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... circumstances of a most pain- ful character , over which neither we nor our fellows have any control . In such cases , all that we can do is to culti- vate submission to divine providence , and seek in heaven a better inheritance . But ...
... circumstances of a most pain- ful character , over which neither we nor our fellows have any control . In such cases , all that we can do is to culti- vate submission to divine providence , and seek in heaven a better inheritance . But ...
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... Circumstances seemed to govern them , and not they to govern circumstances . Any one without faith in God and providence would have declared that the fates were against them . In spite of their utmost efforts and , in some instances ...
... Circumstances seemed to govern them , and not they to govern circumstances . Any one without faith in God and providence would have declared that the fates were against them . In spite of their utmost efforts and , in some instances ...
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... circumstances , if they do all in their power to deserve success , and yet fail , they may lay themselves down in peace with a good conscience , so far as the right use of their business energy is concerned , and the living may write ...
... circumstances , if they do all in their power to deserve success , and yet fail , they may lay themselves down in peace with a good conscience , so far as the right use of their business energy is concerned , and the living may write ...
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... circumstances , and go down to death ' sore sick at heart . ' They will be deeply mortified at their own fickleness , despised by others , and heartily despised by themselves . It is mainly the will in active operation , or proper ...
... circumstances , and go down to death ' sore sick at heart . ' They will be deeply mortified at their own fickleness , despised by others , and heartily despised by themselves . It is mainly the will in active operation , or proper ...
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... circumstances or men can seldom if ever keep it down . All have to attend personally to mental culture , or pass through life in profound ignorance ; but for some the struggle is very great as compared with others . The rich have means ...
... circumstances or men can seldom if ever keep it down . All have to attend personally to mental culture , or pass through life in profound ignorance ; but for some the struggle is very great as compared with others . The rich have means ...
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Page 31 - In other words, education is the instruction of the intellect in the laws of Nature, under which name I include not merely things and their forces, but men and their ways ; and the fashioning of the affections and of the will into an earnest and loving desire to move in harmony with those laws.
Page 134 - And Jacob vowed a vow, saying, If God will be with me, and will keep me in this way that I go, and will give me bread to eat, and raiment to put on, 21 So that I come again to my father's house in peace; then shall the Lord be my God...
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Page 32 - For that indirect self-preservation which we call gaining a livelihood, the knowledge of greatest value is— Science. For the due discharge of parental functions, the proper guidance is to be found only in— Science. For that interpretation of national life, past and present, without which the citizen cannot rightly regulate his conduct, the indispensable key is— Science. Alike for the most perfect production and highest enjoyment of art in all its forms, the needful preparation is still— Science....
Page 53 - We then that are strong ought to bear the infirmities of the weak, and not to please ourselves. Let every one of us please his neighbour for his good to edification.
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Page 25 - ... a pursuit of our total perfection by means of getting to know, on all the matters which most concern us, the best which has been thought and said in the world...
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