The Elements of CharacterCrosby, Nichols, 1855 - 234 من الصفحات |
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الصفحة 22
... sure to give them their full share of consideration . The ultra conservatism , that holds fast to existing customs and organizations merely because they are old , or from the love of conservation , is quite as fatuous as the radicalism ...
... sure to give them their full share of consideration . The ultra conservatism , that holds fast to existing customs and organizations merely because they are old , or from the love of conservation , is quite as fatuous as the radicalism ...
الصفحة 23
... 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 will of God , is firm as a rock , but never violent . He prays , with the poet , - " Let not this weak ...
... 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 will of God , is firm as a rock , but never violent . He prays , with the poet , - " Let not this weak ...
الصفحة 26
... sure there is something wrong in our state , and we should stop at once to analyze our feelings , and find where the trouble lies . If we do this conscien- tiously , we shall be sure to find some selfish or worldly passion at the root ...
... sure there is something wrong in our state , and we should stop at once to analyze our feelings , and find where the trouble lies . If we do this conscien- tiously , we shall be sure to find some selfish or worldly passion at the root ...
الصفحة 43
... sure of the reward they seek ; and the yoke that they bear will grow more light and easy with each revolving year . - There are many persons who seem to belong by turns to each of the three great classes that have been described . These ...
... sure of the reward they seek ; and the yoke that they bear will grow more light and easy with each revolving year . - There are many persons who seem to belong by turns to each of the three great classes that have been described . These ...
الصفحة 46
... sure to follow in the footsteps of idleness . Poverty of mind is rendered all the more prominent and dis- gusting if accompanied by external wealth ; and to such a mind wealth is but a means to folly , if to nothing worse . Neither ...
... sure to follow in the footsteps of idleness . Poverty of mind is rendered all the more prominent and dis- gusting if accompanied by external wealth ; and to such a mind wealth is but a means to folly , if to nothing worse . Neither ...
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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...