Exeter Quotes

• For the Humanist, . . . head and heart . . . must function together. . . . The constitution of the Phillips Exeter Academy reads: 'Though goodness without knowledge . . . is weak and feeble, yet knowledge without goodness is dangerous. . . . Both united form the noblest character and lay the surest foundation of usefulness to mankind.'

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  Corliss Lamont

  Heart   Character   Together  

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• My faith grew strong, and I sent a letter (as I was ordered) to the Rev. Dignitary of the Cathedral of Exeter. I was assured, before I sent it, he would not answer it.

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  Joanna Southcott

  Faith   Strong   Answers  

  Joanna Southcott (1813). “Copies of letters sent to the clergy of Exeter. 1813. A communication sent in a letter to the Reverend Mr. P. in 1797. [1814] A dispute between the woman and the powers of darkness. 2d ed. 1813. The answer of the Lord to the powers of darkness. 2d ed. 1813. A caution and instruction to the sealed. 1807. A warning to the world. [1804] The strange effects of faith. 2d ed. 1801”

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• I was born rather late in [my father's] life, in his mid - 40s. And so what he did up until the time he was 15, I think probably from age 12 to 15, my grandfather made him demonstrate mediumistic powers at the Exeter Street Theater, the first Spiritualist church in the United States.

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  Paul Laffoley

  Father   Thinking   Church  

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• Exeter was, I suspect, more crucial in my life than in the lives of most members of my class, and conceivably, than in the lives of almost anyone else who ever attended the school.

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  John Knowles

  School   Class   Members  

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• Nick scowled out the window. "I have friends in Exeter already. I have-those people, you know, they hang around outside the bike sheds, they're always hassling Jamie." "Those are some awesome dudes," Jamie muttered. "Don't let them get away.

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  Sarah Rees Brennan

  People   Window   Jamie  

  Sarah Rees Brennan (2010). “The Demon's Covenant”, p.30, Simon and Schuster

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• The summer of 1943 at Exeter was as happy a time as I ever had in my life.

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  John Knowles

  Summer   Exeter  

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• Exeter City's trip to Old Trafford will be a great day for their fans but that is about it - they won't get the result they want against Manchester United.

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  Mark Lawrenson

  Travel   Journey   Cities  

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• The best teaching I ever experienced was at Exeter. Yale was a distinct letdown afterward.

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  John Knowles

  Teaching   Yale   Letdowns  

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