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... tion will be obtained from numerous sources to which the ordinary reader could not conveniently have access . The chief aim I had in view in compiling this volume , was to throw an additional glimmer of light upon a very dark spot in ...
... tion will be obtained from numerous sources to which the ordinary reader could not conveniently have access . The chief aim I had in view in compiling this volume , was to throw an additional glimmer of light upon a very dark spot in ...
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... tion . One poor aged and infirm Irishman , who really looked respectable , had a bowl of gruel given to him . Higher up still , and I arrived at the female wards and the " nursery , " appropriated solely to women with infants . rowing ...
... tion . One poor aged and infirm Irishman , who really looked respectable , had a bowl of gruel given to him . Higher up still , and I arrived at the female wards and the " nursery , " appropriated solely to women with infants . rowing ...
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... tion chiefly that leads to the commission of juve- nile crime ? " The reply was , " I believe that , in the very great majority of cases , it does . " " Do you not believe that the direct predispos- ing cause to juvenile offences ...
... tion chiefly that leads to the commission of juve- nile crime ? " The reply was , " I believe that , in the very great majority of cases , it does . " " Do you not believe that the direct predispos- ing cause to juvenile offences ...
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... tion , and shows the force of that propelling power before which reason reels , and the voice of con- science is dumb . Truly does a popular Swedish authoress observe : " Man's heart is a wrestling- place for all contradictions , for ...
... tion , and shows the force of that propelling power before which reason reels , and the voice of con- science is dumb . Truly does a popular Swedish authoress observe : " Man's heart is a wrestling- place for all contradictions , for ...
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... tion - scarcely , indeed , of social duties . Hence they give unbridled licence to their children's wayward inclinations ; exercise no control over their actions ; but view them without concern growing daily more stubborn in their wills ...
... tion - scarcely , indeed , of social duties . Hence they give unbridled licence to their children's wayward inclinations ; exercise no control over their actions ; but view them without concern growing daily more stubborn in their wills ...
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Page 404 - O for the coming of that glorious time When, prizing knowledge as her noblest wealth And best protection, this Imperial Realm, While she exacts allegiance, shall admit An obligation, on her part, to teach Them who are born to serve her and obey ; Binding herself by Statute to secure For all the Children whom her soil maintains The rudiments of Letters, and inform The mind with moral and religious truth...
Page 108 - would it had been done ! Thou didst prevent me ; I had peopled else This isle with Calibans. Pro. Abhorred slave ! Which any print of goodness will not take, Being capable of all ill ! I pitied thee, Took pains to make thee speak, taught thee each hour One thing or other : when thou didst not, savage, Know thine own meaning, but would'st gabble like A thing most brutish, I endow'd thy purposes With words that made them known...
Page 364 - Good,' which I think was written by your father. It had been so little regarded by a former possessor, that several leaves of it were torn out ; but the remainder gave me such a turn of thinking, as to have an influence on my conduct through life ; for I have always set a greater value on the character of a doer of good than any other kind of reputation ; and if I have been, as you seem to think, a useful citizen, the public owes the advantage of it to that book.
Page 146 - O God ! that men should put an enemy in their mouths to steal away their brains ; that we should, with joy, pleasance, revel, and applause, transform ourselves into beasts.
Page 206 - Mark you this, Bassanio, The devil can cite Scripture for his purpose. An evil soul, producing holy witness, Is like a villain with a smiling cheek ; A goodly apple rotten at the heart : O, what a goodly outside falsehood hath ! Shy.
Page 32 - Remove far from me vanity and lies: give me neither poverty nor riches ; feed me with food convenient for me: lest I be full, and deny thee, and say, Who is the Lord? or lest I be poor, and steal, and take the name of my God in vain.
Page 109 - You taught me language; and my profit on't Is, I know how to curse : The red plague rid you, For learning me your language ! Pro.
Page 81 - ... unspeakable oppression to poor tenants (who, if they give not bread, or some kind of provision, to perhaps forty such villains in one day, are sure to be insulted by them), but they rob many poor people who live in houses distant from any neighbourhood. In years of plenty...
Page 257 - SPEECH, consisting of names or appellations, and their connexion; whereby men register their thoughts; recall them when they are past; and also declare them one to another for mutual utility and conversation; without which, there had been amongst men, neither commonwealth, nor society, nor contract, nor peace, no more than amongst lions, bears, and wolves.
Page 363 - When I was a boy I met with a book entitled "Essays to Do Good," which I think was written by your father.* It had been so little regarded by a former possessor that several leaves of it were torn out ; but the remainder gave me such a turn of thinking as to have an influence on my conduct through life, for I have always set a greater value on the character of a doer of good than...