Letters on the Elementary Principles of Education, Volume 1I. Peirce, 1813 |
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... the heart , which does not extend that interest to the happiness of the succeeding generation ! Inspired by this sentiment , the writer of the following pages has taken up the pen , not to criticise the systems of others , nor to viii.
... the heart , which does not extend that interest to the happiness of the succeeding generation ! Inspired by this sentiment , the writer of the following pages has taken up the pen , not to criticise the systems of others , nor to viii.
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... sentiment , than to causes merely physical , is rendered obvious by the similar operation of similar causes , on a people , whose cha- racter and manners are in other respects very wide- ly different . That contempt of pain and death ...
... sentiment , than to causes merely physical , is rendered obvious by the similar operation of similar causes , on a people , whose cha- racter and manners are in other respects very wide- ly different . That contempt of pain and death ...
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... sentiments I may oc- casionally quote . I make it a principle never to de- spise truth , even when it is spoken by an enemy ; nor shall I ever be led to reject it , because the per- son by whom it is advanced , has in some points ...
... sentiments I may oc- casionally quote . I make it a principle never to de- spise truth , even when it is spoken by an enemy ; nor shall I ever be led to reject it , because the per- son by whom it is advanced , has in some points ...
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... sentiments or feelings there are any that will not stand the test I have mention- ed , though we may not immediately be ... sentiment , or feelings occasioned by the spirit of God , which is not friendly to man , improving to his nature ...
... sentiments or feelings there are any that will not stand the test I have mention- ed , though we may not immediately be ... sentiment , or feelings occasioned by the spirit of God , which is not friendly to man , improving to his nature ...
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... sentiment ought to take the lead ; and were these Letters in- tended for your exclusive perusal , I should proceed without hesitation or apology . But at a time when infidelity and enthusiasm so much abound ; when all who are not ...
... sentiment ought to take the lead ; and were these Letters in- tended for your exclusive perusal , I should proceed without hesitation or apology . But at a time when infidelity and enthusiasm so much abound ; when all who are not ...
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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.