The pioneer of progress; or, The early closing movement in relation to the Saturday half-holiday and the early payment of wages, prize essayHamilton, Adams & Company, 1860 - 163 pages |
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... blessings , brings with it large claims , respon- sibilities , and dangers . In itself , indeed , it is " the nurse and breeder of all good . " Without it , greatness becomes dwarfed , and virtue inoperative . But al- though in theory ...
... blessings , brings with it large claims , respon- sibilities , and dangers . In itself , indeed , it is " the nurse and breeder of all good . " Without it , greatness becomes dwarfed , and virtue inoperative . But al- though in theory ...
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... blessing to the worker , it must have a due limitation , as well as a defined purpose . " Work without hope , " says Coleridge , " draws nectar in a sieve ; " and work which might have hope in it , becomes at length hopeless and ...
... blessing to the worker , it must have a due limitation , as well as a defined purpose . " Work without hope , " says Coleridge , " draws nectar in a sieve ; " and work which might have hope in it , becomes at length hopeless and ...
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... blessings of early closing ? assuredly the time has not yet statement , however trite , or to cease to urge upon ... blessing , that it cannot be too keenly prized ; and any occupation in which it becomes impossible to maintain it , is ...
... blessings of early closing ? assuredly the time has not yet statement , however trite , or to cease to urge upon ... blessing , that it cannot be too keenly prized ; and any occupation in which it becomes impossible to maintain it , is ...
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... blessing we receive in this world is liable to abuse , and might therefore , with equal justice , be placed under this ban ; but life would be no state of probation , and virtue would have no fit atmosphere in which to breathe , if men ...
... blessing we receive in this world is liable to abuse , and might therefore , with equal justice , be placed under this ban ; but life would be no state of probation , and virtue would have no fit atmosphere in which to breathe , if men ...
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... blessings which must be promoted by an appeal to the most unselfish part of a man's nature , since they cannot be yielded without considerable self - denial , and that open- handed and open - hearted generosity which , though it blesses ...
... blessings which must be promoted by an appeal to the most unselfish part of a man's nature , since they cannot be yielded without considerable self - denial , and that open- handed and open - hearted generosity which , though it blesses ...
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