The Young Man's Own BookKey & Biddle, 1833 - 320 páginas |
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... mankind . III . Public or private lectures are such verbal instructions as are given by a teacher while the learners attend in silence . This is the way of learning religion from the pulpit ; or of philosophy or theology from the ...
... mankind . III . Public or private lectures are such verbal instructions as are given by a teacher while the learners attend in silence . This is the way of learning religion from the pulpit ; or of philosophy or theology from the ...
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... our own solitary meditations , together with the few observations that the most part of mankind are capable of making , are not sufficient , of them- selves , to lead us into the attainment of any MEANS OF ACQUIRING INFORMATION . 15.
... our own solitary meditations , together with the few observations that the most part of mankind are capable of making , are not sufficient , of them- selves , to lead us into the attainment of any MEANS OF ACQUIRING INFORMATION . 15.
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... mankind ; whereas by observation we learn all from our- selves , and only what comes within our own di- rect cognizance ; by conversation we can only en- joy the assistance of a very few persons , viz . those who are near us , and live ...
... mankind ; whereas by observation we learn all from our- selves , and only what comes within our own di- rect cognizance ; by conversation we can only en- joy the assistance of a very few persons , viz . those who are near us , and live ...
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... mankind , when or wheresoever they lived : for though many books have been written by weak and injudicious persons , yet the most of those books which have obtained great reputation in the world are the products of great and wise men in ...
... mankind , when or wheresoever they lived : for though many books have been written by weak and injudicious persons , yet the most of those books which have obtained great reputation in the world are the products of great and wise men in ...
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... mankind . A man of vast reading without conversation is like a miser , who lives only to himself . 5. In free and friendly conversation , our intel- lectual powers are more animated , and our faculties act with a superior vigor in the ...
... mankind . A man of vast reading without conversation is like a miser , who lives only to himself . 5. In free and friendly conversation , our intel- lectual powers are more animated , and our faculties act with a superior vigor in the ...
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Página 278 - And if he shall neglect to hear them, tell it unto the Church : but if he neglect to hear the Church, let him be unto thee as a heathen man and a Publican.
Página 312 - I say unto you, Swear not at all : neither by heaven ; for it is God's throne : nor by the earth ; for it is his footstool...
Página 278 - Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but rather give place unto wrath : for it is written, Vengeance is mine ; I will repay, saith the Lord. Therefore, if thine enemy hunger, feed him ; if he thirst, give him drink : for in so doing thou shalt heap coals of fire on his head. Be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with good.
Página 277 - And his lord was wroth, and delivered him to the tormentors, till he should pay all that was due unto him. "So likewise shall my heavenly Father do also unto you, if ye from your hearts forgive not every one his brother their trespasses.
Página 279 - But now I have' written unto you not to keep company, if any man that is called a brother be a fornicator, or covetous, or an idolater, or a railer, or a drunkard, or an extortioner; with such an one no not to eat.
Página 277 - Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, longsuffering ; forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if any man have a quarrel against any : even as Christ forgave you, so also do ye.
Página 314 - Whilst the infidel mocks at the superstitions of the vulgar, insults over their credulous fears, their childish errors, or fantastic rites, it does not occur to him to observe, that the most preposterous device by which the weakest devotee ever believed he was securing the happiness of a future life, is more rational than unconcern about it. Upon this subject, nothing is so absurd as indifference ; — no folly so contemptible, as thoughtlessness and levity.
Página 286 - Temures promised the garrison of Sebastia, that, if they would surrender, no blood should be shed. The garrison surrendered ; and Temures buried them all alive. Now Temures fulfilled the promise in one sense, and in the sense too in which he intended it at the time; but not in the sense in which the garrison of Sebastia actually received it, nor in the sense in which Temures himself knew that the garrison received it : which last sense, according to our rale, was the, sense in which he was in conscience...
Página 262 - All that can be said is, that there remains a presumption in favour of those conditions of life, in which men generally appear most cheerful and contented. For though the apparent happiness of mankind be not always a true measure of their real happiness, it is the best measure we have.
Página 257 - These pleasures, by repetition, lose their relish. It is a property of the machine, for which we know no remedy, that the organs by which we perceive pleasure are blunted and benumbed by being frequently exercised in the same way. There is hardly any one who has not found the difference between a gratification, when new, and when familiar; or any pleasure which does not become indifferent as it grows habitual.