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"We cannot seek or attain health, wealth, learning, justice or kindness in general. Action is always specific, concrete, individualized, unique."
Benjamin JowettOne man is as good as another until he has written a book. — Benjamin Jowett
"One man is as good as another until he has written a book."
One man is as good as another until he has written a book.
Benjamin Jowett
Benjamin Jowett
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Benjamin Jowett was an English writer, classical scholar, and Anglican deacon. Additionally, he was an administrative reformer in the University of Oxford, theologian, Anglican cleric, and translator of Plato and Thucydides. He was master of Balliol College, Oxford.
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Benjamin Jowett was an English writer, classical scholar, and Anglican deacon. Additionally, he was an administrative reformer in the University of Oxford, theologian, Anglican cleric, and translator of Plato and Thucydides. He was master of Balliol College, Oxford.
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"We have sought truth, and sometimes perhaps found it. But have we had any fun?"
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"[The office of the interpreter] is to read Scripture like any other book."
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"Nowhere probably is there more true feeling, and nowhere worse taste, than in a churchyard (p. 244)."
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"I hope our young men will not grow into such dodgers as these old men are. I believe everything that a young man says to me (p. 250)."
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"First come I. My name is J–W–TT. Theres no knowledge but I know it. I am the Master of this College, What I dont know isnt knowledge."
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