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True education, then, has respect, first to the ends which are proposable to the man, or attainable by him; and, secondly, to the material of which the man is made.

From The Stones of Venice, Volume III (of 3) by Ruskin, John

This news, at which Dick glowed inwardly, gave him the idea of offering his services to Franklin, to be used in any way and in any place proposable.

From The Road to Paris by Stephens, Robert Neilson