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 . avoided . Sect . 2. - Self - control . principles ...
... attain when honestly sought . Self - correction impos- sible without it ; causes of self - delusions . Self - examination must be habitual . - Method of self - examination . avoided . Sect . 2. - Self - control . principles ...
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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