Self-improvement: Chiefly Addressed to the Young...Religious Tract Society, 1799 - 192 oldal |
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16. oldal
... is thought by some , nay , by many , that no one can understand men but those who are moving , and acting , and crowding among them . I grant that such a one is the only man who knows the forms and modes 16 SELF - IMPROVEMENT .
... is thought by some , nay , by many , that no one can understand men but those who are moving , and acting , and crowding among them . I grant that such a one is the only man who knows the forms and modes 16 SELF - IMPROVEMENT .
17. oldal
... moved among men so little as Jonathan Edwards . But did he not understand human nature ? Can any one read his writings , and doubt , for a moment , that he knew most accurately what the nature of man is ? When such a mind pours out its ...
... moved among men so little as Jonathan Edwards . But did he not understand human nature ? Can any one read his writings , and doubt , for a moment , that he knew most accurately what the nature of man is ? When such a mind pours out its ...
18. oldal
... moved fast or slow . Self - knowledge is another important end of study . There are some men who have raised them- selves to high stations , and maintained them , with- out a long course of mental discipline . But most are pedants , and ...
... moved fast or slow . Self - knowledge is another important end of study . There are some men who have raised them- selves to high stations , and maintained them , with- out a long course of mental discipline . But most are pedants , and ...
26. oldal
... move at all . Who would not prefer to put to sea , even in a storm , and hurry over the waters in a gale , rather than lie for weeks becalmed ? Seneca assures his friend in a letter , that there " was not a day in which he did not ...
... move at all . Who would not prefer to put to sea , even in a storm , and hurry over the waters in a gale , rather than lie for weeks becalmed ? Seneca assures his friend in a letter , that there " was not a day in which he did not ...
52. oldal
... moves slowly requires , and will bear , more time for study . In my view , it is vastly better to chain the attention down closely , and to study hard , a few hours , than to try to keep it moderately fixed and engaged for a greater ...
... moves slowly requires , and will bear , more time for study . In my view , it is vastly better to chain the attention down closely , and to study hard , a few hours , than to try to keep it moderately fixed and engaged for a greater ...
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Self-Improvement [Abridged From 'The Student's Guide', by J. Todd] John Todd Nincs elérhető előnézet - 2023 |
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146. oldal - I mention this to show from what trifling circumstances the mind will sometimes derive consolation ; for though the whole plant was not larger than the top of one of my fingers, I could not contemplate the delicate conformation of its roots, leaves, and capsula, without admiration. Can that Being (thought I) who planted, watered, and brought to perfection, in this obscure part of the world, a thing which appears of so small importance, look with unconcern upon the situation and sufferings of creatures...
128. oldal - I come to myself again. 4. Resolved, Never to do any manner of thing, whether in soul or body, less or more, but what tends to the glory of God, nor be, nor suffer it, if I can possibly avoid it. 5. Resolved, Never to lose one moment of time, but to improve it in the most profitable way I possibly can. 6. Resolved, To live with all my might, while I do live. 7. Resolved, Never to do any thing, which I should be afraid to do, if it were the last hour of my life.
47. oldal - Forsake not an old friend, for the new is not comparable to him : a new friend is as new wine ; when it is old thou shalt drink it with pleasure.
47. oldal - A faithful friend is a Strong defence; and he that hath found such an one, hath found a treasure.
146. oldal - I confess that my spirits began to fail me. I considered my fate as certain, and that I had no alternative but to lie down and perish.
146. oldal - Being (thought I), who planted, watered, and brought to perfection, in this obscure part of the world, a thing which appears of so small importance, look with unconcern upon the situation and sufferings of creatures formed after his own image? Surely not! Reflections like these, would not allow me to despair. I started up, and disregarding both hunger and fatigue, travelled forwards, assured that relief was at hand; and I was not disappointed.
146. oldal - The influence of religion, however, aided and supported me. I reflected that no human prudence or foresight could possibly have averted my present sufferings. I was indeed a stranger in a strange land, yet I was still under the protecting eye of that Providence who has condescended to call himself the stranger's friend.
87. oldal - Punctuality is important, because it subserves the peace and good temper of a family ; the want of it not only infringes on necessary duty, but sometimes excludes this duty.
148. oldal - I cannot refrain from adding,' says he, 'that the collection of tracts, which we call from their excellence the Scriptures, contain, independently of a divine origin, more true sublimity, more exquisite beauty, purer morality, more important history, and finer strains both of poetry and eloquence, than could be collected within the same compass, from all the other books that were ever composed in any age or in any idiom.
28. oldal - That the man who is perpetually hesitating which of two things he will do first, will do neither. The man who resolves, but suffers his resolution to be changed by the first countersuggestion of a friend-— who fluctuates from opinion to opinion, from plan to plan, and veers like a weathercock to every point of the compass, with every breath of caprice that blows, can never accomplish anything great or useful. Instead of being progressive in anything he will be at best stationary, and, more probably,...