A lecture on the influence and advantages of education1844 - Education |
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... and worthiest occupations should be followed with care and observation , and that the pursuit of good , as the practice of evil , may alike enslave the under- standing , and produce mental blindness . How frail a thing , at best , is the 6.
... and worthiest occupations should be followed with care and observation , and that the pursuit of good , as the practice of evil , may alike enslave the under- standing , and produce mental blindness . How frail a thing , at best , is the 6.
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... practice , expel evil desires , and pursue useful resolves , can only be accomplished by means of antagonistic inclinations , by nourishing notions which lead to good , and by equalizing our affections and regards for the higher duties ...
... practice , expel evil desires , and pursue useful resolves , can only be accomplished by means of antagonistic inclinations , by nourishing notions which lead to good , and by equalizing our affections and regards for the higher duties ...
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... nature , and learn to practice good and to love the beautiful and pure . Man very properly , with a view to the varied duties and demands of life , has been made with faculties which may serve him in every circum- 19.
... nature , and learn to practice good and to love the beautiful and pure . Man very properly , with a view to the varied duties and demands of life , has been made with faculties which may serve him in every circum- 19.
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... practice , we should stand on the highest step of the temple of virtue , and this instinctive condemnation may be expected when real and humble worth shall stand higher in our esteem than the glittering vanities we too generally permit ...
... practice , we should stand on the highest step of the temple of virtue , and this instinctive condemnation may be expected when real and humble worth shall stand higher in our esteem than the glittering vanities we too generally permit ...
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... practice this fact is constantly evaded : -theories are often so plausible as to gain assent , and fallacies receive sanction and credence ; but , when unrestrained , it will be found that individual and national opinion are made up ...
... practice this fact is constantly evaded : -theories are often so plausible as to gain assent , and fallacies receive sanction and credence ; but , when unrestrained , it will be found that individual and national opinion are made up ...
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Page 45 - And I have loved thee, Ocean ! and my joy Of youthful sports was on thy breast to be Borne, like thy bubbles, onward : from a boy I wanton'd with thy breakers — they to me Were a delight ; and if the freshening sea Made them a terror — 'twas a pleasing fear, For I was as it were a child of thee, And trusted to thy billows far and near, And laid my hand upon thy mane — as I do here.
Page 12 - Wise men now agree, or ought to agree in this, that there is but one way to the knowledge of Nature's works ; the way of observation and experiment. By our constitution, we have a strong propensity to trace particular facts and observations to general rules, and to apply such general rules to account for other effects, or to direct us in the production of them.
Page 15 - ... divine nature, become creaturely existing, or breathed forth from God, to stand before Him in the form of a creature. When the animals of this world were to be created, it was only said, Let the earth, the air, the water, bring forth creatures after their kinds; but when man was to be brought forth, it was said, Let us make man in our own image and likeness.
Page 35 - ... wise man more than the fool?... There is a just man that perisheth in his righteousness, and there is a wicked man that prolongeth his life in wickedness.... One man among a thousand have I found, but a woman among all those have I not found.... The race is not to the swift, the battle to the strong; neither bread to the wise, nor riches to the man of understanding.... On all things is written vanity.