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... the peculiar and rarest gift of Providence . ” These three teachers were
Necessity , Habit and Time . At his starting in life , Necessity had told him that if he
hoped to live , he must labor ; Habit had turned the labor into an 146 Interesting
Extracts .
... the peculiar and rarest gift of Providence . ” These three teachers were
Necessity , Habit and Time . At his starting in life , Necessity had told him that if he
hoped to live , he must labor ; Habit had turned the labor into an 146 Interesting
Extracts .
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We are creatures of imitation , and by a necessary influence , our temper and
habits are very much formed on the model of those with whom we familiarly
associate . In this view , nothing is of more importance to young men than the
choice of ...
We are creatures of imitation , and by a necessary influence , our temper and
habits are very much formed on the model of those with whom we familiarly
associate . In this view , nothing is of more importance to young men than the
choice of ...
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The evils resulting from a habit of reading rapidly and without deep reflection ,
should deter every one from indulging that lively curiosity which is its grand
cause . For it is an eagerness to reach the consumma . tion that hastens the
progress of ...
The evils resulting from a habit of reading rapidly and without deep reflection ,
should deter every one from indulging that lively curiosity which is its grand
cause . For it is an eagerness to reach the consumma . tion that hastens the
progress of ...
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Moreover , a habit of superficial reading greatly injures the memory . An
insufficiency of time is necessarily allowed it to select its subjects and give them
the stamp of thought ' s revision before they are imprinted on its tablets . Thus a
mass of ...
Moreover , a habit of superficial reading greatly injures the memory . An
insufficiency of time is necessarily allowed it to select its subjects and give them
the stamp of thought ' s revision before they are imprinted on its tablets . Thus a
mass of ...
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In addition to this , the study of music , from its very nature , cultivates the habits of
order , and obedience , and union . All must follow a precise rule ; all must act to .
gether , and in obedience to a leader ; and the habit acquired in one part of our ...
In addition to this , the study of music , from its very nature , cultivates the habits of
order , and obedience , and union . All must follow a precise rule ; all must act to .
gether , and in obedience to a leader ; and the habit acquired in one part of our ...
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Страница 340 - tis, to cast one's eyes so low! The crows and choughs, that wing the midway air, Show scarce so gross as beetles : Half way down Hangs one that gathers samphire; dreadful trade! Methinks, he seems no bigger than his head: The fishermen, that walk upon the beach, Appear like mice; and yon...
Страница 237 - And the Lord said, I will destroy man, whom I have created, from the face of the earth ; both man and beast, and the creeping thing, and the fowls of the air; for it repenteth me that I have made them.
Страница 132 - All the rivers run into the sea; yet the sea is not full; unto the place from whence the rivers come, thither they return again.
Страница 320 - How manifold are thy works, O Lord ! In wisdom hast thou made them all...
Страница 8 - Day unto day uttereth speech: And night unto night showeth knowledge. There is no speech nor language: Where their voice is not heard. Their line is gone out through all the earth: And their words to the end of the world.
Страница 236 - Thou coveredst it with the deep as with a garment: The waters stood above the mountains. At thy rebuke they fled ; At the voice of thy thunder they hasted away.
Страница 72 - Hearken, my beloved brethren, hath not God chosen the poor of this world rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which he hath promised to them that love him?
Страница 168 - Who knoweth not in all these That the hand of the Lord hath wrought this? In whose hand is the soul of every living thing, And the breath of all mankind.
Страница 271 - Thou shalt lie down With patriarchs of the infant world, with kings, The powerful of the earth, the wise, the good, Fair forms and hoary seers of ages past — All in one mighty sepulchre.
Страница 271 - Rock-ribbed, and ancient as the sun; the vales Stretching in pensive quietness between; The venerable woods; rivers that move In majesty, and the complaining brooks, That make the meadows green; and, poured round all, Old ocean's gray and melancholy waste,— Are but the solemn decorations all Of the great tomb of man!