The Philanthropist: Or, Selfishness and Benevolence IllustratedWilliam Ball, 1836 - 389 pages |
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... interest 228 CHAPTER XXII . Kindred minds . - Intolerance of taste 234 CHAPTER XXIII . Philanthropy the true nobility 245 CHAPTER XXIV . A fatal accident . - The culture of the heart ... 249 CHAPTER XXV . The triumph of philanthropy ...
... interest 228 CHAPTER XXII . Kindred minds . - Intolerance of taste 234 CHAPTER XXIII . Philanthropy the true nobility 245 CHAPTER XXIV . A fatal accident . - The culture of the heart ... 249 CHAPTER XXV . The triumph of philanthropy ...
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... interest in the family . About three years before this period , in one of Mr. D'Arcy's accustomed visits to the County Gaol , the turnkey , who was a very humane man , expressed great pleasure at his coming that day ; for , " Sir ...
... interest in the family . About three years before this period , in one of Mr. D'Arcy's accustomed visits to the County Gaol , the turnkey , who was a very humane man , expressed great pleasure at his coming that day ; for , " Sir ...
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... interests , but watched with paternal anxiety over his morals , and , with all the affectionate earnestness of true Christian benevolence , urged him to examine his conduct and principles by the Divine standard of cha- racter - the ...
... interests , but watched with paternal anxiety over his morals , and , with all the affectionate earnestness of true Christian benevolence , urged him to examine his conduct and principles by the Divine standard of cha- racter - the ...
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... interest , and from whose gratitude there is no advantage to be gained . " 66 about a good table , and Speaking of attention to the comfort of inferiors , " said Frederick , " reminds me of the droll answer the gardener's son gave me to ...
... interest , and from whose gratitude there is no advantage to be gained . " 66 about a good table , and Speaking of attention to the comfort of inferiors , " said Frederick , " reminds me of the droll answer the gardener's son gave me to ...
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... interest into the tastes of her benefactress , for she knew how much the comfort of life is promoted by sympathy with the innocent pleasures of those with whom we live . Her benevolence was the result of genuine piety , and therefore it ...
... interest into the tastes of her benefactress , for she knew how much the comfort of life is promoted by sympathy with the innocent pleasures of those with whom we live . Her benevolence was the result of genuine piety , and therefore it ...
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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.