The Philanthropist: Or, Selfishness and Benevolence IllustratedWilliam Ball, 1836 - 389 pages |
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... become identified with our pride , and cling with parasitical tenacity about our understandings . It would have been happy for Henry if he had felt that the only security for right judgment was to be found in devout inquiry ; he would ...
... become identified with our pride , and cling with parasitical tenacity about our understandings . It would have been happy for Henry if he had felt that the only security for right judgment was to be found in devout inquiry ; he would ...
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... become half banished from the scenes of beauty she had raised around her . She sighed to think she had less enjoyment of it than strangers . " From their gratification she derived no pleasure ; therefore , when praises often repeated ...
... become half banished from the scenes of beauty she had raised around her . She sighed to think she had less enjoyment of it than strangers . " From their gratification she derived no pleasure ; therefore , when praises often repeated ...
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... become a tax laid on by selfishness , which friendship reluctantly pays . Accustom yourself to try every word and action by this test : will it infringe on the happiness of a single individual ? will it affect his interests ; or ...
... become a tax laid on by selfishness , which friendship reluctantly pays . Accustom yourself to try every word and action by this test : will it infringe on the happiness of a single individual ? will it affect his interests ; or ...
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... visitor , Professor N .; for now he is become so celebrated , it will be a credit to know him . " " That just shows , mamma , the truth of what I said D respecting short - sighted selfishness . A few years ago THE SELFISH FRIEND . 33.
... visitor , Professor N .; for now he is become so celebrated , it will be a credit to know him . " " That just shows , mamma , the truth of what I said D respecting short - sighted selfishness . A few years ago THE SELFISH FRIEND . 33.
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... to his own comfort for him to be able to afford to lose her ; but , whoever is very anxious for the life of a friend , yet cares little about making that life to indolence , and become a valuable assistant to him 44 SYSTEMATIC LIBERALITY .
... to his own comfort for him to be able to afford to lose her ; but , whoever is very anxious for the life of a friend , yet cares little about making that life to indolence , and become a valuable assistant to him 44 SYSTEMATIC LIBERALITY .
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Popular passages
Page 81 - Do unto others as ye would that they should do unto you " ? This was the doctrine of Lao-tsze.
Page 140 - Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord from henceforth: yea, saith the Spirit, for they rest from their labours, and their works do follow them.
Page 100 - Inasmuch as ye have not done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have not done it unto me...
Page 305 - Christian golden rule, of doing to others, as we would they should do to us, has been urged as an unanswerable argument against holding slaves.
Page 110 - He expressly lays down the golden rule, of doing to others as we would they should do unto us...
Page 150 - Hearken, my dearest brethren ; hath not. God chosen the poor of this world, rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which God hath promised to them that love him ? 6 But you have .dishonoured the poor man.
Page 123 - It is a regulator both of our animal and moral feelings, and, aided by intellect, it serves to point out the limits which they must not pass. It desires to do to others as we would have them to do to us...
Page iii - Soft peace she brings, wherever she arrives ; She builds our quiet, as she forms our lives ; Lays the rough paths of peevish nature even, And opens in each breast a little heaven.
Page 275 - When it becomes the universal rule, ' Do unto others as ye would others should do unto you' all laws will be benevolent, and all subjects obedient.