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T'he moral good , which results from the acquisition of knowledge , is chiefly this ,
—that by multiplying the mental resources , it has a tendency to exalt the
character , —and , in some measure , to correct and subdue the taste for gross ...
T'he moral good , which results from the acquisition of knowledge , is chiefly this ,
—that by multiplying the mental resources , it has a tendency to exalt the
character , —and , in some measure , to correct and subdue the taste for gross ...
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The nature of this occasion prescribes a much simpler character to the remarks I
shall submit to your indulgence . It will be my sole object to establish , by a few
obvious illustrations , the vast importance of the Mechanic Arts . In pursuing this ...
The nature of this occasion prescribes a much simpler character to the remarks I
shall submit to your indulgence . It will be my sole object to establish , by a few
obvious illustrations , the vast importance of the Mechanic Arts . In pursuing this ...
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... to be kept from poverty or riches ; to possess that rational and happy
competency , which is the best condition for the public welfare , as it is supposed
to be for personal happiness . Unquestionably , there are exceptions of splendid
character ...
... to be kept from poverty or riches ; to possess that rational and happy
competency , which is the best condition for the public welfare , as it is supposed
to be for personal happiness . Unquestionably , there are exceptions of splendid
character ...
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If the character of the noble creature be considered for a moment with that of a
horse , the comparison is curious . With sufficient coals and water in his manger ,
which , it must be observed , whenever he travels he takes with him , he can , if 5
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If the character of the noble creature be considered for a moment with that of a
horse , the comparison is curious . With sufficient coals and water in his manger ,
which , it must be observed , whenever he travels he takes with him , he can , if 5
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The education of the child we consider as necessary as his food and raiment ;
and the tendency of our whole progress and civilization , leads to the expansion
and development of our country , and the character of our people , rather than to
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The education of the child we consider as necessary as his food and raiment ;
and the tendency of our whole progress and civilization , leads to the expansion
and development of our country , and the character of our people , rather than to
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Page 20 - Seest thou a man diligent in his business? he shall stand before kings ; he shall not stand before mean men...
Page 12 - Tis of the wave and not the rock; 'Tis but the flapping of the sail, And not a rent made by the gale ! In spite of rock and tempest's roar, In spite of false lights on the shore. Sail on, nor fear to breast the sea! Our hearts, our hopes, are all with thee.
Page 21 - The barge she sat in, like a burnish'd throne, Burn'd on the water: the poop was beaten gold ; Purple the sails, and so perfumed that The winds were love-sick with them : the oars were silver ; Which to the tune of flutes kept stroke, and made The water, which they beat, to follow faster, As amorous of their strokes.
Page 11 - The clouds and sunbeams, o'er his eye That once their shades and glory threw Have left in yonder silent sky No vestige where they flew. The annals of the human race, Their ruins, since the world began, Of HIM afford no other trace Than this, — THERE LIVED A MAN ! November 4, 1805.
Page 6 - Our toils obscure an' a' that, The rank is but the guinea's stamp, The Man's the gowd for a* that. What though on hamely fare we dine. Wear hoddin grey, an' a' that; Gie fools their silks, and knaves their wine; A Man's a Man for a
Page 4 - Of genius, that power which constitutes a poet; that quality without which judgment is cold, and knowledge is inert ; that energy which collects, combines, amplifies, and animates ; the superiority must, with some hesitation, be allowed to Dryden.
Page 12 - UNION, strong and great ! Humanity with all its fears, With all the hopes of future years, Is hanging breathless on thy fate ! We know what Master laid thy keel, What Workmen wrought thy ribs of steel, Who made each mast, and sail, and rope, What anvils rang, what hammers beat, In what a forge and what a heat Were shaped the anchors of thy hope ! Fear not each sudden sound and shock, 'Tis of the...
Page 29 - There was a little city (says he), and few men within it ; and there came a great King against it, and besieged it, and built great bulwarks against it : " Now there was found in it a poor wise man, and he by his wisdom delivered the city ; yet no man remembered that same poor man. " Then, said I, wisdom is better than strength ; wisdom is better than weapons of war ; nevertheless the poor man's wisdom is despised, and his words are not heard.
Page 12 - Thou, too, sail on, O Ship of State! Sail on, O UNION, strong and great! Humanity with all its fears, With all the hopes of future years, Is hanging breathless on thy fate...
Page 2 - A servant with this clause makes drudgery divine; who sweeps a room, as for thy laws, makes that and the action fine.