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On Liberty - Page 35
by John Stuart Mill - 1878 - 68 pages
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On Liberty

John Stuart Mill - Political Science - 1859 - 216 pages
...desires and impulses are his own — are the expression of his own nature, as it has been deve„ loped and modified by his own culture — is said to have...character^ One whose desires and impulses are not his ownTnas no character, no more than a steam-engine has a character. If, in addition to being his own,...
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Sermons, Volume 2

Octavius Brooks Frothingham - Sermons - 1874 - 666 pages
...this discussion. According to Stuart Mill, " A person whose desires and impulses are his own — are the expression of his own nature, as it has been developed...the government of a strong will, he has an energetic diameter." It is often said of a strongly individual person that he or she is " a character" — that...
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The Eagle: A Magazine, Volumes 7-8

1871 - 812 pages
...useful member of society. "A person," says Mr. Mill, "whose desires and impulses are his own — are the expression of his own nature as it has been developed...One whose desires and impulses are not his own, has not a character, no more than a steam-engine has a character." " Individuality," says Vinet in his...
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Principles of Rhetoric ...

Adams Sherman Hill - 1878 - 336 pages
...others do it, no more than by believing Double a thing only because others believe it." 6 negatives. " One whose desires and impulses are not his own has...character, no more than a steam-engine has a character." 8 1 Query as to the position of either; see p. 136. 2 Bulwer (Lytton): Pelham, chap. xxv. 8 Marsh:...
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The Principles of Rhetoric and Their Application

Adams Sherman Hill - English language - 1878 - 314 pages
...others do it, no more than by believing Double a thing only because others believe it." 5 negatives. " One whose desires and impulses are not his own has no character, no more than a steam-engine has a character.''5 1 Query as to the position of either; see p. 130. 2 Buhver (Lytton): Pelham, chap. xxv....
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The Principles of Rhetoric and Their Application

Adams Sherman Hill - English language - 1891 - 326 pages
...Double a thing only because others believe it." 5 negatives. " One whose desires and impulses are not Ms own has no character, no more than a steam-engine has a character." 6 1 Query as to the position of either; see p. 136. 2 Bulwer (Lytton): Pelham, chap. xxv. 8 Marsh :...
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On Liberty: The Subjection of Women

John Stuart Mill - Liberty - 1895 - 404 pages
...made, because it knows not how to make them. A person whose desires and impulses are his own — are the expression of his own nature, as it has been developed...has a character. If, in addition to being his own, hia impulses are strong, and are under the government of a strong will, he has an energetic character....
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The International Library of Famous Literature: Selections from ..., Volume 16

Andrew Lang, Donald Grant Mitchell - Literature - 1898 - 560 pages
...made, because it knows not how to make them. A person whose desires and impulses are his own — are the expression of his own nature, as it has been developed...impulses are not his own has no character, no more than a steam engine has a character. If, in addition to being his own, his impulses are strong, and are under...
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The Universal Anthology: A Collection of the Best Literature ..., Volume 26

Richard Garnett, Leon Vallée, Alois Brandl - Anthologies - 1899 - 452 pages
...made, because it knows not how to make them. A person whose desires and impulses are his own — are the expression of his own nature, as it has been developed...impulses are not his own has no character, no more than a steam engine has a character. If, in addition to being his own, his impulses are strong, and are under...
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How to Study and Teaching how to Study

Frank Morton McMurry - Study skill - 1909 - 340 pages
...Character itself is deeply involved. As Mill says: "A person whose desires and impulses are his own — are the expression of his own nature, as it has been developed...and modified by his own culture — is said to have character. One whose desires and impulses are not his own, has no character, no more than a steam engine...
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