Thoughts on Self-culture, Addressed to WomenWm. Crosby and H. P. Nichols, 1851 - 464 pagine |
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Pagina xii
... attain when honestly sought . Self - correction impos- sible without it ; causes of self - delusions . Self - examination must be habitual . - Method of self - examination . — Errors to be avoided . Sect . 2 . - principles . - Self ...
... attain when honestly sought . Self - correction impos- sible without it ; causes of self - delusions . Self - examination must be habitual . - Method of self - examination . — Errors to be avoided . Sect . 2 . - principles . - Self ...
Pagina 20
... attaining the object . But noth- ing can justify that morbid impatience on the subject , by which too many parents make their daughters ' home wretched , reflect- ing on them the disgrace of their mortified hopes or ambition . Still ...
... attaining the object . But noth- ing can justify that morbid impatience on the subject , by which too many parents make their daughters ' home wretched , reflect- ing on them the disgrace of their mortified hopes or ambition . Still ...
Pagina 33
... attain ; on the degree of their usefulness to others in the sphere in which they are placed . In the extreme uncertainty of woman's fate , over which she has no control , it may appear difficult to some to determine how they can prepare ...
... attain ; on the degree of their usefulness to others in the sphere in which they are placed . In the extreme uncertainty of woman's fate , over which she has no control , it may appear difficult to some to determine how they can prepare ...
Pagina 34
... attaining eminence in any special department of learning , is at least best fitted to give that tone to the whole mind which adds the weight of intellect to moral influence , and sheds the beauty of virtue and feeling over the exercise ...
... attaining eminence in any special department of learning , is at least best fitted to give that tone to the whole mind which adds the weight of intellect to moral influence , and sheds the beauty of virtue and feeling over the exercise ...
Pagina 41
... attain that happiness , we must , at least , prepare for it , by the cultivation of those principles of our nature on which our ca- pacity for enjoying it depends . To the mind where they are absent , or in which they are inferior to ...
... attain that happiness , we must , at least , prepare for it , by the cultivation of those principles of our nature on which our ca- pacity for enjoying it depends . To the mind where they are absent , or in which they are inferior to ...
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Pagina 367 - ... as if there were sought in knowledge a couch, whereupon to rest a searching and restless spirit; or a terrace, for a wandering and variable mind to walk up and down with a fair prospect; or a tower of state, for a proud mind to raise itself upon; or a fort or commanding ground, for strife and contention; or a shop, for profit or sale; and not a rich storehouse, for the glory of the Creator and the relief of man's estate.
Pagina 112 - ... the inquiry of truth, which is the love-making, or wooing of it; the knowledge of truth, which is the presence of it; and the belief of truth, which is the enjoying of it; is the sovereign good of human nature.
Pagina 420 - Who art thou that judgest another man's servant? to his own master he standeth or falleth. Yea, he shall be holden up: for God is able to make him stand.
Pagina 109 - On which ground, too, let him who gropes painfully in darkness or uncertain light, and prays vehemently that the dawn may ripen into day, lay this other precept well to heart, which to me was of inValuable service: "Do the Duty which lies nearest thee," which thou knowest to be a Duty ! Thy second Duty will already have become clearer.
Pagina 367 - But the greatest error of all the rest is the mistaking or misplacing of the last or furthest end of knowledge. For men have entered into a desire of learning and knowledge, sometimes upon a natural curiosity and inquisitive appetite; sometimes to entertain their minds with variety and delight; sometimes for ornament and reputation ; and sometimes to enable them to victory of wit and contradiction ; and mort times for lucre and profession...
Pagina 204 - Is fall'n into the sear, the yellow leaf ; And that which should accompany old age, As honour, love, obedience, troops of friends, I must not look to have ; but, in their stead, Curses, not loud but deep, mouth-honour, breath, Which the poor heart would fain deny, and dare not.
Pagina 397 - And therefore it was ever thought to have some participation of divineness, because it doth raise and erect the mind, by submitting the shows of things to the desires of the mind; whereas reason doth buckle and bow the mind unto the nature of things.
Pagina 394 - Where the bright Seraphim in burning row Their loud uplifted angel-trumpets blow. And the Cherubic host in thousand quires Touch their immortal harps of golden wires. With those just spirits that wear victorious palms. Hymns devout and holy psalms Singing everlastingly: That we on earth with undiscording voice May rightly answer that melodious noise; As once we did.
Pagina 420 - Let not then your good be evil spoken of: for the kingdom of God is not meat and drink; but righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost. For he that in these things serveth Christ is acceptable to God, and approved of men.
Pagina 318 - ... far it is ours; without that, it is but so much loose matter floating in our brain. The memory may be stored, but the judgment is little better, and the stock of knowledge not increased, by being able to repeat what others have said, or produce the arguments we have found in them.