The Map of Life, Conduct and CharacterLongmans, Green, 1899 - 328 pages |
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... exercise , as the desires do by indulgence . The conflict between the will and the desires , the reality of self - restraint and the power of Will to modify character , are among the most familiar facts of moral life . In the words of ...
... exercise , as the desires do by indulgence . The conflict between the will and the desires , the reality of self - restraint and the power of Will to modify character , are among the most familiar facts of moral life . In the words of ...
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... exercises over great multitudes an almost absolute empire , regulating their dress , their education , their hours , their amusements , their food , their scale of expenditure ; determining the qualities to which they principally aspire ...
... exercises over great multitudes an almost absolute empire , regulating their dress , their education , their hours , their amusements , their food , their scale of expenditure ; determining the qualities to which they principally aspire ...
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... exercise , of fresh air , and of cold water - a sufficiency of steady work not carried to excess- occasional change of habits and abstinence from a few things which are manifestly injurious to health , are the UNDUE CARE FOR HEALTH 17 ...
... exercise , of fresh air , and of cold water - a sufficiency of steady work not carried to excess- occasional change of habits and abstinence from a few things which are manifestly injurious to health , are the UNDUE CARE FOR HEALTH 17 ...
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... exercise no real influence on thought or character till something occurs which touches our imagination and quickens this knowledge into activity . Very few things contribute so much to the happiness of life as a constant realisation of ...
... exercise no real influence on thought or character till something occurs which touches our imagination and quickens this knowledge into activity . Very few things contribute so much to the happiness of life as a constant realisation of ...
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... exercise of their powers . The rectification of moral judgments is one of the most important elements of civilisation ; it is upon this that the possibility of moral progress on a large scale chiefly depends . Few things pervert men ...
... exercise of their powers . The rectification of moral judgments is one of the most important elements of civilisation ; it is upon this that the possibility of moral progress on a large scale chiefly depends . Few things pervert men ...
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