The Elements of CharacterCrosby, Nichols, 1855 - 234 من الصفحات |
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الصفحة 9
... persons confound reputation with Char- acter , and believe themselves to be striving for the reality of the one , when the fantasy of the other alone stimulates their desires . Reputation is the opinion entertained of us by our fellow ...
... persons confound reputation with Char- acter , and believe themselves to be striving for the reality of the one , when the fantasy of the other alone stimulates their desires . Reputation is the opinion entertained of us by our fellow ...
الصفحة 12
... persons . This is the transient side of manners . If , on the contrary , we are polite from an inward conviction that politeness is one of the forms of love to the neighbor , and because we believe that in being polite we are performing ...
... persons . This is the transient side of manners . If , on the contrary , we are polite from an inward conviction that politeness is one of the forms of love to the neighbor , and because we believe that in being polite we are performing ...
الصفحة 14
... persons who strive for them doubtless have their reward ; but if the kingdom of heaven and its righteousness were first sought , the good things so fiercely advocated and labored after by special reformers would be added unto them , as ...
... persons who strive for them doubtless have their reward ; but if the kingdom of heaven and its righteousness were first sought , the good things so fiercely advocated and labored after by special reformers would be added unto them , as ...
الصفحة 21
... persons , one is painfully re- minded of the spirit that a few generations ago armed itself with the fagot and the axe in order to destroy those who held opinions in opposition to the dominant power . The axe and the fagot have ...
... persons , one is painfully re- minded of the spirit that a few generations ago armed itself with the fagot and the axe in order to destroy those who held opinions in opposition to the dominant power . The axe and the fagot have ...
الصفحة 42
... persons call these powers into volun- tary action from motives of mere worldly wis- dom . Every one does so who places some ob- ject before himself , and cultivates his powers with a special view to attain perfection therein . The ...
... persons call these powers into volun- tary action from motives of mere worldly wis- dom . Every one does so who places some ob- ject before himself , and cultivates his powers with a special view to attain perfection therein . The ...
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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...