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There is, however, another purpose to which academies contribute. When they consist of a limited number of persons, eminent for their knowledge, it becomes an object of ambition to be admitted on their list.

Quote by Charles Babbage about ambition, people, purpose, numbers, knowledge

It is folly for an eminent man to think of escaping censure, and a weakness to be affected with it. All the illustrious persons of antiquity, and indeed of every age in the world, have passed through this fiery persecution.

Quote by Joseph Addison about weakness, people, age, olderness, world, man

For a man to attain to an eminent degree in learning costs him time, watching, hunger, nakedness, dizziness in the head, weakness in the stomach, and other inconveniences.

Quote by Miguel de Cervantes about hunger, weakness, heads, time, man

It is probable that there is no one thing that it is of...

It is probable that there is no one thing that it is of eminent importance for a child to learn.

Quote by William Godwin about children, things

One of the prerogatives by which man is eminently distinguished from all other living beings inhabiting this globe of earth, consists in the gift of reason.

Quote by William Godwin about gifts, earth, reason, man

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