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He had collected the purest ore of truth and the richest gems of thought, until he was able to crown himself with knowledge.
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Creswell emphasizes the value of truth and thought in the individual's intellectual journey.
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The regular studies were prosecuted with diligence, and from them he derived great profit, not merely in knowledge, but in what is of vastly more account, the habit and power of mental labor.
I do not recommend the example to those who are independently situated, for learning must fall like the rain in such gentle showers as to sink in if it is to be fruitful; when poured on the richest soil in torrents, it not only runs off…
Called from this life at an age when most men are just beginning to command the respect and confidence of their fellows, he has left, nevertheless, a fame as wide as our vast country.
Thus has the country lost one of the most able, eloquent, and fearless of its defenders.
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