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... person to grow up without a love of nature , and a love of books , is a greater calamity than to be born minus one of the senses ; for then , the others are sure to be roused to increased ac- tivity . One reason why the boundary of a ...
... person to grow up without a love of nature , and a love of books , is a greater calamity than to be born minus one of the senses ; for then , the others are sure to be roused to increased ac- tivity . One reason why the boundary of a ...
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... person , he may congratulate himself . Order is Heaven's first law ; and the second , regular rou- tine , is like unto it . If the earth and the moon were to loiter in their course , and accomplish their revolutions at uncertain times ...
... person , he may congratulate himself . Order is Heaven's first law ; and the second , regular rou- tine , is like unto it . If the earth and the moon were to loiter in their course , and accomplish their revolutions at uncertain times ...
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... persons are naturally kindhearted , who have not been made , by education , thoughtful and considerate of others . They would do a great deal more for their fellow - beings , especially in little ways , if it only occurred to them to ...
... persons are naturally kindhearted , who have not been made , by education , thoughtful and considerate of others . They would do a great deal more for their fellow - beings , especially in little ways , if it only occurred to them to ...
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... person rescued by her , perhaps years before , from misery and destruction . There are , in her house , several little clocks , my inquiries about which elicited the following story : Mrs. saw one day , at the Tombs , a poor woman who ...
... person rescued by her , perhaps years before , from misery and destruction . There are , in her house , several little clocks , my inquiries about which elicited the following story : Mrs. saw one day , at the Tombs , a poor woman who ...
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... person would accept the fullest , richest purse , accompanied with such meanness of heart , and leanness of soul ? What impoverishment of all that makes existence worth having , does a dis- position so niggardly imply ? Listen , O ye ...
... person would accept the fullest , richest purse , accompanied with such meanness of heart , and leanness of soul ? What impoverishment of all that makes existence worth having , does a dis- position so niggardly imply ? Listen , O ye ...
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Page 165 - He bowed the heavens also, and came down : and darkness was under his feet. And he rode upon a cherub, and did fly : yea, he did fly upon the wings of the wind.
Page 64 - But trailing clouds of glory do we come From God who is our home: Heaven lies about us in our infancy! Shades of the prison-house begin to close Upon the growing boy ; But he beholds the light, and whence it flows, He sees it in his joy ! The youth who daily further from the east Must travel, still is nature's priest, And by the vision splendid Is on his way attended ; At length the man perceives it die away, And fade into the light of common day.
Page 165 - At the brightness that was before him his thick clouds passed ; hail-stones and coals of fire. The Lord also thundered in the heavens, and the Highest gave his voice ; hail-stones and coals of fire. Yea, he sent out his arrows, and scattered them ; and he shot out lightnings, and discomfited them.
Page 109 - Such is the common process of marriage. A youth and maiden meeting by chance, or brought together by artifice, exchange glances, reciprocate civilities, go home and dream of one another. Having little to divert attention, or diversify thought, they find themselves uneasy when they are apart, and therefore conclude that they shall be happy together. They marry, and discover what nothing but voluntary blindness before had concealed : they wear out life in altercations, and charge nature with cruelty.
Page 153 - Lord, who shall abide in Thy tabernacle? Who shall dwell in Thy holy hill? He that walketh uprightly, and worketh righteousness, And speaketh the truth in his heart.
Page 165 - He made darkness his secret place ; his pavilion round about him were dark waters and thick clouds of the skies. 12 At the brightness that was before him his thick clouds passed, hail-stones and coals of fire.
Page 40 - God, who makes the sun to know His proper hour to rise, And to give light to all below, Doth send him round the skies.
Page 36 - I say unto you, inasmuch as ye have done it unto the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me.
Page 125 - when a female is likely to become a mother, she ought to be doubly careful of her temper ; and, in particular, to indulge no ideas that are not cheerful, and no sentiments that are not kind.
Page 165 - Then the channels of waters were seen, and the foundations of the world were discovered at thy rebuke, O LORD, at the blast of the breath of thy nostrils.