Thoughts on Self-culture Addressed to WomenSimpkin, Marshall & Company, 1872 - 379 pagine |
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... active and his feelings most ardent . For good or for evil , the power thus exerted must be immense , corrupting and enervating , or refining and ennobling men ; train- ing in a new generation the worthless and selfish qualities , or ...
... active and his feelings most ardent . For good or for evil , the power thus exerted must be immense , corrupting and enervating , or refining and ennobling men ; train- ing in a new generation the worthless and selfish qualities , or ...
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... active . But this fact , so often commented on by the satirist , only proves the general truth , that influence exercised without the restraint of moral principle , is dangerous in proportion to its power ; and it should likewise be ...
... active . But this fact , so often commented on by the satirist , only proves the general truth , that influence exercised without the restraint of moral principle , is dangerous in proportion to its power ; and it should likewise be ...
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... active life , or the stirring aims of public ambition ; if , then , they would rise to a less contracted sphere of existence , it must be by the expansion of their own minds , and the better cultivation of their own powers . When they ...
... active life , or the stirring aims of public ambition ; if , then , they would rise to a less contracted sphere of existence , it must be by the expansion of their own minds , and the better cultivation of their own powers . When they ...
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... active , firm , and healthy , to be really beautiful . It is not in puling weakness , ever depending on the assistance and sympathy of others , that we find the most tenderness , or that unselfish devotion which is the most beautiful ...
... active , firm , and healthy , to be really beautiful . It is not in puling weakness , ever depending on the assistance and sympathy of others , that we find the most tenderness , or that unselfish devotion which is the most beautiful ...
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... active life leave him no time to acquire that influence over them which naturally flows from a mother's hourly presence and care , unless she herself destroys it . The benefit of a father's virtues and example is felt only at a later ...
... active life leave him no time to acquire that influence over them which naturally flows from a mother's hourly presence and care , unless she herself destroys it . The benefit of a father's virtues and example is felt only at a later ...
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