World's Laconics Being Choice Thoughts of Best Authors in Prose and PoetryDodd, 1871 - 432 pages |
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Page vi
... moral well - being than the selection of a library , provided its volumes are purchased to be read , and not merely to be exhibited . An individual , in doing this , gathers around him a host of companions for life ; and his own ...
... moral well - being than the selection of a library , provided its volumes are purchased to be read , and not merely to be exhibited . An individual , in doing this , gathers around him a host of companions for life ; and his own ...
Page vii
... moral character . It is scarcely necessary to add that this is a work to be studied , rather than cursorily read ; and however the most superficial reader may be delighted by the many bright and pithy sentences which it contains , none ...
... moral character . It is scarcely necessary to add that this is a work to be studied , rather than cursorily read ; and however the most superficial reader may be delighted by the many bright and pithy sentences which it contains , none ...
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... moral heroism worth a lifetime of softness and security . ADVERSITY , ITS EFFECTS . - Adversity exasperates fools , dejects cowards , draws out the faculties of the wise and in- dustrious , puts the modest to the necessity of trying ...
... moral heroism worth a lifetime of softness and security . ADVERSITY , ITS EFFECTS . - Adversity exasperates fools , dejects cowards , draws out the faculties of the wise and in- dustrious , puts the modest to the necessity of trying ...
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... moral virtues , is that which gives a lustre to every talent a man can be possessed of . It was Plato's advice to an unpolished writer , that he should sacri- fice to the Graces . In the same manner I would advise every man of learning ...
... moral virtues , is that which gives a lustre to every talent a man can be possessed of . It was Plato's advice to an unpolished writer , that he should sacri- fice to the Graces . In the same manner I would advise every man of learning ...
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... moral world . If we cry , like children , for the moon , like children we must cry on . - Burke . DESIRE . Some desire is necessary to keep life in motion ; and he whose real wants are supplied , must admit those of fancy . - Johnson ...
... moral world . If we cry , like children , for the moon , like children we must cry on . - Burke . DESIRE . Some desire is necessary to keep life in motion ; and he whose real wants are supplied , must admit those of fancy . - Johnson ...
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