The Map of Life, Conduct and CharacterLongmans, Green, 1899 - 328 pages |
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... external circumstances are indifferent , represents this view of life in its extreme form . Its more moderate form can hardly be better expressed than in the saying of Dugald Stewart that the great secret of happiness is to study CHAPTER ...
... external circumstances are indifferent , represents this view of life in its extreme form . Its more moderate form can hardly be better expressed than in the saying of Dugald Stewart that the great secret of happiness is to study CHAPTER ...
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... represents no doubt a great truth , though it has been well said that no man is really honest who is only honest through this motive , and though it is very evident that it is by no means an universal truth but depends largely upon ...
... represents no doubt a great truth , though it has been well said that no man is really honest who is only honest through this motive , and though it is very evident that it is by no means an universal truth but depends largely upon ...
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... represent a con- ception of morals which is abundantly prevalent in our day . It is no exaggeration to say that in Catholic coun- tries the obligation of truthfulness in cases in which it conflicts with the interests of the Church rests ...
... represent a con- ception of morals which is abundantly prevalent in our day . It is no exaggeration to say that in Catholic coun- tries the obligation of truthfulness in cases in which it conflicts with the interests of the Church rests ...
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... represented mankind as a being who comes into existence essentially good , and it attributed all the moral evils of ... represent man as utterly and fundamentally depraved , ' born in corruption , inclined to EXAGGERATIONS OF HUMAN ...
... represented mankind as a being who comes into existence essentially good , and it attributed all the moral evils of ... represent man as utterly and fundamentally depraved , ' born in corruption , inclined to EXAGGERATIONS OF HUMAN ...
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... represent man as simply governed by self - interest , and maintain that the whole art of education and government consists of a judi- cious arrangement of selfish motives , making the interests of the individual coincident with those of ...
... represent man as simply governed by self - interest , and maintain that the whole art of education and government consists of a judi- cious arrangement of selfish motives , making the interests of the individual coincident with those of ...
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Page 103 - ... warmth, and appearing to be clearly of one opinion when you are in reality of another opinion, does not such dissimulation impair one's honesty? Is there not some danger that a lawyer may put on the same mask in common life, in the intercourse with his friends?
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