Discipline, by the author of Letters to my unknown friends1850 |
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Page 23
... duty to our neighbour , but our duty to ourselves , requires that we should take the most favourable view of the conduct , temper , and motives of those around us ; and more especially is it important in the case of those who must obey ...
... duty to our neighbour , but our duty to ourselves , requires that we should take the most favourable view of the conduct , temper , and motives of those around us ; and more especially is it important in the case of those who must obey ...
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... duty to submit your own will to another's , exercise your ingenuity in trying to discover plausible reasons for the exercise of authority that annoys you . Argue the cause of another against your- self , and it will turn to your own ...
... duty to submit your own will to another's , exercise your ingenuity in trying to discover plausible reasons for the exercise of authority that annoys you . Argue the cause of another against your- self , and it will turn to your own ...
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... duty of implicit obedience to cease , the former habits of the mind will greatly lessen the difficulty of discerning the cases where obedience , be it ever so opposed to taste and inclination , is an imperative duty , and where on the ...
... duty of implicit obedience to cease , the former habits of the mind will greatly lessen the difficulty of discerning the cases where obedience , be it ever so opposed to taste and inclination , is an imperative duty , and where on the ...
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... . Had you fulfilled your duty in this most important par- ticular , how differently might he have * 1 Thess . v . 25. 2 Thess . iii . 1. Heb . xiii . 18 . fulfilled his . When the pressure of the daily cross 36 SELF - WILL . PRIDE.
... . Had you fulfilled your duty in this most important par- ticular , how differently might he have * 1 Thess . v . 25. 2 Thess . iii . 1. Heb . xiii . 18 . fulfilled his . When the pressure of the daily cross 36 SELF - WILL . PRIDE.
Page 37
... duty afterwards ; while the established indul- gence of self - will becomes as fatal to their success and their character when rulers , as it was fatal to their happiness when depen- dents . Even according to worldly wisdom it is a fact ...
... duty afterwards ; while the established indul- gence of self - will becomes as fatal to their success and their character when rulers , as it was fatal to their happiness when depen- dents . Even according to worldly wisdom it is a fact ...
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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.