The Elements of CharacterCrosby, Nichols, 1855 - 234 من الصفحات |
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الصفحة 10
... society think of me if I do this thing , or if I leave it undone ? The questions by which it tests the quality of an action are , whether it is just , and wise , and fitting , when judged by the eternal laws of right ; and in accordance ...
... society think of me if I do this thing , or if I leave it undone ? The questions by which it tests the quality of an action are , whether it is just , and wise , and fitting , when judged by the eternal laws of right ; and in accordance ...
الصفحة 14
... society , than will probably be made good by its results . - Nothing can be worthy the name of Reform that is not based on the Christian religion , that does not acknowledge the laws of eternal truth and justice , that does not find its ...
... society , than will probably be made good by its results . - Nothing can be worthy the name of Reform that is not based on the Christian religion , that does not acknowledge the laws of eternal truth and justice , that does not find its ...
الصفحة 36
... and who , therefore , do nothing well . They are the dead weights of society , that must be helped through life by their more active neigh- bors . If they are scholars , they are collectors 36 THE ELEMENTS OF CHARACTER .
... and who , therefore , do nothing well . They are the dead weights of society , that must be helped through life by their more active neigh- bors . If they are scholars , they are collectors 36 THE ELEMENTS OF CHARACTER .
الصفحة 38
... society ; if merchants or speculators , they do not run after bubbles ; if devoted to intellectual pursuits , they are di- vines whose thoughts thrill the souls of men for centuries , founders of new schools of philosophy , lawgivers ...
... society ; if merchants or speculators , they do not run after bubbles ; if devoted to intellectual pursuits , they are di- vines whose thoughts thrill the souls of men for centuries , founders of new schools of philosophy , lawgivers ...
الصفحة 40
... society , rather than well - trained men and women , capable of meeting the duties and emergencies of life . The third class of women are the reliable ones , wherever they may be found . They do every- thing they attempt well , because ...
... society , rather than well - trained men and women , capable of meeting the duties and emergencies of life . The third class of women are the reliable ones , wherever they may be found . They do every- thing they attempt well , because ...
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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...