Letters on the Elementary Principles of Education, Volumen 1S.H. Parker, 1825 |
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... society . Advantages of keeping this desire in sub- jection . Observations . LETTER XIII . - Page 202 . ASSOCIATIONS PRODUCTIVE OF SELFISHNESS AND AMBITION . Objections answered . Love of power . Love of glory ; of praise ; of dress ...
... society . Advantages of keeping this desire in sub- jection . Observations . LETTER XIII . - Page 202 . ASSOCIATIONS PRODUCTIVE OF SELFISHNESS AND AMBITION . Objections answered . Love of power . Love of glory ; of praise ; of dress ...
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... society which con- tains the greatest number of wise and virtuous individuals , is the happiest and most perfect , cannot admit of doubt ; and that the wisdom and virtue of individuals , will be in a great INTRODUCTION -Page.
... society which con- tains the greatest number of wise and virtuous individuals , is the happiest and most perfect , cannot admit of doubt ; and that the wisdom and virtue of individuals , will be in a great INTRODUCTION -Page.
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... society to be in a state of progressive improve- ment . From the number of writers upon the subject of Education that have lately appeared , and from the favourable reception which their various treatises and systems have met with from ...
... society to be in a state of progressive improve- ment . From the number of writers upon the subject of Education that have lately appeared , and from the favourable reception which their various treatises and systems have met with from ...
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... society , must be sensible , that if these do not receive a proper direction in early life , the ac- quisition of knowledge will never render a man " wise unto happiness or unto virtue , more than unto salvation . " If , upon taking ...
... society , must be sensible , that if these do not receive a proper direction in early life , the ac- quisition of knowledge will never render a man " wise unto happiness or unto virtue , more than unto salvation . " If , upon taking ...
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... society , Man must be inevitably exposed to danger , from the bite of noxious animals ; it does not , at first view , seem inconsistent with the order ; · of Providence , that he should be provided with 48 LETTERS ON EDUCATION . -Page ...
... society , Man must be inevitably exposed to danger , from the bite of noxious animals ; it does not , at first view , seem inconsistent with the order ; · of Providence , that he should be provided with 48 LETTERS ON EDUCATION . -Page ...
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Página 127 - For that which I do I allow not: for what I would, that do I not; but what I hate, that do I.
Página 170 - As the strength of the body lies chiefly in being able to endure hardships, so also does that of the mind. And the great principle and foundation of all virtue and worth is placed in this, that a man is able to deny himself his own desires, cross his own inclinations, and purely follow what reason directs as best, though the appetite lean the other way.
Página 237 - To a woman, whether civilized or savage, I never addressed myself in the language of decency and friendship, without receiving a decent and friendly answer. With man it has often been otherwise.
Página 237 - I have observed among all nations, that the women ornament themselves more than the men; that, wherever found, they are the same kind, civil, obliging, humane, tender beings; that they are ever inclined to be gay and cheerful, timorous and modest. They do not hesitate, like man, to perform a hospitable or generous action; not haughty, nor arrogant, nor supercilious, but full of courtesy and fond of society...
Página 237 - ... the appellation of benevolence, these actions have been performed in so free and so kind a manner, that if I was dry I drank the sweetest draught, and if hungry, I ate the coarsest morsel, with a double relish.
Página 27 - ... following : First, to cultivate all the various principles of our nature, both speculative and active, in such a manner as to bring them to the greatest perfection of which they are susceptible ; and, secondly, by watching over the impressions and associations which the mind receives in early life, to secure it against the influence of prevailing errors, and, as far as possible, to engage its prepossessions on the side of truth.
Página 234 - WHEN civil dudgeon first grew high, And men fell out they knew not why ; When hard words, jealousies, and fears, Set folks together by the ears...
Página 68 - Now therefore ye are no more strangers and foreigners, but fellowcitizens with the saints, and of the household of God ; and are built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner stone ; in whom all the building fitly framed together groweth unto an holy temple in the Lord : in whom ye also are builded together for an habitation of God through the Spirit.
Página 191 - But's happier than me : For I have known The luscious sweets of plenty; every night Have slept with soft content about my head, And never wak'd but to a joyful morning ; Yet now must fall like a full ear of corn, Whose blossom 'scap'd, yet's wither'd in the ripening.
Página 189 - But the subjects of the Byzantine empire, who assume and dishonour the names both of Greeks and Romans, present a dead uniformity of abject vices, which are neither softened by the weakness of humanity nor animated by the vigour of memorable crimes. The...