A View of the Elementary Principles of Education: Founded on the Study of the Nature of Man |
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Page 58 - Elias was a man subject to like passions as we are, and he prayed earnestly that it might not rain : and it rained not on the earth by the space of three years and six months. And he prayed again, and the heaven gave rain, and the earth brought forth her fruit.
Page 230 - Ye know that the princes of the Gentiles exercise dominion over them, and they that are great exercise authority upon them. But it shall not be so among you : but whosoever will be great among you, let him be your minister ; and whosoever will be chief among you, let him be your servant...
Page 230 - But Jesus called them unto him, and said, Ye know that the princes of the Gentiles exercise dominion over them, and they that are great exercise authority upon them.
Page 230 - What was it that ye disputed among yourselves by the way ? But they held their peace: for by the way they had disputed among themselves, who should be the greatest. And he sat down, and called the twelve, and saith unto them, If any man desire to be first, the same shall be last of all, and servant of all.
Page 13 - For if the first covenant had been faultless then should no place have been sought for the second.
Page 39 - In following the history of mankind, we observe, that, in proportion as nations cultivate their moral and intellectual powers, atrocious actions diminish in number ; the manners and pleasures become more refined, the legislation milder, the religion purified from superstition, and the arts address themselves to the finer emotions of the mind. By observing also the different classes of society, and the inhabitants of different provinces, we learn, that ignorance is the greatest enemy of morality....
Page 12 - I know, and am persuaded by the Lord Jesus, that there is nothing unclean of itself: but to him that esteemeth any thing to be unclean, to him it is unclean.
Page 12 - To love them that hate us ; to bless them, that curse us ; and to do good to them that despitefully use us.
Page 301 - Their falsehoods are seldom calculated to injure any body but themselves, being for the most part of a hyperbolical or boasting nature, but now and then they are of a mischievous nature, and injurious to the characters and property of others. That it is...
Page 4 - I use this term (education) as embracing every means which can be made to act upon the vegetative, affective, and intellectual constitution of man, for the purpose of improving this his threefold nature. Being asked what I mean by human nature? I reply, that it is not body alone, nor mind alone, nor animal propensities, affections, or passions ; nor moral feelings, nor intellect ; neither is it organization in general, nor any system of the body, nor any particularity whatever ; but human nature,...