The Moral Instructor, and Guide to Virtue: Being a Compendium of Moral Philosophy, in Eight Parts ... : Designed for a National Manual of Moral Science, in American Seminaries of Education, and Private FamiliesKimber and Sharpless, 1824 - 300 páginas |
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... duties , in relation to our Creator , to our neighbour , and to ourselves . . 12 By wisdom , I mean that kind of sagacity , which in- fluences us to regulate our passions and conduct , in con- formity to the precepts of knowledge ...
... duties , in relation to our Creator , to our neighbour , and to ourselves . . 12 By wisdom , I mean that kind of sagacity , which in- fluences us to regulate our passions and conduct , in con- formity to the precepts of knowledge ...
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... duty to their country and its posterity ; and to mankind , by listening to the wise counsels of many illus- trious living sages , and pursue , without delay , the inestima- ble " parting advice " of George Washington , Benjamin Rush ...
... duty to their country and its posterity ; and to mankind , by listening to the wise counsels of many illus- trious living sages , and pursue , without delay , the inestima- ble " parting advice " of George Washington , Benjamin Rush ...
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... duties and their rights . " Barlow . 28 " And without going into the monitory history of the ancient world , in all its quarters , and at all its periods , that of the soil in which we live , and of its occupants , indigenous and ...
... duties and their rights . " Barlow . 28 " And without going into the monitory history of the ancient world , in all its quarters , and at all its periods , that of the soil in which we live , and of its occupants , indigenous and ...
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... duty , to omit cautioning you against excessive reading and study ; which are but little less pernicious to health , than other kinds of intemperance . 11 Never more than eight hours , daily , should be , habit- ually , devoted to study ...
... duty , to omit cautioning you against excessive reading and study ; which are but little less pernicious to health , than other kinds of intemperance . 11 Never more than eight hours , daily , should be , habit- ually , devoted to study ...
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... duties upon ardent spirits , " & c . 31 Another writer who has given a lively picture of the devastations of distilled liquors , says , " let men who wish well to their country , unite in petitions to government , to impose still ...
... duties upon ardent spirits , " & c . 31 Another writer who has given a lively picture of the devastations of distilled liquors , says , " let men who wish well to their country , unite in petitions to government , to impose still ...
Términos y frases comunes
actions anger Art of Virtue Athenians Athens Benjamin Lay blessings body brother called charity Cherecrates Confucius conscience desire distilled spirits drink duty effects employed endeavor Epistles of James Euthydemus evil exercise expense father folly fortune George Clymer give habits hand hath heart heaven honor injury instruction justice kind knowledge labor Lacedemon Lamprocles law of nature live luxury man's mankind manner means mind misery Moral Instructor nation neighbor ness never occasion old age ourselves pain parents passions peace pernicious persons Philocles philosophy pleasure Poor Richard says poverty precepts present preservation proper reason render respect rich SECTION sense servants shalt sloth society Socrates soul spirits suffer superfluities temperance thee Themistocles thine things thou thyself tion treaty of Greenville truth unto vice virtue virtuous wisdom wise Xenophon youth
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Página 46 - And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother's eye, but considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye ' Or how wilt thou (Say to thy brother, Let me pull out the mote out of thine eye : and, behold, a beam is in thine own eye? Thou hypocrite, first cast out the beam out of thine own eye; and then shalt thou see clearly to cast out the mote out of thy brother's eye.
Página 233 - Of all the dispositions and habits which lead to political prosperity, religion and morality are indispensable supports. In vain would that man claim the tribute of patriotism, who should labor to subvert these great pillars of human happiness, these firmest props of the duties of men and citizens.
Página 234 - I dare not hope they will make the strong and lasting impression I could wish; that they will control the usual current of the passions, or prevent our nation from running the course which has hitherto marked the destiny of nations; but if I may even flatter myself that they may be productive of some partial benefit, some occasional good; that they may now and then recur to moderate the fury of party spirit, to warn against the mischiefs of foreign intrigue, to guard against the impostures of pretended...
Página 46 - Moreover if thy brother shall trespass against thee, go and tell him his fault between thee and him alone ; if he shall hear thee, thou hast gained thy brother. But if he will not hear thee, then take with thee one or two more, that in the mouth of two or three witnesses every word may be established. 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 an heathen man and a publican.
Página 279 - For modes of faith let graceless zealots fight ; \ ' His can't be wrong whose life is in the right. In faith and hope the world will disagree, But all mankind's concern is charity : All must be false that thwart this one great end, And all of God that bless mankind or mend.
Página 41 - Go to the Ant, thou Sluggard, consider her ways, and be wise: which having no guide, overseer, or ruler, provideth her meat in the summer, and gathereth her food in the harvest.
Página 103 - For when the Gentiles, which have not the law, do by nature the things contained in the law, these, having not the law, are a law unto themselves ; which show the work of the law written in their hearts, their conscience also bearing witness, and their thoughts the mean while accusing or else excusing one another ;) in the day when God shall judge the secrets of men by Jesus Christ, according to my Gospel.
Página 51 - If a brother or sister be naked, and destitute of daily food, and one of you say unto them. Depart in peace, be ye warmed and filled ; notwithstanding ye give them not those tilings which are needful to the body ; what doth it profit ? Even so faith, if it hath not works, is dead, being alone.
Página 214 - How much more than is necessary do we spend in sleep, forgetting that The sleeping fox catches no poultry, and that There will be sleeping enough in the grave, as Poor Richard says.
Página 268 - Cease then, nor ORDER Imperfection name: Our proper bliss depends on what we blame. Know thy own point: This kind, this due degree Of blindness, weakness, Heav'n bestows on thee. Submit. — In this, or any other sphere, Secure to be as blest as thou canst bear: Safe in the hand of one disposing Pow'r, Or in the natal, or the mortal hour.