Discipline, by the author of Letters to my unknown friends1850 |
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... Social life affords constant opportunities for the voluntary sacrifice of one's own will , of one's tastes , one's comforts , one's habits . These concessions will often be readily made in conformity with the dic- tates of good sense ...
... Social life affords constant opportunities for the voluntary sacrifice of one's own will , of one's tastes , one's comforts , one's habits . These concessions will often be readily made in conformity with the dic- tates of good sense ...
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... test of the existence of the principle of obedience . Here comes the daily cross to the self - willed . The time , or the labour , or the comfort , or the social intercourse which would have been readily sacrificed for 20 SELF - WILL .
... test of the existence of the principle of obedience . Here comes the daily cross to the self - willed . The time , or the labour , or the comfort , or the social intercourse which would have been readily sacrificed for 20 SELF - WILL .
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Sydney Warburton. the social intercourse which would have been readily sacrificed for love's sake , perhaps even for peace ' sake , will not be cheerfully surrendered , perhaps not sur- rendered at all , for duty's sake . The manner of ...
Sydney Warburton. the social intercourse which would have been readily sacrificed for love's sake , perhaps even for peace ' sake , will not be cheerfully surrendered , perhaps not sur- rendered at all , for duty's sake . The manner of ...
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... social " life ; " you should therefore be especially on the watch for these trifles , which are to show to you , at once a mournful and a blessed discovery , that the pain experienced from this daily cross is caused by the sin within ...
... social " life ; " you should therefore be especially on the watch for these trifles , which are to show to you , at once a mournful and a blessed discovery , that the pain experienced from this daily cross is caused by the sin within ...
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... social life without being forewarned forearmed . Did you then resist them , or did you yield ? Can you even hope , on reflection , that you have experienced the comparative " safety of the stretch and energy of continual strife ? " I ...
... social life without being forewarned forearmed . Did you then resist them , or did you yield ? Can you even hope , on reflection , that you have experienced the comparative " safety of the stretch and energy of continual strife ? " I ...
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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.
Bibliographic information
| Title | Discipline, by the author of Letters to my unknown friends |
| Author | Sydney Warburton |
| Edition | 2 |
| Published | 1850 |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | 21 Sep 2006 |
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