Christian PoliticsLongman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, 1806 - 445 pages |
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... minds to lose sight of the end in attending to the means , especially when these happen to be such as are suited power- fully to strike the imagination , and interest the passions , which is frequently the case of political subjects and ...
... minds to lose sight of the end in attending to the means , especially when these happen to be such as are suited power- fully to strike the imagination , and interest the passions , which is frequently the case of political subjects and ...
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... keep him in good humour , than the satisfying of his hunger . From this early power of the senses arises the great difficulty of education . Before the mind has well arrived at a capacity of instruction SECT . 1. ] 5 General Sketch of Man .
... keep him in good humour , than the satisfying of his hunger . From this early power of the senses arises the great difficulty of education . Before the mind has well arrived at a capacity of instruction SECT . 1. ] 5 General Sketch of Man .
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Ely Bates. the mind has well arrived at a capacity of instruction , it is preoccupied with the ideas of animal gratification and infantine amuse- ment , which , by constantly soliciting the attention , often render it an office of much ...
Ely Bates. the mind has well arrived at a capacity of instruction , it is preoccupied with the ideas of animal gratification and infantine amuse- ment , which , by constantly soliciting the attention , often render it an office of much ...
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... mind , that his rovings will end in poverty or a jail ! Nor is it only in preventing the acquisition of wealth that the seduction of pleasure ope- rates ; it also consumes many a fair inhe- ritance ; families that have shone with lus ...
... mind , that his rovings will end in poverty or a jail ! Nor is it only in preventing the acquisition of wealth that the seduction of pleasure ope- rates ; it also consumes many a fair inhe- ritance ; families that have shone with lus ...
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... mind base and groveling , and from which nothing great or excellent , even in the order of this world , is to be expected . The ardour of passion in youth is com- monly succeeded by the ambition of con- sequence in middle age . When a ...
... mind base and groveling , and from which nothing great or excellent , even in the order of this world , is to be expected . The ardour of passion in youth is com- monly succeeded by the ambition of con- sequence in middle age . When a ...
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