Letters on the Elementary Principles of Education, Volume 1I. Peirce, 1813 |
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... habit of mental application . Of Nature , indeed , we have little reason to complain . She has sufficiently qualified us for that sphere in which she evidently intended we should move ; and that this sphere is neither undignified nor ...
... habit of mental application . Of Nature , indeed , we have little reason to complain . She has sufficiently qualified us for that sphere in which she evidently intended we should move ; and that this sphere is neither undignified nor ...
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... habit and example . Were the practice of the parent at war with his precepts ; did he indulge himself in eating of the forbidden food , while he gave grave lessons to his children on the duty of abstaining from it ; can we believe that ...
... habit and example . Were the practice of the parent at war with his precepts ; did he indulge himself in eating of the forbidden food , while he gave grave lessons to his children on the duty of abstaining from it ; can we believe that ...
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... habits , the prejudices , ( for they can scarcely be called opin- ions ) that are acquired in infancy ; and while I did so , I would submit my own prejudices , my own opinions , to the same test . " There are few indivi- duals ( says ...
... habits , the prejudices , ( for they can scarcely be called opin- ions ) that are acquired in infancy ; and while I did so , I would submit my own prejudices , my own opinions , to the same test . " There are few indivi- duals ( says ...
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... habits , which might have been prevented or remedied in his infancy or youth . Such a consciousness is the first step towards improvement ; and the person who feels it , if he is possessed of resolution and steadiness , will not scruple ...
... habits , which might have been prevented or remedied in his infancy or youth . Such a consciousness is the first step towards improvement ; and the person who feels it , if he is possessed of resolution and steadiness , will not scruple ...
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... habits that lead to its formation , we may not in some degree prevent the effects we deprecate . " I hate demotats ! " says a little boy , whose or- gans of speech cannot yet be formed to the word ; and “ I abhor aristocats , " says ...
... habits that lead to its formation , we may not in some degree prevent the effects we deprecate . " I hate demotats ! " says a little boy , whose or- gans of speech cannot yet be formed to the word ; and “ I abhor aristocats , " says ...
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Page 137 - For that which I do I allow not: for what I would, that do I not; but what I hate, that do I.
Page 9 - The understanding, like the eye, whilst it makes us see and perceive all other things, takes no notice of itself: And it requires art and pains to set it at a distance, and make it its own object.
Page 254 - ... the appellation of benevolence,) these actions have been performed in so free and so kind a manner, that, if I was dry, I drank the sweetest draught, and if hungry, I ate the coarse morsel with a double relish.
Page 15 - When I call to remembrance the unfeigned faith that is in thee, which dwelt first in thy grandmother Lois, and thy mother Eunice ; and I nm persuaded that in thee also.
Page 21 - Yet empty of all good, wherein consists Woman's domestic honour and chief praise ; Bred only and completed to the taste Of lustful appetence, to sing, to dance, To dress, and troll the tongue, and roll the eye...
Page 161 - Unargued I obey : so God ordains; God is thy law, thou mine: to know no more Is woman's happiest knowledge and her praise.
Page 253 - I never addressed myself in the language of decency and friendship to a woman, whether civilized or savage, without receiving a decent and friendly answer. With man it has often been otherwise. In wandering over the barren plains of inhospitable Denmark, through honest Sweden...
Page 181 - As the strength of the body lies chiefly in being able to endure hardships, so also does that of the mind. And the great principle and foundation of all virtue and worth is plac'd in this: that a man is able to deny himself his own desires, cross his own inclinations, and purely follow what reason directs as best, tho' the appetite lean the other way.
Page 248 - WHEN civil dudgeon first grew high, And men fell out they knew not why ; When hard words, jealousies, and fears, Set folks together by the ears...
Page 198 - When a rich man is fallen, he hath many helpers: he speaketh things not to be spoken, and yet men justify him : the poor man slipped, and yet they rebuked him too; he spake wisely, and could have no place.