Diamond DustHitchcock and Walden, 1880 - 242 pages |
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... attention to the subject in hand . After two or three minutes some word of the speaker reminds him of a teacher of his , and in a twinkling he is in the old New England school - house , with the boys buzzing and shuffling and playing ...
... attention to the subject in hand . After two or three minutes some word of the speaker reminds him of a teacher of his , and in a twinkling he is in the old New England school - house , with the boys buzzing and shuffling and playing ...
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... attention of this average listener ! Let him test himself in another way . Let him resolve to think steadily for ten minutes upon any given subject , whether it be the care of his health , the salvation of his soul , or any other vital ...
... attention of this average listener ! Let him test himself in another way . Let him resolve to think steadily for ten minutes upon any given subject , whether it be the care of his health , the salvation of his soul , or any other vital ...
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... attention . general study you can continue the mechanical effort while your mind is prancing about leagues away from the subject in hand . It is difficult to detect its erratic movements ; but in mathemat- ical study , when one is ...
... attention . general study you can continue the mechanical effort while your mind is prancing about leagues away from the subject in hand . It is difficult to detect its erratic movements ; but in mathemat- ical study , when one is ...
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... attention steadily upon the matter before him , is the best exercise to give a habit of going straight through the mental work in hand . Lord Bacon says : " There is no stand or impediment in the wit but may be wrought out by fit ...
... attention steadily upon the matter before him , is the best exercise to give a habit of going straight through the mental work in hand . Lord Bacon says : " There is no stand or impediment in the wit but may be wrought out by fit ...
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... attention caught on some pleasant feature of the bargain , and will lose sight of a disadvantage that the one with whom he is dealing may spare no pains to hide . In buying even a piece of furniture a woman goes through the same mental ...
... attention caught on some pleasant feature of the bargain , and will lose sight of a disadvantage that the one with whom he is dealing may spare no pains to hide . In buying even a piece of furniture a woman goes through the same mental ...
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Page 119 - For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: but whosoever will lose his life for my sake, the same shall save it.
Page 148 - The coward slave, we pass him by, We dare be poor for a
Page 181 - Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels : for I was an hungered, and ye gave me no meat : I was thirsty, and ye gave me no drink : I was a stranger, and ye took me not in : naked, and ye clothed me not : sick, and in prison, and ye visited me not.
Page 184 - Lo, it is I, be not afraid! In many climes, without avail, Thou hast spent thy life for the Holy Grail; Behold, it is here, — this cup which thou Didst fill at the streamlet for me but now; This crust is my body broken for thee, This water His blood that died on the tree; The Holy Supper is kept, indeed, In whatso we share with another's need...
Page 97 - A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behaviour, given to hospitality, apt to teach; not given to wine, no striker, not greedy of filthy lucre; but patient, not a brawler, not covetous; one that ruleth well his own house, having his children in subjection with all gravity...
Page 148 - Our toils obscure, and a* that ; The rank is but the guinea's stamp ; The man's the gowd for a* that. What tho' on hamely fare we dine, Wear hodden-gray, and a' that ; Gie fools their silks, and knaves their wine, A man's a man for a
Page 182 - Then shall the righteous answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungered, and fed thee? or thirsty, and gave thee drink? When saw we thee a stranger, and took thee in? or naked, and clothed thee? Or when saw we thee sick, or in prison, and came unto thee?
Page 182 - Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world. For I was an hungered and ye gave me meat; I was thirsty and ye gave me drink; I was a stranger and ye took me in; naked and ye clothed me: I was sick and ye visited me; I was in prison and ye came unto me.
Page 77 - Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God is one Lord: And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might. And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart: And thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.
Page 183 - I behold in thee An image of Him who died on the tree ; Thou also hast had thy crown of thorns, — Thou also hast had the world's buffets and scorns, — And to thy life were not denied The wounds in the hands and feet and side : Mild Mary's Son, acknowledge me ; Behold, through him, I give to thee...