Education Progressive Through Life. Essays for StudentsElliot Stock, 1877 - 147 sidor |
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... strength to triumph over the in- firmities of old age . Doubtless religious pleasures are infinitely above all others , and if we commend intellectual culture for the happiness with which it is associated , we do not mean that our chief ...
... strength to triumph over the in- firmities of old age . Doubtless religious pleasures are infinitely above all others , and if we commend intellectual culture for the happiness with which it is associated , we do not mean that our chief ...
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... strength of his judg ment , that witness the victory is won , that success is already achieved . One must pursue this work without aiming at a worldly advantage , or the applause of his fellow - men , and must not think it an evidence ...
... strength of his judg ment , that witness the victory is won , that success is already achieved . One must pursue this work without aiming at a worldly advantage , or the applause of his fellow - men , and must not think it an evidence ...
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... strength of their bone and muscle , which strength they have daily to expend for daily bread ? " We may be allowed to reply with another inquiry - by how many in these days can it be truly asserted , that although they have an earnest ...
... strength of their bone and muscle , which strength they have daily to expend for daily bread ? " We may be allowed to reply with another inquiry - by how many in these days can it be truly asserted , that although they have an earnest ...
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... strength will not diminish , but increase by the exercise of it . " Every new conquest will prepare the way for future and greater victories . " The talents with which a student commences are soon multiplied if he is faithful , and his ...
... strength will not diminish , but increase by the exercise of it . " Every new conquest will prepare the way for future and greater victories . " The talents with which a student commences are soon multiplied if he is faithful , and his ...
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... strength and beauty , or weakness and deformity . Habits which may be good or bad are formed in youth , and it is not so easy as some imagine , to turn the current of our life when once it is set in a certain direction . One may say ...
... strength and beauty , or weakness and deformity . Habits which may be good or bad are formed in youth , and it is not so easy as some imagine , to turn the current of our life when once it is set in a certain direction . One may say ...
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Education Progressive Through Life. Essays for Students Henry Trigg Obegränsad förhandsgranskning - 1877 |
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Sida 145 - Enter not into the path of the wicked, and go not in the way of evil men. Avoid it, pass not by it, turn from it, and pass away.
Sida 125 - Methought I heard a voice cry, Sleep no more ! Macbeth does murder sleep, the innocent sleep ; Sleep, that knits up the ravell'd sleave of care, The death of each day's life, sore labour's bath, Balm of hurt minds, great nature's second course, Chief nourisher in life's feast ;— Lady M.
Sida 82 - No matter how poor I am ; no matter though the prosperous of my own time will not enter my obscure dwelling, if the sacred writers will enter and take up their abode under my roof, if Milton will cross my threshold to sing to me of Paradise, and...
Sida 130 - God Almighty first planted a garden; and, indeed, it is the purest of human pleasures; it is the greatest refreshment to the spirits of man; without which buildings and palaces are but gross handyworks...
Sida 22 - There is a tide in the affairs of men Which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune; Omitted, all the voyage of their life Is bound in shallows and in miseries. On such a full sea are we now afloat; And we must take the current when it serves, Or lose our ventures.
Sida 49 - How exquisitely the individual Mind (And the progressive powers perhaps no less Of the whole species) to the external World Is fitted : —and how exquisitely, too — Theme this but little heard of among men — The external World is fitted to the Mind; And the creation (by no lower name Can it be called) which they with blended might Accomplish : — this is our high argument.
Sida 34 - ... to give a true account of their gift of reason to the benefit and use of men; as if there were sought in knowledge a couch whereupon to rest a searching and restless spirit, or a terrace for a wandering and variable mind to walk up and down with a fair prospect, or a tower of state for a proud mind to raise itself upon, or a fort or commanding ground for strife and contention, or a shop for profit and sale ; and not a rich store-house for the glory of the Creator and the relief of man's estate.
Sida 143 - Let him study the Holy Scriptures, especially the New Testament. Therein are contained the words of eternal life. It has God for its Author ; salvation for its end ; and truth, without any mixture of error, for its matter.
Sida 140 - Whence but from Heaven could men unskill'd in arts, In several ages born, in several parts, Weave such agreeing truths ? or how, or why, Should all conspire to cheat us with a lie ? Unask'd their pains, ungrateful their advice, Starving their gain, and martyrdom their price.
Sida 101 - Explained, illustrated, and searched so well The tender theme on which they chose to dwell, That reaching home, the night, they said, is near, We must not now be parted, sojourn here.