong, and I sent a letter (as I was ordered) to the Rev. Dignitary of the Cathedral of Exeter. I was assured, before I sent it, he would not answer it.”

Faith Strong Answers Grew Letters Assured Cathedrals Exeter

Book:Copies of letters sent to the clergy of Exeter. 1813. A communication sent in a letter to the Reverend Mr. P. in 1797. [1814] A dispute between the woman and the powers of darkness. 2d ed. 1813. The answer of the Lord to the powers of darkness. 2d ed. 1813. A caution and instruction to the sealed. 1807. A warning to the world. [1804] The strange effects of faith. 2d ed. 1801

Source: Copies of letters sent to the clergy of Exeter. 1813. A communication sent in a letter to the Reverend Mr. P. in 1797. [1814] A dispute between the woman and the powers of darkness. 2d ed. 1813. The answer of the Lord to the powers of darkness. 2d ed. 1813. A caution and instruction to the sealed. 1807. A warning to the world. [1804] The strange effects of faith. 2d ed. 1801