Discipline, by the author of Letters to my unknown friends1850 |
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... claims as its accompanying characteristics a superiority to all meaner considerations , to all contemptible weak- nesses . The self - will ... claim is reasonable , " the self- willed with truth assert , " it will then be 12 SELF - WILL .
... claims as its accompanying characteristics a superiority to all meaner considerations , to all contemptible weak- nesses . The self - will ... claim is reasonable , " the self- willed with truth assert , " it will then be 12 SELF - WILL .
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... claim being proved perfectly reasonable , there is , in fact , no longer any sacrifice of self- will . Those whom I address I suppose to be rational and intelligent persons , well quali- fied by education and enlightenment to form a ...
... claim being proved perfectly reasonable , there is , in fact , no longer any sacrifice of self- will . Those whom I address I suppose to be rational and intelligent persons , well quali- fied by education and enlightenment to form a ...
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... claims obedience , though it can be only through the will of God that the power to claim obedience is given . The will of man indeed may be a selfish will , it may be a capricious will , it may be an unjust will . It may be in- jurious ...
... claims obedience , though it can be only through the will of God that the power to claim obedience is given . The will of man indeed may be a selfish will , it may be a capricious will , it may be an unjust will . It may be in- jurious ...
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Sydney Warburton. disturb the general peace by insisting even on one's own just claims . The sensible and the good - humoured will therefore be the readiest to sacrifice their own will for the public good . But this is no test of the ...
Sydney Warburton. disturb the general peace by insisting even on one's own just claims . The sensible and the good - humoured will therefore be the readiest to sacrifice their own will for the public good . But this is no test of the ...
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... claim is probably painful , wounding to your vanity , or wounding to your self - respect , or it may show a total want of consideration for your feel- ings , for your convenience , for your tem- poral advantage . This is a cross ...
... claim is probably painful , wounding to your vanity , or wounding to your self - respect , or it may show a total want of consideration for your feel- ings , for your convenience , for your tem- poral advantage . This is a cross ...
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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.