Discipline, by the author of Letters to my unknown friends1850 |
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Page 12
... species of self - will that wears the aspect of magna- nimity , and claims as its accompanying characteristics a superiority to all meaner considerations , to all contemptible weak- nesses . The self - will that is commonly found in ...
... species of self - will that wears the aspect of magna- nimity , and claims as its accompanying characteristics a superiority to all meaner considerations , to all contemptible weak- nesses . The self - will that is commonly found in ...
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... species of authority that no rules , however con- scientiously formed , can be applicable to every individual case . But the firmly founded and steadily cherished principle of obedience surely solves every difficulty as soon as it ...
... species of authority that no rules , however con- scientiously formed , can be applicable to every individual case . But the firmly founded and steadily cherished principle of obedience surely solves every difficulty as soon as it ...
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... species of authority , if I pointed out the several ways in which you may have brought upon yourself , or at least added to the weight of , the annoyance you experience . You may almost unconsciously have pur- sued an altogether ...
... species of authority , if I pointed out the several ways in which you may have brought upon yourself , or at least added to the weight of , the annoyance you experience . You may almost unconsciously have pur- sued an altogether ...
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... 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 acutely as before . If , however ...
... 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 acutely as before . If , however ...
Page 51
... offer due deference to a species of superiority towards which , personally , comparative indifference is felt , though its relative utility may be fully appre- ciated . In a former chapter I have spoken of temptations to F 2 PRIDE . 51.
... offer due deference to a species of superiority towards which , personally , comparative indifference is felt , though its relative utility may be fully appre- ciated . In a former chapter I have spoken of temptations to F 2 PRIDE . 51.
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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.