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... thought much of the evils of ignorance ? Have you observed how narrow and prejudiced the uneducated mind becomes ? -how credulous and superstitious ? -how prone to mis- takes , with regard to the nature of duty , and the nature of ...
... thought much of the evils of ignorance ? Have you observed how narrow and prejudiced the uneducated mind becomes ? -how credulous and superstitious ? -how prone to mis- takes , with regard to the nature of duty , and the nature of ...
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... thoughts are among their winter sports . sums . Then there was the long sigh of indolence , and the tears of such as were punished . And there was impatience there , and ambition , and hope , and the kindlings of intellect , and the ...
... thoughts are among their winter sports . sums . Then there was the long sigh of indolence , and the tears of such as were punished . And there was impatience there , and ambition , and hope , and the kindlings of intellect , and the ...
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... thought to " what we shall eat , or what we shall drink ; " or to permit the gratification of the palate to enter into our estimate of happiness . Zeno , with his simple diet of bread , figs and honey , kept THE BOY'S READING - BOOK . 29.
... thought to " what we shall eat , or what we shall drink ; " or to permit the gratification of the palate to enter into our estimate of happiness . Zeno , with his simple diet of bread , figs and honey , kept THE BOY'S READING - BOOK . 29.
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... thought best that Edward should be apprenticed to a joiner , in the village , and so thankful was he , that his sister was recovering , and had found a refuge with her relatives , that he scarcely remembered his own lot must be among ...
... thought best that Edward should be apprenticed to a joiner , in the village , and so thankful was he , that his sister was recovering , and had found a refuge with her relatives , that he scarcely remembered his own lot must be among ...
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... thought it the duty of a good brother , to seek the welfare of his sister , not only in this life , but in that which is to come . Often did he urge her , in the most affectionate terms , to strive for the consolations of true reli ...
... thought it the duty of a good brother , to seek the welfare of his sister , not only in this life , but in that which is to come . Often did he urge her , in the most affectionate terms , to strive for the consolations of true reli ...
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Popular passages
Page 69 - Wherefore do ye spend money for that which is not bread ? and your labour for that which satisfieth not? hearken diligently unto me, and eat ye that which is good, and let your soul delight itself in fatness.
Page 58 - Soon as the evening shades prevail, The moon takes up the wondrous tale, And nightly to the listening earth Repeats the story of her birth; While all the stars that round her burn, And all the planets in their turn, Confirm the tidings, as they roll, And spread the truth from pole to pole.
Page 57 - Lift up your eyes on high, and behold who hath created these things, that bringeth out their host by number; he calleth them all by names by the greatness of his might, for that he is strong in power; not one faileth.
Page 175 - ... the proportion which the aggregate of the other classes of citizens bears in any State to that of its husbandmen, is the proportion of its unsound to its healthy parts, and is a good enough barometer whereby to measure its degree of corruption.
Page 125 - O thou bounteous giver of all good, Thou art of all thy gifts thyself the crown ! Give what thou canst, without thee we are poor ; And with thee rich, take what thou wilt away.
Page 119 - That, changed through all, and yet in all the same; Great in the earth, as in the ethereal frame; Warms in the sun, refreshes in the breeze, Glows in the stars, and blossoms in the trees; Lives through all life, extends through all extent; Spreads undivided, operates unspent!
Page 96 - Thy arts of building from the bee receive; Learn of the mole to plough, the worm to weave; Learn of the little nautilus to sail, Spread the thin oar, and catch the driving gale.
Page 71 - If I am asked, who is the greatest man ? I answer the best ; and if I am required to say who is the best? I reply he that has deserved most of his fellowcreatures.
Page 196 - This is another instance of the truth of an old maxim I had learned, which says : " He that has once done you a kindness will be more ready to do you another than he whom you yourself have obliged".
Page 22 - Then I said, I have laboured in vain, I have spent my strength for nought, and in vain: yet surely my judgment is with the Lord, and my work with my God.