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For the active recreations of childhood and youth are necessary to the growth, the
vigor, and the right conformation of the body. And we can not excuse ourselves,
on the present occasion, from suggesting to you, who are the guardians of the ...
For the active recreations of childhood and youth are necessary to the growth, the
vigor, and the right conformation of the body. And we can not excuse ourselves,
on the present occasion, from suggesting to you, who are the guardians of the ...
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Youth should be the season , ' said my Father , in a letter , ' of hope and joy ; - not
of gloomy anticipations . ' — May 1837 . Gay hope is theirs by fancy led , less
pleasing when possess ' d ; the tear forgot as soon as shed , the sunshine of the ...
Youth should be the season , ' said my Father , in a letter , ' of hope and joy ; - not
of gloomy anticipations . ' — May 1837 . Gay hope is theirs by fancy led , less
pleasing when possess ' d ; the tear forgot as soon as shed , the sunshine of the ...
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118 . He stands at his ' Culminating point : ' he is in Mid - life , — with now and
then a bright day . His friends begin to drop around him : - ' The friends of my
youth , where are they ? ' There is one left , – one nearer and dearer still . But she
, too ...
118 . He stands at his ' Culminating point : ' he is in Mid - life , — with now and
then a bright day . His friends begin to drop around him : - ' The friends of my
youth , where are they ? ' There is one left , – one nearer and dearer still . But she
, too ...
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For the active recreations of childhood and youth are necessary to the growth ,
the vigor , and the right conformation of the body . And we can not excuse
ourselves , on the present occasion , from suggesting to you , who are the
guardians of ...
For the active recreations of childhood and youth are necessary to the growth ,
the vigor , and the right conformation of the body . And we can not excuse
ourselves , on the present occasion , from suggesting to you , who are the
guardians of ...
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It is told that in the art of education he performed wonders ; and a formidable list
is given of the Authors , Greek and Latin , that were read in Aldersgate Street , by
youths between 10 and 15 or 16 years of age . Those who tell or receive these ...
It is told that in the art of education he performed wonders ; and a formidable list
is given of the Authors , Greek and Latin , that were read in Aldersgate Street , by
youths between 10 and 15 or 16 years of age . Those who tell or receive these ...
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Page 169 - All things are full of labour ; man cannot utter it : the eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing.
Page 133 - And he gave it for his opinion, that whoever could make two ears of corn, or two blades of grass to grow upon a spot of ground where only one grew before, would deserve better of mankind, and do more essential service to his country than the whole race of politicians put together.
Page 96 - Give thy thoughts no tongue, Nor any unproportion'd thought his act. Be thou familiar, but by no means vulgar. The friends thou hast, and their adoption tried, Grapple them to thy soul with hooks of steel; But do not dull thy palm with entertainment Of each new-hatch'd, unfledg'd, comrade.
Page 97 - Neither a borrower nor a lender be ; For loan oft loses both itself and friend, And borrowing dulls the edge of husbandry. This above all : to thine own self be true, And it must follow, as the night the day, Thou canst not then be false to any man.
Page 97 - Beware Of entrance to a quarrel; but, being in, Bear it, that the opposer may beware of thee. Give every man thine ear, but few thy voice: Take each man's censure, but reserve thy judgment.
Page 105 - A MAN'S first care should be to avoid the reproaches of his own heart ; his next, to escape the censures of the world. If the last interferes with the former, it ought to be entirely neglected ; but otherwise there cannot be a greater satisfaction to an honest mind, than to see those approbations which it gives itself seconded by the applauses of the public.
Page 192 - The chamber where the good man meets his fate, Is privileg'd beyond the common walk Of virtuous life, quite in the verge of heaven.