The Moral Instructor, and Guide to Virtue: Being a Compendium of Moral Philosophy, in Eight Parts ... : Designed for a National Manual of Moral Science, in American Seminaries of Education, and Private FamiliesKimber and Sharpless, 1824 - 300 oldal |
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... received your letter of the 15th , with a copy of the ' Moral Instruc- tor . ' " I have looked enough into your little volume to be satisfied , that both the ori- ginal and selected parts contain information and instruction which may be ...
... received your letter of the 15th , with a copy of the ' Moral Instruc- tor . ' " I have looked enough into your little volume to be satisfied , that both the ori- ginal and selected parts contain information and instruction which may be ...
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... received . It ought to have a universal circulation . The wise maxims and precepts with which it abounds , are interesting to people of all classes and con- ditions , and we think it is the best compilation for the mental and moral ...
... received . It ought to have a universal circulation . The wise maxims and precepts with which it abounds , are interesting to people of all classes and con- ditions , and we think it is the best compilation for the mental and moral ...
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... received , or duly appreciated . 6 2 " Let it be remembered , " says the author of the Friend of Peace , in his reasons for believing that efforts for the aboli- tion of war will not be in vain , " that the charge of a chi- merical ...
... received , or duly appreciated . 6 2 " Let it be remembered , " says the author of the Friend of Peace , in his reasons for believing that efforts for the aboli- tion of war will not be in vain , " that the charge of a chi- merical ...
34. oldal
... receive from drinking it once or twice a day in our tea , than to en- courage the numberless cruelties that are continually exer- cised in order to procure it us ? ” * 19 How is our country to be supplied with those imagina- ry ...
... receive from drinking it once or twice a day in our tea , than to en- courage the numberless cruelties that are continually exer- cised in order to procure it us ? ” * 19 How is our country to be supplied with those imagina- ry ...
39. oldal
... receiving your self - betraying caresses , instead of manly resistance . 24 I would persuade you to rise en masse ... received the consideration of legislators and moralists that it deserves . A great proportion of crimes might be traced ...
... receiving your self - betraying caresses , instead of manly resistance . 24 I would persuade you to rise en masse ... received the consideration of legislators and moralists that it deserves . A great proportion of crimes might be traced ...
Gyakori szavak és kifejezések
actions anger Art of Virtue Athenians Athens Benjamin Lay blessings body brother called charity Cherecrates Confucius conscience desire distilled spirits drink duty effects employed endeavor Epistles of James Euthydemus evil exercise expense father folly fortune George Clymer give habits hand hath heart heaven honor injury instruction justice kind knowledge labor Lacedemon Lamprocles law of nature live luxury man's mankind manner means mind misery Moral Instructor nation neighbor ness never occasion old age ourselves pain parents passions peace pernicious persons Philocles philosophy pleasure Poor Richard says poverty precepts present preservation proper reason render respect rich SECTION sense servants shalt sloth society Socrates soul spirits suffer superfluities temperance thee Themistocles thine things thou thyself tion treaty of Greenville truth unto vice virtue virtuous wisdom wise Xenophon youth
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46. oldal - And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother's eye, but considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye ' Or how wilt thou (Say to thy brother, Let me pull out the mote out of thine eye : and, behold, a beam is in thine own eye? Thou hypocrite, first cast out the beam out of thine own eye; and then shalt thou see clearly to cast out the mote out of thy brother's eye.
233. oldal - Of all the dispositions and habits which lead to political prosperity, religion and morality are indispensable supports. In vain would that man claim the tribute of patriotism, who should labor to subvert these great pillars of human happiness, these firmest props of the duties of men and citizens.
234. oldal - I dare not hope they will make the strong and lasting impression I could wish; that they will control the usual current of the passions, or prevent our nation from running the course which has hitherto marked the destiny of nations; but if I may even flatter myself that they may be productive of some partial benefit, some occasional good; that they may now and then recur to moderate the fury of party spirit, to warn against the mischiefs of foreign intrigue, to guard against the impostures of pretended...
46. oldal - Moreover if thy brother shall trespass against thee, go and tell him his fault between thee and him alone ; if he shall hear thee, thou hast gained thy brother. But if he will not hear thee, then take with thee one or two more, that in the mouth of two or three witnesses every word may be established. And if he shall neglect to hear them, tell it unto the church : but if he neglect to hear the church, let him be unto thee as an heathen man and a publican.
279. oldal - For modes of faith let graceless zealots fight ; \ ' His can't be wrong whose life is in the right. In faith and hope the world will disagree, But all mankind's concern is charity : All must be false that thwart this one great end, And all of God that bless mankind or mend.
41. oldal - Go to the Ant, thou Sluggard, consider her ways, and be wise: which having no guide, overseer, or ruler, provideth her meat in the summer, and gathereth her food in the harvest.
103. oldal - For when the Gentiles, which have not the law, do by nature the things contained in the law, these, having not the law, are a law unto themselves ; which show the work of the law written in their hearts, their conscience also bearing witness, and their thoughts the mean while accusing or else excusing one another ;) in the day when God shall judge the secrets of men by Jesus Christ, according to my Gospel.
51. oldal - If a brother or sister be naked, and destitute of daily food, and one of you say unto them. Depart in peace, be ye warmed and filled ; notwithstanding ye give them not those tilings which are needful to the body ; what doth it profit ? Even so faith, if it hath not works, is dead, being alone.
214. oldal - How much more than is necessary do we spend in sleep, forgetting that The sleeping fox catches no poultry, and that There will be sleeping enough in the grave, as Poor Richard says.
268. oldal - Cease then, nor ORDER Imperfection name: Our proper bliss depends on what we blame. Know thy own point: This kind, this due degree Of blindness, weakness, Heav'n bestows on thee. Submit. — In this, or any other sphere, Secure to be as blest as thou canst bear: Safe in the hand of one disposing Pow'r, Or in the natal, or the mortal hour.