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" There is nearly as strong a disposition in men of opposite minds to despise each other. A grave man cannot conceive what is the use of wit in society ; a person who takes a strong common-sense view of a subject, is for pushing out by the head and shoulders... "
Kentucky Garland: A Monthly Magazine, Devoted to Polite Literature, Art ... - Page 171
1854
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Elementary Sketches of Moral Philosophy: Delivered at the Royal Institution ...

Sydney Smith - 1849 - 446 pages
...unless great care be taken, they quarrel and fight. There is nearly as strong a disposition in men of opposite minds to despise each other. A grave man cannot conceive what is the use of a wit in society; a person who takes a strong common-sense view of a subject, is for pushing out by...
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The Companion: After-dinner Table-talk

Robert Conger Pell - 1850 - 196 pages
...unless great care be taken they quarrel and fight. There is nearly as strong a disposition in men of. opposite minds to despise each other. A grave man cannot conceive what is the use of a wit in society ; a person who takes a strong common-sense view of a subject, is for pushing out by...
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Spiritual Philosopher, Volume 1

1850 - 240 pages
...OPHER. BOSTON, SATURDAY, NOV. 23, 1850. t MIND AGAINST MIND. There is a strong disposition in men of opposite minds to despise each other. A grave man cannot conceive what is the use of a wit in society; a person who takes a strong, common sense view of a subject, is for pushing out by...
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The Knickerbocker: Or, New-York Monthly Magazine, Volume 36

Charles Fenno Hoffman, Timothy Flint, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Kinahan Cornwallis, John Holmes Agnew - 1850 - 624 pages
...unless great care be taken, they quarrel and fight. There is nearly as strong a disposition in men of opposite minds to despise each other. A grave man cannot conceive what is the use of a wit in society ; a person who lakes a strong common -sense view of a subject, is for pushing out...
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American Monthly Knickerbocker, Volume 36

1850 - 594 pages
...unless great care be taken, they quarrel ami tight. There is nearly as strong a disposition in men of opposite minds to despise each other. A grave man cannot conceive what is the UHO of a wit in society ; a person who takes a. MM in- common-sense view of a subject, is for pushing...
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The Ohio Journal of Education, Volume 3

1854 - 424 pages
...— There is a strong disposition in men of opposite minds to despise each other. A grave man can not conceive what is the use of wit in society ; a person...subject, is for pushing out by the head and shoulders an ingenious theorist, who catches at the slightest and faintest analogies, and another man, who scents...
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The Spirit Messenger: A Semi-monthly Magazine Devoted to Spiritual ..., Volume 1

1850 - 426 pages
...awake. — Jdacnish's Philosophy of Sleep. Hind against Mind. There is a strong disposition in men of opposite minds to despise each other. A grave man...cannot conceive what is the use of wit in society ; a man who takes a strong common sense view of the subject, is for pushing out, by the head and shoulders,...
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Table-talk on Books, Men, and Manners

Robert Conger Pell - 1853 - 252 pages
...unless great care be taken they quarrel and fight. There is nearly as strong a disposition, in men of opposite minds to despise each other. A grave man cannot conceive what is the use of a wit in society ; a person who takes a strong common-sense view of a subject, is for pushing out by...
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Selections from the Writings ...

Rev. Sidney Smith - 1854 - 296 pages
...unless great care be taken, they quarrel and fight. There is nearly as strong a disposition in men of opposite minds to despise each other. A grave man cannot conceive what is the use of a wit in society ; a person who takes a strong common-sense view of a subject, is for pushing out by...
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The Family mirror

1856 - 332 pages
...different character from that of a brother. OPPOSITE MINDS. — There is a strong disposition in men of opposite minds to despise each other. A grave man...use of wit in society. A person who takes a strong common-sense view of the subject is for pushing out by the head and shoulders an ingenious theorist,...
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