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There lurks , perhaps , in every human heart a desire of distinction , which inclines every man first to hope ... This vanity makes one mind nurse aversion , and another actuate desires , till they rise by art much above their original ...
There lurks , perhaps , in every human heart a desire of distinction , which inclines every man first to hope ... This vanity makes one mind nurse aversion , and another actuate desires , till they rise by art much above their original ...
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“ Every man's opinions , at least his desires , are a little influenced by his favourite studies . My zeal for languages may seem , perhaps , rather overheated , even to those by whom I desire to be well esteemed .
“ Every man's opinions , at least his desires , are a little influenced by his favourite studies . My zeal for languages may seem , perhaps , rather overheated , even to those by whom I desire to be well esteemed .
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they once desire to learn , they will naturally have recourse to the nearest language by which that desire can be gratified ; and one will tell another that if he would attain knowledge , he must learn English .
they once desire to learn , they will naturally have recourse to the nearest language by which that desire can be gratified ; and one will tell another that if he would attain knowledge , he must learn English .
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