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"[S]trange Dis-orders are bred in the Minds of those Men whose Passions are not regulated by Vertue, and disciplined by Reason" 1711 Addison, Joseph (1672-1719) Spectator, No. 215
"I consider an Human Soul without Education like Marble in the Quarry, which shews none of its inherent Beauties, till the Skill of the Polisher fetches out the Colours, makes the Surface shine, and discovers every ornamental Cloud, Spot and Vein that runs through the Body of it" 1711 Addison, Joseph (1672-1719) Spectator, No. 215
"What Sculpture is to a Block of Marble, Education is to an Human Soul. " 1711 Addison, Joseph (1672-1719) Spectator, No. 215
"What Sculpture is to a Block of Marble, Education is to an Human Soul. " 1711 Addison, Joseph (1672-1719) Spectator, No. 215
"For to return to our Statue in the Block of Marble, we see it sometimes only begun to be chipped, sometimes rough-hewn and but just sketched into an human Figure, sometimes we see the Man appearing distinctly in all his Limbs and Features, sometimes we find the Figure wrought up to a great Elegancy, but seldom meet with any to which the Hand of aPhidias or aPraxiteles could not give several nice touches and Finishings. " 1711 Addison, Joseph (1672-1719) Spectator, No. 215
"For to return to our Statue in the Block of Marble, we see it sometimes only begun to be chipped, sometimes rough-hewn and but just sketched into an human Figure, sometimes we see the Man appearing distinctly in all his Limbs and Features, sometimes we find the Figure wrought up to a great Elegancy, but seldom meet with any to which the Hand of aPhidias or aPraxiteles could not give several nice touches and Finishings. " 1711 Addison, Joseph (1672-1719) Spectator, No. 215
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