Thoughts on Self-culture Addressed to WomenSimpkin, Marshall & Company, 1872 - 379 pagine |
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Pagina 33
... pleasures which are the most lasting , and the least alloyed , flow from these sources . The love of knowledge accompanies us to our latest hour , and opens to us , even in thorny and rugged paths , perpetual well - springs of enjoyment ...
... pleasures which are the most lasting , and the least alloyed , flow from these sources . The love of knowledge accompanies us to our latest hour , and opens to us , even in thorny and rugged paths , perpetual well - springs of enjoyment ...
Pagina 34
... pleasures and cheering strength amidst the evils that press around us . And these principles , if habitually cherished , strengthen as the powers of life decay , making us feel , as years wear on , that we are drawing nearer to the ...
... pleasures and cheering strength amidst the evils that press around us . And these principles , if habitually cherished , strengthen as the powers of life decay , making us feel , as years wear on , that we are drawing nearer to the ...
Pagina 42
... pleasure in embroidering frocks than in preparing herself for future teaching ? We refer this question to the conscience of those young mothers , who , day after day , profess sorrow at seeing books lie unopened on their table ; and ...
... pleasure in embroidering frocks than in preparing herself for future teaching ? We refer this question to the conscience of those young mothers , who , day after day , profess sorrow at seeing books lie unopened on their table ; and ...
Pagina 43
... pleasures and pursuits . They may indeed preclude her from attaining any pro- found knowledge , but not from that amount of study necessary to train the powers of reflection and judgment , and to enable her to reap all the benefit ...
... pleasures and pursuits . They may indeed preclude her from attaining any pro- found knowledge , but not from that amount of study necessary to train the powers of reflection and judgment , and to enable her to reap all the benefit ...
Pagina 45
... pleasure Moves the light fluids lightly , But no soul warmeth the inner frame . " 11 * All earnestness of character , all that makes life more than a passing show , this world more than the stage on which man plays such " fantastic ...
... pleasure Moves the light fluids lightly , But no soul warmeth the inner frame . " 11 * All earnestness of character , all that makes life more than a passing show , this world more than the stage on which man plays such " fantastic ...
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