Discipline, by the author of Letters to my unknown friends1850 |
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Page 17
... most steadily , will be those who will sub- mit with the best grace , because with the most enlightened sense of duty , when remonstrance and opposition have botn failed and obedience becomes inevitable c 3 SELF - WILL . 17.
... most steadily , will be those who will sub- mit with the best grace , because with the most enlightened sense of duty , when remonstrance and opposition have botn failed and obedience becomes inevitable c 3 SELF - WILL . 17.
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Sydney Warburton. remonstrance and opposition have botn failed and obedience becomes inevitable . There are doubtless cases when the limits of earthly obedience cease , even without supposing its interference with the authority of God's ...
Sydney Warburton. remonstrance and opposition have botn failed and obedience becomes inevitable . There are doubtless cases when the limits of earthly obedience cease , even without supposing its interference with the authority of God's ...
Page 37
... becomes as fatal to their success and their character when rulers , as it was fatal to their happiness when depen- dents . Even according to worldly wisdom it is a fact that " qui ne saura obéir ne saura commander . " For subjugation of ...
... becomes as fatal to their success and their character when rulers , as it was fatal to their happiness when depen- dents . Even according to worldly wisdom it is a fact that " qui ne saura obéir ne saura commander . " For subjugation of ...
Page 43
... become , as it were , scarred over , so that when they return to their former discipline a certain period elapses ere it is felt as acutely as before . If , however , after a time the irritation is again experienced as severely as ever ...
... become , as it were , scarred over , so that when they return to their former discipline a certain period elapses ere it is felt as acutely as before . If , however , after a time the irritation is again experienced as severely as ever ...
Page 52
... the preceding , and cultivate and cherish ima → ginary rights into real ones ; so that a late resistance , when it at last becomes inevitable , is felt as a far greater grievance than early firmness would have been . But it is 52 PRIDE .
... the preceding , and cultivate and cherish ima → ginary rights into real ones ; so that a late resistance , when it at last becomes inevitable , is felt as a far greater grievance than early firmness would have been . But it is 52 PRIDE .
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Page 129 - Then they that feared the Lord spake often one to another: and the Lord hearkened, and heard it, and a book of remembrance was written before him for them that feared the Lord, and that thought upon his name.
Page 57 - Let nothing be done through strife or vain-glory, but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves.