Lectures to Young Men, on the Formation of Character, &c: Originally Addressed to the Young Men of Hartford and New-Haven, and Published at Their United RequestCooke and Company, 1829 - 172 pages |
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... object , spending his time in idleness and plea- sure , there is more hope of a fool than of him . He is sure to become a worthless cha- racter , and a pernicious member of society . He forgets his high destination as a rational ...
... object , spending his time in idleness and plea- sure , there is more hope of a fool than of him . He is sure to become a worthless cha- racter , and a pernicious member of society . He forgets his high destination as a rational ...
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... objects which surround us . And a greater than he has said ; He that walketh with wise men shall be wise , but the companion of fools shall be destroyed . We are , by the very constitution of our nature , creatures of imagination . We ...
... objects which surround us . And a greater than he has said ; He that walketh with wise men shall be wise , but the companion of fools shall be destroyed . We are , by the very constitution of our nature , creatures of imagination . We ...
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... object that fills the eye , and fires the heart , and engrosses the thoughts , and employs the hands , and occupies the time , to the almost entire exclusion of other subjects . The consequence is , the formation of a thoroughly worldly ...
... object that fills the eye , and fires the heart , and engrosses the thoughts , and employs the hands , and occupies the time , to the almost entire exclusion of other subjects . The consequence is , the formation of a thoroughly worldly ...
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... object is a very laudable one , to obtain a competency for himself and family ; and he purposes to pursue it , by fair and laudable means . By degrees , his business grows on his hands , and demands a larger share of his time and atten ...
... object is a very laudable one , to obtain a competency for himself and family ; and he purposes to pursue it , by fair and laudable means . By degrees , his business grows on his hands , and demands a larger share of his time and atten ...
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... . Resolve , then , never to violate the principles of reason and virtue . Keep close in the path of duty . It is the only path of safety , of honor and happiness . 3. Always have an object in view ; and let 5 * YOUNG MEN . 53.
... . Resolve , then , never to violate the principles of reason and virtue . Keep close in the path of duty . It is the only path of safety , of honor and happiness . 3. Always have an object in view ; and let 5 * YOUNG MEN . 53.
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Page 2 - Congress of the United States, entitled, "An Act for the encouragement of learning, by securing the copies of Maps, Charts, and Books, to the authors and proprietors of such copies, during the times therein mentioned." And also to the Act, entitled, " An Act supplementary to an Act, entitled, ' An Act for the encouragement of learning, by securing the copies of Maps, Charts, and Books, to the Authors and Proprietors of such copies during the times therein mentioned,' and extending the benefits thereof...
Page 160 - A little learning is a dangerous thing ! Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian spring: There shallow draughts intoxicate the brain, And drinking largely sobers us again.
Page 63 - Now when Daniel knew that the writing was signed, he went into his house ; and his windows being open in his chamber * toward Jerusalem, he kneeled upon his knees three times a day, and prayed, and gave thanks before his God, as he did aforetime.
Page 77 - For our rejoicing is this, the testimony of our conscience, that in simplicity and godly sincerity, not with fleshly wisdom, but by the grace of God, we have had our conversation in the world, and more abundantly to you-ward.
Page 25 - We may truly say, the lines have fallen to us in pleasant places, and we have a goodly heritage.
Page 139 - We are journeying unto the place of which the Lord said, I will give it you : come thou with us, and we will do thee good : for the Lord hath spoken good concerning Israel.
Page 2 - BBOWN, of the said district, hath deposited in this office the title of a book, the right whereof he claims as author, in the words following, to wit : " Sertorius : or, the Roman Patriot.
Page 154 - I have carefully and regularly perused these Holy Scriptures, and am of opinion, that the volume, independently of its divine origin, contains more sublimity, purer morality, more important history, and finer strains of eloquence, than can be collected from all other books, in whatever language they may have been written.
Page 53 - I exercise myself, to have a conscience void of offence toward God and toward man.
Page 160 - tis found, Amongst your friends, amongst your foes, On Christian or on heathen ground ; The flower's divine where'er it grows : Neglect the prickles and assume the rose.