The Elements of CharacterCrosby, Nichols, 1855 - 234 من الصفحات |
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الصفحة 11
... cultivate or neglect it , and so does the natural body ; but these changes of the body are something very different ... cultivating a merely external habit , which we shall be likely to throw off as often as we think it safe to go ...
... cultivate or neglect it , and so does the natural body ; but these changes of the body are something very different ... cultivating a merely external habit , which we shall be likely to throw off as often as we think it safe to go ...
الصفحة 12
... cultivating our Characters , — the spiritual essence of our being ; but these very same acquisitions , when sought from motives wholly selfish and worldly , are not only as tran- sient as the clothes we wear , but often as useless as ...
... cultivating our Characters , — the spiritual essence of our being ; but these very same acquisitions , when sought from motives wholly selfish and worldly , are not only as tran- sient as the clothes we wear , but often as useless as ...
الصفحة 31
... the nature must not be cultivated at the expense of the affectional , nor should the affectional be suffered to run riot with the intellectual . Love must be wise , and wisdom must be affectionate , or life THE HUMAN TRINITY . 31.
... the nature must not be cultivated at the expense of the affectional , nor should the affectional be suffered to run riot with the intellectual . Love must be wise , and wisdom must be affectionate , or life THE HUMAN TRINITY . 31.
الصفحة 41
... cultivate the powers wherewith he is endowed . Indolence and selfishness , the moth and rust of Character , are corroding and devouring the deli- cate organization of the internal man , which can retain the wholeness and brightness of ...
... cultivate the powers wherewith he is endowed . Indolence and selfishness , the moth and rust of Character , are corroding and devouring the deli- cate organization of the internal man , which can retain the wholeness and brightness of ...
الصفحة 45
... cultivate one's own capaci- ties , and aid either in supplying the wants or cul- tivating the capacities of some one beside self , is no preparation for heaven ; for the heavenly life is one of perpetual advance , because of untiring ...
... cultivate one's own capaci- ties , and aid either in supplying the wants or cul- tivating the capacities of some one beside self , is no preparation for heaven ; for the heavenly life is one of perpetual advance , because of untiring ...
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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...