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Fear nọt troubles , keep up your spirits , the darkness will pass away . If the sun is going down , look at the stars ; if they are hid by clouds , still look up to heaven , rely upon the promises of God , and be cheerful .
Fear nọt troubles , keep up your spirits , the darkness will pass away . If the sun is going down , look at the stars ; if they are hid by clouds , still look up to heaven , rely upon the promises of God , and be cheerful .
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Obedience , based on fear , and not on esteem and respect , makes a slave , and mars the native loveliness of the image of a son , daughter , or pupil . Harsh scolding language , and frequent hard blows , create the former - kindness ...
Obedience , based on fear , and not on esteem and respect , makes a slave , and mars the native loveliness of the image of a son , daughter , or pupil . Harsh scolding language , and frequent hard blows , create the former - kindness ...
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... and violent indignation , are seldom eradicated from the mind . Frightful bugbear stories of ghosts , hobgoblins , and witches , are never forgotten , and are criminally pernicious , creating artificial fear , that 32 THE PROBE .
... and violent indignation , are seldom eradicated from the mind . Frightful bugbear stories of ghosts , hobgoblins , and witches , are never forgotten , and are criminally pernicious , creating artificial fear , that 32 THE PROBE .
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and are criminally pernicious , creating artificial fear , that remains unconquered by riper years . How important , then , that first impressions , the preliminaries to a school education , should be as pure as the unsullied sheet on ...
and are criminally pernicious , creating artificial fear , that remains unconquered by riper years . How important , then , that first impressions , the preliminaries to a school education , should be as pure as the unsullied sheet on ...
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The more delicate it is , the more readily will a rough hand destroy it To balance , properly , HOPE and FEAR , in children is a matter of high importance , and of rare attain ment . Hope , without fear , engenders rashness - fear ...
The more delicate it is , the more readily will a rough hand destroy it To balance , properly , HOPE and FEAR , in children is a matter of high importance , and of rare attain ment . Hope , without fear , engenders rashness - fear ...
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| Title | The Moral Probe: Or One Hundred and Two Common Sense Essays on the Nature of Men and Things: Interspersed with Scraps of Science and History |
| Author | Levi Carroll Judson |
| Edition | 2 |
| Publisher | The author, 1848 |
| Original from | the New York Public Library |
| Digitized | 17 Sep 2007 |
| Length | 336 pages |
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