The Student's Manual: Designed, by Specific Directions, to Aid in Forming and Strengthening the Intellectual and Moral Character and Habits of the StudentJ.H. Butler, 1835 - 392 páginas |
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... doubt whether your friend , now at your elbow , would ever give you credit for any thing higher than dullness . Doubtless multitudes are now in the process of education , who will never reach any tolerable stand- ard of excellence ...
... doubt whether your friend , now at your elbow , would ever give you credit for any thing higher than dullness . Doubtless multitudes are now in the process of education , who will never reach any tolerable stand- ard of excellence ...
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... doubt but the sailor who could take the helm in these circumstances , and hold the ship firmly on her course amid the storm , shunning rocks , and just shooting by smaller vessels , must have courage , presence of mind , and great ...
... doubt but the sailor who could take the helm in these circumstances , and hold the ship firmly on her course amid the storm , shunning rocks , and just shooting by smaller vessels , must have courage , presence of mind , and great ...
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... doubt not , of high enterprise . And yet he has never been heard of since . And why not ? Either his mind has not been culti- vated , or else his genius has been bent out of its prop- er channel . I will just add , that the poor boy was ...
... doubt not , of high enterprise . And yet he has never been heard of since . And why not ? Either his mind has not been culti- vated , or else his genius has been bent out of its prop- er channel . I will just add , that the poor boy was ...
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... doubt , for a moment , that he knew most accurate- ly what the nature of man is ? When such a mind pours out its strength upon the world , it does not make mistakes as to the principles of action . He might mistake in purchasing a horse ...
... doubt , for a moment , that he knew most accurate- ly what the nature of man is ? When such a mind pours out its strength upon the world , it does not make mistakes as to the principles of action . He might mistake in purchasing a horse ...
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... doubt no that many will smile at the idea , that the hard student understands mankind ; but you might as well smile at the philosopher , who , while he was managing the electricity in the thunder - cloud , could not tell what outward ...
... doubt no that many will smile at the idea , that the hard student understands mankind ; but you might as well smile at the philosopher , who , while he was managing the electricity in the thunder - cloud , could not tell what outward ...
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Página 327 - I mention this to show from what triflina; circumstances the mind \ '.- " will sometimes derive consolation ; for, though the whole plant was not larger than the top of one of my fingers, I could not contemplate the delicate conformation of its roots, leaves, and capsula, without admiration. Can that Being, thought I, who planted, watered, and brought to perfection, in this obscure part of the world, a thing which appears of so small importance, look with unconcern upon the situation and sufferings...
Página 332 - I have a short and plain answer: let him study the Holy Scripture, especially the New Testament; therein are contained the words of eternal life : it has God for its author, Salvation for its end, and Truth, without any mixture of error, for its matter...
Página 119 - Pater ipse colendi Haud facilem esse viam voluit, primusque per artem Movit agros curis acuens mortalia corda, Nee torpere gravi passus sua regna veterno.
Página 330 - Scriptures, contain, independently of a divine origin, more true sublimity, more exquisite beauty, purer morality, more important history, and finer strains both of poetry and eloquence, than could be collected, within the same compass, from all other books that were ever composed in any age or in any idiom.
Página 327 - I turned, nothing appeared but danger and difficulty. I saw myself in the midst of a vast wilderness in the depth of the rainy season, naked and alone, surrounded by savage animals, and men still more savage.
Página 278 - But we their sons, a pamper'd race of men, Are dwindled down to threescore years and ten. Better to hunt in fields for health unbought Than fee the doctor for a nauseous draught. The wise for cure on exercise depend : God never made His work for man to mend.
Página 77 - ... a custom loathsome to the eye, hateful to the nose, harmful to the brain, dangerous to the lungs, and in the black stinking fume thereof, nearest resembling the horrible Stygian smoke of the pit that is bottomless.
Página 77 - It is a custom loathsome to the eye, hateful to the nose, harmful to the brain, dangerous to the lungs, and in the black .... fume thereof, nearest resembling the horrible Stygian smoke of the pit that is bottomless.
Página 327 - The influence of religion, however, aided and supported me. I reflected that no human prudence or foresight could possibly have averted my present sufferings. I was indeed a stranger in a strange land, yet I was still under the protecting eye of that Providence who has condescended to call himself the Stranger's Friend.
Página 262 - Twas thine own genius gave the final blow, And helped to plant the wound that laid thee low : So the struck eagle, stretched upon the plain, No more through rolling clouds to soar again, Viewed his own feather on the fatal dart, And winged the shaft that quivered in his heart ; Keen were his pangs, but keener far to feel He nursed the pinion which impelled the steel ; While the same plumage that had warmed his nest Drank the last life-drop of his bleeding breast.