Long discourses, and philosophical reasonings, at best, amaze and confound, but do not instruct children.
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- 95% sureThese words were traced back to where they first appeared. That source is listed below.
- Some Thoughts Concerning Education (First published 1693; numbered-section transcription), Section 81. Written in English. Historical spelling and contractions retained from the cited transcription. https://www.johnlocke.net/p/some-thoughts-concerning-education.html
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