Discipline, by the author of Letters to my unknown friends1850 |
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Page 43
... society , exposed to a different species of discipline ) , the former tender points in their character become , as it were , scarred over , so that when they return to their former discipline a certain period elapses ere it is felt as ...
... society , exposed to a different species of discipline ) , the former tender points in their character become , as it were , scarred over , so that when they return to their former discipline a certain period elapses ere it is felt as ...
Page 62
... society of those with whom you ought to have neither views nor interests in common ? and has pain been inflicted by their marked neglect , or , more probably still , by their total indifference ? Whence could this pain arise but from ...
... society of those with whom you ought to have neither views nor interests in common ? and has pain been inflicted by their marked neglect , or , more probably still , by their total indifference ? Whence could this pain arise but from ...
Page 63
... society of every kind , be it worldly or religious , intellectual or com- monplace , is the only sure test of the ex- istence of vanity . To the vain , society is , in one form or another , among the most painful parts of the discipline ...
... society of every kind , be it worldly or religious , intellectual or com- monplace , is the only sure test of the ex- istence of vanity . To the vain , society is , in one form or another , among the most painful parts of the discipline ...
Page 64
... society caused you any annoyance during the past hours ; and from what did that annoyance arise ? If you had entered upon it in a meek and lowly spirit , esteeming others better than yourself , would you have experienced the same degree ...
... society caused you any annoyance during the past hours ; and from what did that annoyance arise ? If you had entered upon it in a meek and lowly spirit , esteeming others better than yourself , would you have experienced the same degree ...
Page 65
... society shows us what we are . " And , therefore , society is a very important and necessary part of the discipline of life . The next daily trials to be noticed are of a class chiefly , but not exclusively , experienced by the very ...
... society shows us what we are . " And , therefore , society is a very important and necessary part of the discipline of life . The next daily trials to be noticed are of a class chiefly , but not exclusively , experienced by the very ...
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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.