Thoughts on Self-culture Addressed to WomenSimpkin, Marshall & Company, 1872 - 379 pagine |
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... weak or corrupt , there must be some lurking evil under the polished surface , which should be carefully sought out and eradicated . When we compare the present with some former periods , whether illustrated by history or private ...
... weak or corrupt , there must be some lurking evil under the polished surface , which should be carefully sought out and eradicated . When we compare the present with some former periods , whether illustrated by history or private ...
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... weaker must necessarily submit : and though the consideration of the points in which this natural authority has been ... weak , insensible to the claims of justice , and unacquainted with the warm impulses of generous sentiment , when ...
... weaker must necessarily submit : and though the consideration of the points in which this natural authority has been ... weak , insensible to the claims of justice , and unacquainted with the warm impulses of generous sentiment , when ...
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... weak are true to them- selves , it is vain , in this world of mixed and selfish motives , to expect succour from the powerful and the free . Looking , then , to this side of the question alone , to seek out the causes that may have ...
... weak are true to them- selves , it is vain , in this world of mixed and selfish motives , to expect succour from the powerful and the free . Looking , then , to this side of the question alone , to seek out the causes that may have ...
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... weak characters and superficial minds are fit to become the guides and instructors of others ; while shewing at the same time how much frivolity may be mixed up with the most sacred objects . No doubt there are admirable exceptions ...
... weak characters and superficial minds are fit to become the guides and instructors of others ; while shewing at the same time how much frivolity may be mixed up with the most sacred objects . No doubt there are admirable exceptions ...
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... weak and the strong ; -but still it continues . The pomp and parade of modern education may try to conceal this its governing principle , but it betrays itself under every specious disguise . In language more or less refined , in ...
... weak and the strong ; -but still it continues . The pomp and parade of modern education may try to conceal this its governing principle , but it betrays itself under every specious disguise . In language more or less refined , in ...
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