Discipline, by the author of Letters to my unknown friends1850 |
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Page 11
... features of such characters as are morally and mentally inferior , but consequently they are easily subdued by fear and over- come by superior cunning : the self - will which is really dangerous , grows stronger in the prospect SELF-WILL.
... features of such characters as are morally and mentally inferior , but consequently they are easily subdued by fear and over- come by superior cunning : the self - will which is really dangerous , grows stronger in the prospect SELF-WILL.
Page 22
... easily excited feelings of self - will which , in the ill - regulated mind , blaze up at any approach to a direct assertion of authority . By feelings such as these , how much may be unnecessarily added to the weight and bitterness of ...
... easily excited feelings of self - will which , in the ill - regulated mind , blaze up at any approach to a direct assertion of authority . By feelings such as these , how much may be unnecessarily added to the weight and bitterness of ...
Page 46
... easily wounded . Pride is sensitive , meanly sensitive . Again , you may have formed plans for the carrying out of some generally ap- proved purpose , and you may have seen those plans rejected and laid aside , with- out any motive but ...
... easily wounded . Pride is sensitive , meanly sensitive . Again , you may have formed plans for the carrying out of some generally ap- proved purpose , and you may have seen those plans rejected and laid aside , with- out any motive but ...
Page 58
... for the vain , instead of for the proud , an altogether different class of faults would have been selected for self- examination . We may , however , easily nates . observe that there are times when the very proudest are 58 VANITY .
... for the vain , instead of for the proud , an altogether different class of faults would have been selected for self- examination . We may , however , easily nates . observe that there are times when the very proudest are 58 VANITY .
Page 59
... easily be made apparent by observing the effect produced by those feelings that are excited when your vanity is wounded . They are very painful , and they are angry too ; angry without any just cause . The intercourse of family lifeof ...
... easily be made apparent by observing the effect produced by those feelings that are excited when your vanity is wounded . They are very painful , and they are angry too ; angry without any just cause . The intercourse of family lifeof ...
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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.