The Elements of CharacterCrosby, Nichols, 1855 - 234 من الصفحات |
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الصفحة 7
... whole body of virtue , and every pretender to that glorious family , who has no tincture of it , is an impostor . This is that same fountain which baptizeth all the gen- tle virtues that so immortalize the names of the old philosophers ...
... whole body of virtue , and every pretender to that glorious family , who has no tincture of it , is an impostor . This is that same fountain which baptizeth all the gen- tle virtues that so immortalize the names of the old philosophers ...
الصفحة 13
... whole heart , can alone insure safety to the superstructure . Where such a foundation is not laid , the Char- acter will possess no architectural unity , -will . have no consistency . Its emotions will be swayed by the impulses of the ...
... whole heart , can alone insure safety to the superstructure . Where such a foundation is not laid , the Char- acter will possess no architectural unity , -will . have no consistency . Its emotions will be swayed by the impulses of the ...
الصفحة 17
... whole tree is perceived and acknowledged , and the whole strength is turned to digging it up by the roots . If a man devote himself actively to the reform of some special vice , while he at the same time shows himself indifferent to ...
... whole tree is perceived and acknowledged , and the whole strength is turned to digging it up by the roots . If a man devote himself actively to the reform of some special vice , while he at the same time shows himself indifferent to ...
الصفحة 18
... whole . It does not enter into their hearts to conceive of the beauty of that growth in grace which results in the complete stature of a man , that is , of an angel . In their haste to pro- duce great growth in some particular direc ...
... whole . It does not enter into their hearts to conceive of the beauty of that growth in grace which results in the complete stature of a man , that is , of an angel . In their haste to pro- duce great growth in some particular direc ...
الصفحة 20
... whole being , and suffering no disease to re- main upon the soul . He , therefore , who devotes himself to some one object of reform , enters upon an undertaking involving one of the most subtle temptations by which man is ever assailed ...
... whole being , and suffering no disease to re- main upon the soul . He , therefore , who devotes himself to some one object of reform , enters upon an undertaking involving one of the most subtle temptations by which man is ever assailed ...
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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...