Letters to His Son, 1752
Earl of Philip Dormer Stanhope Chesterfield · English
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Letters to His Son, 1752
Earl of Philip Dormer Stanhope Chesterfield · English
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LETTER CLV LONDON, January 2, O. S. 1752. MY DEAR FRIEND: Laziness of mind, or inattention, are as great enemies to knowledge as incapacity; for, in truth, what difference is there between a man who will not, and a man who cannot be informed? This difference only, that the former is justly to be blamed, the latter to be pitied. And yet how many there are, very capable of receiving knowledge, who from laziness, inattention, and incuriousness, will not so much as ask for it, much less
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