Discipline, by the author of Letters to my unknown friends1850 |
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... considerations , to all contemptible weak- nesses . The self - will that is commonly found in union with moral energy and intellectual superiority is , however , only the more dangerous in its temptations , because its likeness and its ...
... considerations , to all contemptible weak- nesses . The self - will that is commonly found in union with moral energy and intellectual superiority is , however , only the more dangerous in its temptations , because its likeness and its ...
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... consideration of such cases as the above , and still further of all such cases where permanent harm and inconvenience may result from a nevertheless inevitable disobedience , let us fix our attention more profitably on the ordinary ...
... consideration of such cases as the above , and still further of all such cases where permanent harm and inconvenience may result from a nevertheless inevitable disobedience , let us fix our attention more profitably on the ordinary ...
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... consideration for your feel- ings , for your convenience , for your tem- poral advantage . This is a cross certainly , a severe cross , but " take it up " patiently , conscientiously , believingly take it up as appointed for you by the ...
... consideration for your feel- ings , for your convenience , for your tem- poral advantage . This is a cross certainly , a severe cross , but " take it up " patiently , conscientiously , believingly take it up as appointed for you by the ...
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Sydney Warburton. the want of consideration , the want of good sense shown by those who are set in authority over us . A well - regulated and subdued spirit will escape half the pain of the most unpalatable obedience by making charitable ...
Sydney Warburton. the want of consideration , the want of good sense shown by those who are set in authority over us . A well - regulated and subdued spirit will escape half the pain of the most unpalatable obedience by making charitable ...
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... consideration . If this help to the under- standing of the discipline of daily life had been written for the vain , instead of for the proud , an altogether different class of faults would have been selected for self- examination . We ...
... consideration . If this help to the under- standing of the discipline of daily life had been written for the vain , instead of for the proud , an altogether different class of faults would have been selected for self- examination . We ...
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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.