The Elements of CharacterCrosby, Nichols, 1855 - 234 من الصفحات |
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الصفحة 31
... knowledge , that we may know of our- selves good from evil ; and that we may do of ourselves what seems to us right ; and instead of penitence for sin and an endeavor after reforma- tion , there is a striving to conceal our unfaithful ...
... knowledge , that we may know of our- selves good from evil ; and that we may do of ourselves what seems to us right ; and instead of penitence for sin and an endeavor after reforma- tion , there is a striving to conceal our unfaithful ...
الصفحة 37
... knowledge . They will delight in telling how a thing should be done , but will find it very difficult to do it themselves . A black- smith of this class will tell with great exactness how a horse should be shod , but if trusted to ...
... knowledge . They will delight in telling how a thing should be done , but will find it very difficult to do it themselves . A black- smith of this class will tell with great exactness how a horse should be shod , but if trusted to ...
الصفحة 48
... knowledge as is possible to us through manifestations of the Divine attributes in trinity . In proportion as our faculties are trained to act in harmony we shall become unconscious of their separate functions ; and in the same pro ...
... knowledge as is possible to us through manifestations of the Divine attributes in trinity . In proportion as our faculties are trained to act in harmony we shall become unconscious of their separate functions ; and in the same pro ...
الصفحة 57
... knowledge , and yet be neither im- proved nor adorned thereby . Robert Hall once remarked of an acquaintance , that he had piled such an amount of learning upon his brain , it could not move under the weight . It is little matter ...
... knowledge , and yet be neither im- proved nor adorned thereby . Robert Hall once remarked of an acquaintance , that he had piled such an amount of learning upon his brain , it could not move under the weight . It is little matter ...
الصفحة 59
... knowledge of their contents , is but a poor exercise of the brain ; it is far better to read with care a few well - selected volumes . There is a strong tendency towards superficial culture at the present day , which is the natural ...
... knowledge of their contents , is but a poor exercise of the brain ; it is far better to read with care a few well - selected volumes . There is a strong tendency towards superficial culture at the present day , which is the natural ...
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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...