Example Sentences

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On one side of Woese, he said, was this great depth of learning — mostly acquired by self-instruction, not formal training — and a relentless questioning.

From New York Times • Aug. 13, 2018

Follow Abraham Lincoln’s famous self-instruction: “I do not like that man; therefore I shall get to know him better.”

From Time • Aug. 4, 2014

Only two weeks into his presidency he compiled three pages of self-instruction demanding that he be "Compassionate, Bold, New, Courageous," that he show "Zest for the job" and be seen as "not lonely, but awesome."

From Time Magazine Archive

He was emancipated in 1865, after which he acquired through self-instruction a fair education.

From The Journal of Negro History, Volume 7, 1922 by Various

Indeed, her whole earthly experience may be so improved as to be a continual seminary of self-instruction and mental advancement.

From The Young Maiden by Muzzey, A. B. (Artemas Bowers)