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Untaught feelings - inherited traditions, beliefs and values - shape our actions in ways that the Enlightenment refused to acknowledge.
Archive 2007-10-01 Burke's Corner 2007
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Untaught feelings - inherited traditions, beliefs and values - shape our actions in ways that the Enlightenment refused to acknowledge.
Badgers against the Enlightenment Burke's Corner 2007
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They come down to three specific failures: Neurobiology, Mission Ambiguity, and Untaught Skills.
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Untaught by calculation's art their loss or gain to unveil,
The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume V. The Songs of Scotland of the Past Half Century Various
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Untaught by the presence and inspiration of woman, man becomes a cold, dry petrifaction, constantly obeying the centripetal force of his being, and adoring _self_.
The Continental Monthly, Vol. 6, No 4, August, 1864 Devoted To Literature And National Policy Various
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Untaught though he was, he had the eye to see for himself the grandeur of these relics of Greece, and throughout his life they remained one of the guiding influences in his development, one of the standards which he set up before himself, though all too conscious that he could not hope to reach that height.
Victorian Worthies Sixteen Biographies George Henry Blore
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Untaught and unwonted to take care of themselves -- our armies consuming the fruits of the earth and finding no employment for these 'National Freedmen' -- the danger is great that want, and temptation, and the absence of the government to which they have been accustomed, may yet drive them to become lawless hordes, preying on all.
The Continental Monthly, Vol. 1, No. 5, May, 1862 Devoted To Literature And National Policy Various
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Untaught by the experience of American colonists from the days of Columbus, the English settlers in North Carolina had the usual quarrel with the natives, and were saved from the usual fate only by the timely arrival of Sir Francis Drake on his return to England from
The Land We Live In The Story of Our Country Henry Mann
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Untaught by dear bought experience, they marched along heedless of the dangers which surrounded them -- disregardful of the advantages offered to their cunning foes by the rocks and thickly wooded eminences around them.
Traditions of the North American Indians, Vol. 3 (of 3) James Athearn Jones
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Untaught by experience, Louis continued his policy of favouring his youngest son.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 6: Fathers of the Church-Gregory XI 1840-1916 1913
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