Thoughts on Self-culture Addressed to WomenSimpkin, Marshall & Company, 1872 - 379 pagine |
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Pagina iv
... attain when honestly sought , 187. - Self - correction impossible without it ; causes of self - delusions , 188. - Self - examination must be habitual , 189. - Method of self - examination , 189. - Errors to be avoided , 190 . Sect . 2 ...
... attain when honestly sought , 187. - Self - correction impossible without it ; causes of self - delusions , 188. - Self - examination must be habitual , 189. - Method of self - examination , 189. - Errors to be avoided , 190 . Sect . 2 ...
Pagina 16
... attaining the object . But nothing can justify that morbid impatience on the subject , by which too many parents make their daughters ' home wretched , reflecting on them the disgrace of their mortified hopes or ambition . Still less ...
... attaining the object . But nothing can justify that morbid impatience on the subject , by which too many parents make their daughters ' home wretched , reflecting on them the disgrace of their mortified hopes or ambition . Still less ...
Pagina 27
... 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 28
... attaining eminence in any special depart- ment 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 ...
... attaining eminence in any special depart- ment 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 ...
Pagina 34
... attain that happiness , we must , at least , prepare for it , by the cultiva- tion of those principles of our nature on which our capacity 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 cultiva- tion of those principles of our nature on which our capacity for enjoying it depends . To the mind where they are absent , or in which they are inferior to ...
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