The Elements of CharacterCrosby, Nichols, 1855 - 234 من الصفحات |
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... kind one . The intemperate , and often malignant , vio- lence with which men preach , and lead on cru- sades , against special vices , proves them ignorant of , or indifferent to , the significance of virtue as a whole . It does not ...
... kind one . The intemperate , and often malignant , vio- lence with which men preach , and lead on cru- sades , against special vices , proves them ignorant of , or indifferent to , the significance of virtue as a whole . It does not ...
الصفحة 23
... kind springs from a desire to do one's own will . companiment of wrath . constrained any man to Egotism is the sure ac- The love of God never vilify his brother . He who is bent on the performance of duty , who desires simply to do the ...
... kind springs from a desire to do one's own will . companiment of wrath . constrained any man to Egotism is the sure ac- The love of God never vilify his brother . He who is bent on the performance of duty , who desires simply to do the ...
الصفحة 38
... kind , and precisely adapt- ed to the use for which it was intended ; if they are machinists , their inventions are those that ameliorate the condition of society ; if merchants or speculators , they do not run after bubbles ; if ...
... kind , and precisely adapt- ed to the use for which it was intended ; if they are machinists , their inventions are those that ameliorate the condition of society ; if merchants or speculators , they do not run after bubbles ; if ...
الصفحة 42
... kind , but only in degree ; and they are constantly at work , involuntarily if we do not voluntarily assume their control . In the little child they work as involuntarily as the heart beats and the lungs respire ; but so soon as the ...
... kind , but only in degree ; and they are constantly at work , involuntarily if we do not voluntarily assume their control . In the little child they work as involuntarily as the heart beats and the lungs respire ; but so soon as the ...
الصفحة 51
... kind , but in degree . It is the low degree of ac- tivity in either of these great divisions of the human mind that causes one to seem thought- less , unimaginative , or without affection . The end of all training should be to develop ...
... kind , but in degree . It is the low degree of ac- tivity in either of these great divisions of the human mind that causes one to seem thought- less , unimaginative , or without affection . The end of all training should be to develop ...
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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...