Discipline, by the author of Letters to my unknown friends1850 |
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Page 17
... tone throughout firm remon- strances and opposition requires a more vivid consciousness of a subordinate position and of the duty of submission to authority than many instances of sullen and unwill- ing obedience . And those who remon ...
... tone throughout firm remon- strances and opposition requires a more vivid consciousness of a subordinate position and of the duty of submission to authority than many instances of sullen and unwill- ing obedience . And those who remon ...
Page 23
... tone , and manner an air of im- patience and insubordination , even in the midst of inevitable , but evidently un- willing obedience . Not only our duty to our neighbour , but our duty to ourselves , requires that we should take the ...
... tone , and manner an air of im- patience and insubordination , even in the midst of inevitable , but evidently un- willing obedience . Not only our duty to our neighbour , but our duty to ourselves , requires that we should take the ...
Page 53
... tone and in an overbearing manner . If this wounds you very much , is it not your pride that is wounded ? Being thus , by the pain you feel , set on your guard against your besetting sin , you ought to be careful that your own looks and ...
... tone and in an overbearing manner . If this wounds you very much , is it not your pride that is wounded ? Being thus , by the pain you feel , set on your guard against your besetting sin , you ought to be careful that your own looks and ...
Page 54
... tones that have irritated you may have been very much owing to the former faults of your own , you must try to judge of the claim thus ungraciously put forward on its own independent merits alone . If it be not very unreasonable , if it ...
... tones that have irritated you may have been very much owing to the former faults of your own , you must try to judge of the claim thus ungraciously put forward on its own independent merits alone . If it be not very unreasonable , if it ...
Page 61
... admiration of those it despises , instead of rather suspecting that there must have been some sacrifice of principle , some lowering of a high tone of G character , before such approbation could be obtained . Has VANITY . 61 .
... admiration of those it despises , instead of rather suspecting that there must have been some sacrifice of principle , some lowering of a high tone of G character , before such approbation could be obtained . Has VANITY . 61 .
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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.