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A biographer's duty is to search , to dig , and to spare neither time , trouble nor expense in the quest ; to maintain " an open mind , " and to allow the Vestal Virgin of Truth to lead him by the hand even through dark and intricate ...
A biographer's duty is to search , to dig , and to spare neither time , trouble nor expense in the quest ; to maintain " an open mind , " and to allow the Vestal Virgin of Truth to lead him by the hand even through dark and intricate ...
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Instead of the University being a Hive of Industry , with students of all types bent on the pursuit of Truth , in all her ramifications through Nature , he found himself : amidst men of sharp and strong wits , abundance of leisure and ...
Instead of the University being a Hive of Industry , with students of all types bent on the pursuit of Truth , in all her ramifications through Nature , he found himself : amidst men of sharp and strong wits , abundance of leisure and ...
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It was a cypher age ; and to reject testing the truth , through a priori prejudice , of the secret decoded story , by the known facts of the times and MS . records in National archives and elsewhere , is sheer self - stultification .
It was a cypher age ; and to reject testing the truth , through a priori prejudice , of the secret decoded story , by the known facts of the times and MS . records in National archives and elsewhere , is sheer self - stultification .
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