Letters on the Elementary Principles of Education, Volume 1I. Peirce, 1813 |
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... ment , no habit of mental application . Of Nature , indeed , we have little reason to complain . She has sufficiently qualified us for that sphere in which she evidently intended we should move ; and that this sphere is neither ...
... ment , no habit of mental application . Of Nature , indeed , we have little reason to complain . She has sufficiently qualified us for that sphere in which she evidently intended we should move ; and that this sphere is neither ...
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... infancy ; and while I did so , I would submit my own prejudices , my own opinions , to the same test . " There are few indivi- duals ( says Stewart ) whose education has been con- ducted in every respect with attention and judg ment . 34.
... infancy ; and while I did so , I would submit my own prejudices , my own opinions , to the same test . " There are few indivi- duals ( says Stewart ) whose education has been con- ducted in every respect with attention and judg ment . 34.
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Elizabeth Hamilton. ducted in every respect with attention and judg ment . Almost every man of reflection is conscious , when he arrives at maturity , of many defects in his mental powers , and of many inconvenient habits , which might ...
Elizabeth Hamilton. ducted in every respect with attention and judg ment . Almost every man of reflection is conscious , when he arrives at maturity , of many defects in his mental powers , and of many inconvenient habits , which might ...
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... ment and opinion , seems early to have made its way into the Christian church ; and may easily be accounted for in the Jewish converts , from habit and association . It is , however , no where counte- nanced in the apostolical writings ...
... ment and opinion , seems early to have made its way into the Christian church ; and may easily be accounted for in the Jewish converts , from habit and association . It is , however , no where counte- nanced in the apostolical writings ...
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... ment . He will , on all occasions , have an unerring standard to refer to ; and should he , by the strength of temptation , or the force of example , be led to make a momentary aberration into the paths of vice , his excursion will be ...
... ment . He will , on all occasions , have an unerring standard to refer to ; and should he , by the strength of temptation , or the force of example , be led to make a momentary aberration into the paths of vice , his excursion will be ...
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Halaman 137 - For that which I do I allow not: for what I would, that do I not; but what I hate, that do I.
Halaman 9 - The understanding, like the eye, whilst it makes us see and perceive all other things, takes no notice of itself: And it requires art and pains to set it at a distance, and make it its own object.
Halaman 254 - ... the appellation of benevolence,) these actions have been performed in so free and so kind a manner, that, if I was dry, I drank the sweetest draught, and if hungry, I ate the coarse morsel with a double relish.
Halaman 15 - When I call to remembrance the unfeigned faith that is in thee, which dwelt first in thy grandmother Lois, and thy mother Eunice ; and I nm persuaded that in thee also.
Halaman 21 - Yet empty of all good, wherein consists Woman's domestic honour and chief praise ; Bred only and completed to the taste Of lustful appetence, to sing, to dance, To dress, and troll the tongue, and roll the eye...
Halaman 161 - Unargued I obey : so God ordains; God is thy law, thou mine: to know no more Is woman's happiest knowledge and her praise.
Halaman 253 - I never addressed myself in the language of decency and friendship to a woman, whether civilized or savage, without receiving a decent and friendly answer. With man it has often been otherwise. In wandering over the barren plains of inhospitable Denmark, through honest Sweden...
Halaman 181 - As the strength of the body lies chiefly in being able to endure hardships, so also does that of the mind. And the great principle and foundation of all virtue and worth is plac'd in this: that a man is able to deny himself his own desires, cross his own inclinations, and purely follow what reason directs as best, tho' the appetite lean the other way.
Halaman 248 - WHEN civil dudgeon first grew high, And men fell out they knew not why ; When hard words, jealousies, and fears, Set folks together by the ears...
Halaman 198 - When a rich man is fallen, he hath many helpers: he speaketh things not to be spoken, and yet men justify him : the poor man slipped, and yet they rebuked him too; he spake wisely, and could have no place.