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... mind that the person spoken of here " is referred to generically as a human being . " Evidently it would be truly schol- arly to confute the learned definitions of those distinguished lexicographers , Now , the position of my opponent ...
... mind that the person spoken of here " is referred to generically as a human being . " Evidently it would be truly schol- arly to confute the learned definitions of those distinguished lexicographers , Now , the position of my opponent ...
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... minds of other young men the pernicious sentiments of his own perverted mind . There is no rule without an exception . Indeed , it often requires an exception to demonstrate a rule . The young man who speaks lightly of woman is either ...
... minds of other young men the pernicious sentiments of his own perverted mind . There is no rule without an exception . Indeed , it often requires an exception to demonstrate a rule . The young man who speaks lightly of woman is either ...
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... mind , without the inconvenience of figuring with the hand . 2. The memory is greatly strength- ened thereby . By training , the mem- ory grows stronger ; and since the child in the study of mental . arithmetic is constantly making an ...
... mind , without the inconvenience of figuring with the hand . 2. The memory is greatly strength- ened thereby . By training , the mem- ory grows stronger ; and since the child in the study of mental . arithmetic is constantly making an ...
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... mind of the hearer nat- urally expects the usual limitation . But this results from the law of association . It is mere habit ; the sense is complete , yet without its usual limitation by an objective case , the verb , though un ...
... mind of the hearer nat- urally expects the usual limitation . But this results from the law of association . It is mere habit ; the sense is complete , yet without its usual limitation by an objective case , the verb , though un ...
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... minds , " is the infirmity of a very second rate order of nobility , and is but a poor account of the career of any re- markable man . do not set out into life with a fixed idea of conquering greatness for themselves . It is greatness ...
... minds , " is the infirmity of a very second rate order of nobility , and is but a poor account of the career of any re- markable man . do not set out into life with a fixed idea of conquering greatness for themselves . It is greatness ...
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Page 7 - Which of us can point out many such in his circle — men whose aims are generous, whose truth is constant, and not only constant in its kind but elevated in its degree; whose want of meanness makes them simple : who can look the world honestly in the face with an equal manly sympathy for the great and the small...
Page 44 - IT is not work that kills men ; it is worry. "Work is healthy ; you can hardly put more upon a man than he can bear. Worry is rust upon the blade. It is not the revolution that destroys the machinery, but the friction. Fear secretes acids ; but love and trust are sweet juices.
Page 37 - For every bad there might be a worse : and when a man breaks his leg, let him be thankful that it was not his neck.
Page 87 - If you your lips would keep from slips, Five things observe with care: Of whom you speak, to whom you speak, And how and when and where.
Page 106 - It is not through ignorance of the things admired by them, but through contempt of their useless labor, that we think little of these matters, turning our souls to the exercise of better things.
Page 14 - A beautiful eye makes silence eloquent, a kind eye makes contradiction an assent, an enraged eye makes beauty deformed. This little member gives life to every other part about us, and I believe the story of Argus implies no more, than that the eye is in every part ; that is to say, every other part would be mutilated, were not its force represented more by the eye, than even by itself.
Page 9 - I rose, and looked tremblingly and almost deliriously around. She was there, the dear idol of my infant love, stretched out upon the green earth. After a moment of irresolution I went up and looked upon her. The handkerchief upon her neck was slightly rent, and a single dark spot upon her bosom told where the pathway of death had been. At first I clasped her to my breast with a cry of agony, and then laid her down, and gazed upon her face almost with feelings of calmness. Her bright disheveled hair...
Page 114 - Few people in witnessing the use of a hammer, or in using one themselves, ever think of it as an engine giving out tons of force, concentrating and applying power by functions which if performed by other mechanism would involve trains of gearing, levers or screws...
Page 11 - THE best way. for a man to get out of a lowly position is to be conspicuously effective in it.
Page 115 - And the disciples were astonished at his words. But Jesus answereth again, and saith unto them, Children, how hard is it for them that trust in riches to enter into the kingdom of God...