Discipline, by the author of Letters to my unknown friends1850 |
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... intellectual convic- tion alone , to which conviction , however , it is seldom open . It is this species of self - will that wears the aspect of magna- nimity , and claims as its accompanying characteristics a superiority to all meaner ...
... intellectual convic- tion alone , to which conviction , however , it is seldom open . It is this species of self - will that wears the aspect of magna- nimity , and claims as its accompanying characteristics a superiority to all meaner ...
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... intellectual powers as well as the moral faculties , and leaves its victim a helpless prey to circumstances . From what has been said you will see the inference is inevitable , that those who resist rightly - constituted authority not ...
... intellectual powers as well as the moral faculties , and leaves its victim a helpless prey to circumstances . From what has been said you will see the inference is inevitable , that those who resist rightly - constituted authority not ...
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... 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 of daily life . Here I speak of those who are of ...
... 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 of daily life . Here I speak of those who are of ...
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... intellectual advantages , and the homage rendered them by others , then the scene on which you are about to enter will , if your vanity is gratified , be altogether dangerous ; if it is not gratified , it will be altogether painful . It ...
... intellectual advantages , and the homage rendered them by others , then the scene on which you are about to enter will , if your vanity is gratified , be altogether dangerous ; if it is not gratified , it will be altogether painful . It ...
Page 83
... Worldly or social pleasures , intellectual or active exertions might not always in- terfere with the training of the candidate . There were many things that he might do besides preparing * 1 Cor . ix . 25 . DISCONTENT . 83.
... Worldly or social pleasures , intellectual or active exertions might not always in- terfere with the training of the candidate . There were many things that he might do besides preparing * 1 Cor . ix . 25 . DISCONTENT . 83.
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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.