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... given , to instruct us to keep within those limits in which we may remain safe in our vicinity to such beings . The class of Reptiles is particularly one of those upon which less correct ideas prevail . Because there are some poison ...
... given , to instruct us to keep within those limits in which we may remain safe in our vicinity to such beings . The class of Reptiles is particularly one of those upon which less correct ideas prevail . Because there are some poison ...
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... given up , as far as they do not agree with this . It would lead too far to hint at all the various points upon which the study of Nature will interfere with the views advanced . by moral philosophers . Let it only be understood that ...
... given up , as far as they do not agree with this . It would lead too far to hint at all the various points upon which the study of Nature will interfere with the views advanced . by moral philosophers . Let it only be understood that ...
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... given . From him , too , must emanate the influence which shall produce a well - organized little community , inspiring a love of im- provement , a sense of propriety , and an enthusiasm , extending to all the appropriate duties of the ...
... given . From him , too , must emanate the influence which shall produce a well - organized little community , inspiring a love of im- provement , a sense of propriety , and an enthusiasm , extending to all the appropriate duties of the ...
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... given my sisters , at ten years old , the finest sylpide parasol that ever was bought or sold in Regent - street , it would in a couple of hours have been converted into a machine to catch butterflies , or something of the sort , and ...
... given my sisters , at ten years old , the finest sylpide parasol that ever was bought or sold in Regent - street , it would in a couple of hours have been converted into a machine to catch butterflies , or something of the sort , and ...
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... given it practical scope , and that is one reason , perhaps , why it yet shrinks from contact with republican organizations . It is time to see and state facts as they There is no such thing in the land as universal education ; nor can ...
... given it practical scope , and that is one reason , perhaps , why it yet shrinks from contact with republican organizations . It is time to see and state facts as they There is no such thing in the land as universal education ; nor can ...
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Page 179 - He who the sword of heaven will bear Should be as holy as severe ; Pattern in himself, to know, Grace to stand, and virtue go ; More nor less to others paying, Than by self-offences weighing.
Page 191 - And though all the winds of doctrine were let loose to play upon the earth, so Truth be in the field, we do injuriously by licensing and prohibiting to misdoubt her strength. Let her and Falsehood grapple; who ever knew Truth put to the worse in a free and open encounter?
Page 168 - A little spring had lost its way Amid the grass and fern ; A passing stranger scooped a well, Where weary men might turn ; He walled it in, and hung with care A ladle at the brink — He thought not of the deed he did, But judged that toil might drink. He passed again, and lo ! the well, By summers never dried, Had cooled ten thousand parching tongues, And saved a life beside...
Page 304 - Surely in vain is the net spread in the sight of any bird," or, before the eyes of every thing that hath a wing, as in the original.
Page 205 - Pause not to dream of the future before us ; Pause not to weep the wild cares that come o'er us : Hark how Creation's deep, musical chorus, Unintermitting, goes up into Heaven ! Never the ocean- wave falters in flowing; Never the little seed stops in its growing; More and more richly the Rose-heart keeps glowing, Till from its nourishing stem it is riven. 1 Labor is worship !' — the robin is singing,
Page 183 - ONCE, in the flight of ages past, There lived a man:— and WHO was HE ? — Mortal ! howe'er thy lot be cast, That Man resembled Thee. Unknown the region of his birth, The land in which he .died unknown : His name has...
Page 280 - ... to impress on the minds of children and youth committed to their care and instruction the principles of piety, justice, and a sacred regard to truth, love to their country, humanity and universal benevolence, sobriety, industry and frugality, chastity, moderation and temperance, and those other virtues which are the ornament of human society, and the basis upon which a republican constitution is founded...
Page 205 - Droop not though shame, sin, and anguish are round thee ; Bravely fling off the cold chain that hath bound thee, Look to yon pure heaven smiling beyond thee ; Rest not content in thy darkness — a clod. Work for some good, be it ever so slowly ; Cherish some flower, be it ever so lowly ; Labor ! all labor is noble and holy ; Let thy great deeds be thy prayer to thy God.
Page 380 - With his marble block before him. And his face lit up with a smile of joy, As an angel dream passed o'er him.
Page 122 - Admission to its sanctuary, and to the privileges and feelings of a votary, is only to be gained by one means — sound and sufficient knowledge of mathematics, the great instrument of all exact inquiry, without which no man can ever make such advances in this or any other of the higher departments of science as can entitle him to form an independent opinion on any subject of discussion within their range.