The Elements of CharacterCrosby, Nichols, 1855 - 234 من الصفحات |
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... higher requisi- tions of the Law oppress him , thinks to secure himself from its penalties by the exactness of his ritual observances . The unfaithful Romanist hopes to atone for a life of sin by devoting his property to the Church , or ...
... higher requisi- tions of the Law oppress him , thinks to secure himself from its penalties by the exactness of his ritual observances . The unfaithful Romanist hopes to atone for a life of sin by devoting his property to the Church , or ...
الصفحة 22
... higher sanction or restraint than the Statute - Book , is not enough of a Christian to be a good citizen ; while he who does not respect the Statute - Book as the palladium of his country , is not a citizen worthy the name of Christian ...
... higher sanction or restraint than the Statute - Book , is not enough of a Christian to be a good citizen ; while he who does not respect the Statute - Book as the palladium of his country , is not a citizen worthy the name of Christian ...
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... higher than what his hands can do under the guidance of another's brain , his effort is sure to be followed by confusion and failure . Viewing a thoughtless person in a moral light , he cannot be religious , he cannot be virtu- ous ...
... higher than what his hands can do under the guidance of another's brain , his effort is sure to be followed by confusion and failure . Viewing a thoughtless person in a moral light , he cannot be religious , he cannot be virtu- ous ...
الصفحة 83
... higher and higher every day , and the multitude throng its pathways to gath- er that food for the Imagination that is rarely given it in other compositions . Let the moralist talk and write against this as he may , it will be of no use ...
... higher and higher every day , and the multitude throng its pathways to gath- er that food for the Imagination that is rarely given it in other compositions . Let the moralist talk and write against this as he may , it will be of no use ...
الصفحة 88
... higher impulses , Genius is ever striving to come nearer " the first good , first per- fect , and first fair " ; if false , it degrades and de- forms everything it touches . Mankind differ from each other in degree , but not in kind ...
... higher impulses , Genius is ever striving to come nearer " the first good , first per- fect , and first fair " ; if false , it degrades and de- forms everything it touches . Mankind differ from each other in degree , but not in kind ...
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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...