Letters to Young LadiesHarper, 1837 - 259 من الصفحات |
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الصفحة 19
... pursuit ! It is no excuse for us , that others waste their days in desultory pleasures , or pass their youth without motive and without improvement . Every one must stand alone to give account at last . The example of an associate will ...
... pursuit ! It is no excuse for us , that others waste their days in desultory pleasures , or pass their youth without motive and without improvement . Every one must stand alone to give account at last . The example of an associate will ...
الصفحة 23
... pursuits , creates selfishness . It is possible for the intellect to be cultivated at the expense of the heart . Therefore our obligations to those with whom we travel on " time's brief journey , " should be clearly defined . This ...
... pursuits , creates selfishness . It is possible for the intellect to be cultivated at the expense of the heart . Therefore our obligations to those with whom we travel on " time's brief journey , " should be clearly defined . This ...
الصفحة 29
... pursuits are the most in- dispensable , and what attainments best adapted to their probable sphere of action . In estimating the sciences , we take into view , both their present utility , and their future gain . The most assiduous ...
... pursuits are the most in- dispensable , and what attainments best adapted to their probable sphere of action . In estimating the sciences , we take into view , both their present utility , and their future gain . The most assiduous ...
الصفحة 44
... pursuit of piety , do not listen to its teachers , in the spirit of criticism , but reverently and with meekness . Let it not be your aim , to become a sectarian , but a Christian . Avoid every feature of bigotry - every temptation to ...
... pursuit of piety , do not listen to its teachers , in the spirit of criticism , but reverently and with meekness . Let it not be your aim , to become a sectarian , but a Christian . Avoid every feature of bigotry - every temptation to ...
الصفحة 46
... pursuit of the most excellent , most enduring science , it is because in the book of divine truth , I have seen the pledge of Omnipo- tence , that those who " seek early shall find it ; " because I have believed , that in the docility ...
... pursuit of the most excellent , most enduring science , it is because in the book of divine truth , I have seen the pledge of Omnipo- tence , that those who " seek early shall find it ; " because I have believed , that in the docility ...
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