Discipline, by the author of Letters to my unknown friends1850 |
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... habits . These concessions will often be readily made in conformity with the dic- tates of good sense alone . When the temper is good , it is much easier to yield to others in all trifling matters , than to * Isaiah , xlii . 16 ...
... habits . These concessions will often be readily made in conformity with the dic- tates of good sense alone . When the temper is good , it is much easier to yield to others in all trifling matters , than to * Isaiah , xlii . 16 ...
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... habit of implicit obedience in childhood consists in this , that when the time comes for the duty of implicit obedience to cease , the former habits of the mind will greatly lessen the difficulty of discerning the cases where obedience ...
... habit of implicit obedience in childhood consists in this , that when the time comes for the duty of implicit obedience to cease , the former habits of the mind will greatly lessen the difficulty of discerning the cases where obedience ...
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Sydney Warburton. be hoped for , unless the habit of obedience has been long cultivated . Before you come to a decision upon any action or course of conduct dictated by those who have even a shadow of authority over you , ask yourself ...
Sydney Warburton. be hoped for , unless the habit of obedience has been long cultivated . Before you come to a decision upon any action or course of conduct dictated by those who have even a shadow of authority over you , ask yourself ...
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Sydney Warburton. is the only means by which dependents can acquire that habit of command , without which it is never exercised safely either for ourselves or for our neighbour . " He who governs himself , governs also even when he must ...
Sydney Warburton. is the only means by which dependents can acquire that habit of command , without which it is never exercised safely either for ourselves or for our neighbour . " He who governs himself , governs also even when he must ...
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... habits these annoying remarks can only come before you in the form of vague insinua- tions . ) It is quite a secondary considera- tion that the fault of the persons who thus irritate you may be much lessened by your having wilfully , or ...
... habits these annoying remarks can only come before you in the form of vague insinua- tions . ) It is quite a secondary considera- tion that the fault of the persons who thus irritate you may be much lessened by your having wilfully , or ...
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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.