Memoir of Edmund Dwight1857 - 22 pages |
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... mind of a young man , who , at the same time , was grateful for the notice which was taken of him and for many marks of personal kindness . Mr. Dwight was too resolutely self - reliant in his turn of mind to follow implicitly , and ...
... mind of a young man , who , at the same time , was grateful for the notice which was taken of him and for many marks of personal kindness . Mr. Dwight was too resolutely self - reliant in his turn of mind to follow implicitly , and ...
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... mind was cultivated by study , travel , and acquaintance with the world , he had not the distinctive tastes of a scholar , and was entirely free from the love of display which draws so many young men into the liberal professions . His ...
... mind was cultivated by study , travel , and acquaintance with the world , he had not the distinctive tastes of a scholar , and was entirely free from the love of display which draws so many young men into the liberal professions . His ...
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... mind was fertile in schemes and resources , though it was somewhat impatient of details , which he willingly intrusted to others . He be- longed to the second class of persons characterized by Lord Bacon , when he says that " expert men ...
... mind was fertile in schemes and resources , though it was somewhat impatient of details , which he willingly intrusted to others . He be- longed to the second class of persons characterized by Lord Bacon , when he says that " expert men ...
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... mind and the generosity of his feelings . He spoke of it to me as a noble project , and as one in which he was deeply interested , though , at that period of his life , he could expect to see it carried but a very little way toward ...
... mind and the generosity of his feelings . He spoke of it to me as a noble project , and as one in which he was deeply interested , though , at that period of his life , he could expect to see it carried but a very little way toward ...
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... mind , extant or to be extant , in our beloved commonwealth ; and in this respect , it certainly stands out almost , if not absolutely alone , both in the amount of the donation , and in the elevation of the motive that prompted it ...
... mind , extant or to be extant , in our beloved commonwealth ; and in this respect , it certainly stands out almost , if not absolutely alone , both in the amount of the donation , and in the elevation of the motive that prompted it ...
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Page 11 - Man is his own star; and the soul that can Render an honest and a perfect man, Commands all light, all influence, all fate; Nothing to him falls early or too late. Our acts our angels are, or good or ill, Our fatal shadows that walk by us still.
Page 1 - And this I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more in knowledge and in all judgment; that ye may approve things that are excellent; that ye may be sincere and without offence till the day of Christ; being filled with the fruits of righteousness, which are by Jesus Christ, unto the glory and praise of God.
Page 36 - For here my friends and kindred dwell; And since my glorious God Makes thee his blest abode, My soul shall ever love thee well.
Page 11 - The place of fame and elegy supply : And many a holy text around she strews That teach the rustic moralist to die. For who, to dumb forgetfulness a prey, This pleasing anxious being e'er...
Page 29 - As ye have therefore received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk ye in him: rooted and built up in him, and stablished in the faith, as ye have been taught, abounding therein with thanksgiving.
Page 5 - I would not outlive that very thought ; I have so abject a conceit of this common way of existence, this retaining to the sun and elements, I cannot think this is to be a man, or to live according to the dignity of humanity : in expectation of a better, I can with patience embrace this life, yet in my best meditations do often defy death...
Page 40 - But none of these things move me, neither count I my life dear unto myself, so that I might finish my course with joy, and the ministry, which I have received of the Lord Jesus, to testify the gospel of the grace of God.
Page 20 - remember, I know in whom I have believed, and that He holds the winds in his fist, and the waters in the hollow of his hand.
Page 22 - When thou passest through the waters, I will be with thee ; And through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee, When thou walkest through the fire Thou shalt not be burned, Neither shall the flame kindle upon thee. For I am the Lord thy God, The Holy One of Israel, thy Saviour...
Page 20 - For when the morn came, dim and sad, And chill with early showers, Her quiet eyelids closed — she had Another morn than ours.