The Elements of CharacterCrosby, Nichols, 1855 - 234 من الصفحات |
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الصفحة 8
... us only in our external lives . If we have used our best endeavors to attain success in the pur- suit of temporal objects , we are not responsible though we fail . But if we do not succeed THE ELEMENTS OF CHARACTER .
... us only in our external lives . If we have used our best endeavors to attain success in the pur- suit of temporal objects , we are not responsible though we fail . But if we do not succeed THE ELEMENTS OF CHARACTER .
الصفحة 9
Mary Greene Ware. though we fail . But if we do not succeed in attaining true health and wealth and power of Character , the responsibility is all our own ; and the consequences of our failure are not bounded by the shores of time , but ...
Mary Greene Ware. though we fail . But if we do not succeed in attaining true health and wealth and power of Character , the responsibility is all our own ; and the consequences of our failure are not bounded by the shores of time , but ...
الصفحة 10
... attain to virtue until we strive after it for its own sake . A wisely trained Character never stops to ask , What will society think of me if I do this thing , or if I leave it undone ? The questions by which it tests the quality of an ...
... attain to virtue until we strive after it for its own sake . A wisely trained Character never stops to ask , What will society think of me if I do this thing , or if I leave it undone ? The questions by which it tests the quality of an ...
الصفحة 42
... attain skill in their depravity . The worldling does it who follows an honorable profession with all his heart and ... attaining the rewards they seek , is a matter of 42 THE ELEMENTS OF CHARACTER .
... attain skill in their depravity . The worldling does it who follows an honorable profession with all his heart and ... attaining the rewards they seek , is a matter of 42 THE ELEMENTS OF CHARACTER .
الصفحة 43
Mary Greene Ware. attaining the rewards they seek , is a matter of entire uncertainty ; for Providence permits or withholds worldly success in a way that we can- not anticipate , nor but imperfectly understand . We may bear the heavy ...
Mary Greene Ware. attaining the rewards they seek , is a matter of entire uncertainty ; for Providence permits or withholds worldly success in a way that we can- not anticipate , nor but imperfectly understand . We may bear the heavy ...
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الصفحة 23 - Let not this weak, unknowing hand Presume thy bolts to throw. And 'deal damnation round the land. On each I judge thy foe.
الصفحة 212 - Might I give counsel to any young hearer, I would say to him, try to frequent the company of your betters. In books and life that is the most wholesome society ; learn to admire rightly ; the great pleasure of life is that. Note what the great men admired ; they admired great things : narrow spirits admire basely, and worship meanly.
الصفحة 7 - ... never reach, and had I but the power of rightly disposing and relating them, his single example would be more instructive than all the rules of the best moralists, for his practice was of a more Divine extraction, drawn from the Word of God and wrought up by the assistance of His Spirit...
الصفحة 7 - By Christianity I intend that universal habit of grace which is wrought in a soul by the regenerating Spirit of God, whereby the whole creature is resigned up into the divine...