...than it is possible for those to do, who act not upon Christian principles*. A * " The end oflearning is to repair the ruins of our first parents, by regaining...the heavenly grace of faith, makes up the highest per. Jection." Milton. " And is it then possible that mortal man should in any senseattain unto perfection...

...for those to do, who act not upon Christian principles.* * "The end of learning is to repair the ruin of our first parents, by regaining to know God aright,...grace of faith, makes up the highest perfection.." Milton. " And is it then possible that mortal man should in any sense attain unto perfection ? Is it...

...communications we highly esteem, as 1139 1142 having a strong bearing on the point in question: — " The end, then, of learning is, to repair the ruins...itself but on sensible things, nor arrive so clearly at the knowledge of God and things invisible, as by orderly conning over the visible and inferior creature...

...sueh sentiments. Letter to a Gentleman in Massaehusetts. 1 The end of Learning is, to repair the ruin of our ' first parents, by regaining to know God aright,...nearest by possessing our *' souls of true virtue, whieh being united to the heavenly ' graee of faith, makes up the highest perfeetion.' JOHN MILTON....

...what many modern Januas and Didactics mortthan ever I shall read, have projected, my inclinationTeads me not. But if you can accept of these few observations...him, as we may the nearest by possessing our souls of triie virtue, which, being united to the heavenly grace of faith, makes up the highest perfection....

...object of learning is sublime. He considers the end of learning to consist " in the repairing the ruin of our first parents by regaining to know God aright,...grace of faith, makes up the highest perfection." If Plato had lived in the days of Milton, and under the same dispensation, he would have written thus....

...end of learning is to repair the rain of our first parents, by regaining to know God aright, and r- out of that knowledge to love him, to imitate him,...which being united to the Heavenly grace of faith, make, up the highest perfection." — (Letter to Samuel Hartlil.) ) Locke says, " It is virtue, then,...

...as reasonable and expedient. Milton's words are these—"The end of learning is to repair the ruin of our first parents, by regaining to know God aright;...grace of faith, makes up the highest perfection." Locke says—"It is virtue then—direct virtue, which is the head and valuable part to be aimed at...

...premises that, " The end, then, of learning is to repair the ruin of our first parents, by inquiring to know God aright, and out of that knowledge to love...grace of faith, makes up the highest perfection." And these are the suggestions of the truest and most practical wisdom not less than of venerable names...

...premises that, "The end, then, of learning is to repair the ruin of our first parents, by inquiring to know God aright, and out of that knowledge to love...grace of faith, makes up the highest perfection." And these are the suggestions of the truest and most practical wisdom not less than of venerable names...