 My intention being to acquire the habitude of all these virtues, I judged it would be well not to distract my attention by attempting the whole at once, but to fix it on one of them at a time; and, when I should be master of that, then to proceed to another...  A Boy's Control and Self-expression - Page 427by Eustace Miles - 1904 - 572 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Walter Cochrane Bronson - 1916 - 760 pages
...intention being to acquire the habitude of all these virtues, I judged it would be well not to distract my attention by attempting the whole at once, but...so on till I should have gone through the thirteen: and as the previous acquisition of some, might facilitate the acquisition of certain others, I arranged... | |
 | George Rice Carpenter - 1916 - 798 pages
...intention being to acquire the habitude of all these virtues, I judged it would be well not to distract my attention by attempting the whole at once, but...so on till I should have gone through the thirteen : and as the previous acquisition of some, might facilitate the acquisition of certain others, 1 arranged... | |
 | Asa Don Dickinson - 1916 - 230 pages
...intention being to acquire the habitude of all these virtues, I judg'd it would be well not to distract my attention by attempting the whole at once, but...proceed to another, and so on, till I should have gone thro' the thirteen; and, as the previous acquisition of some might facilitate the acquisition of certain... | |
 | Enoch Burton Gowin - 1919 - 552 pages
...intention being to acquire the habitude of all these virtues, I judged it would be well not to distract my attention by attempting the whole at once, but...on, till I should have gone through the thirteen. . . . "I made a little book, in which I allotted a page for each of the virtues. I ruled each page... | |
 | Columbia University. Department of Philosophy - 1925 - 422 pages
...intention being to acquire the habitude of all these virtues, I judged it would be well not to distract my attention by attempting the whole at once, but...that, then to proceed to another; and so on, till I have gone through the thirteen. And, as the previous acquisition of some might facilitate the acquisition... | |
 | Frederick Alexander Manchester, William Frederic Giese - 1926 - 928 pages
...intention being to acquire the habitude 'of all these virtues, I judged it would be well not to distract my attention by attempting the whole at once, but...on, till I should have gone through the thirteen; and as the previous acquisition of some might facilitate the acquisition of certain others, I arranged... | |
 | Frederick Alexander Manchester, William Frederic Giese - 1926 - 924 pages
...these virtues, I judged it would be well not to distract my attention by attempting the whole at oncej but to fix it on one of them at a time; and, when...on, till I should have gone through the thirteen; and as the previous acquisition of some might facilitate the acquisition of certain others, I arranged... | |
 | Philip Guedalla - 1926 - 352 pages
...range of the perfection which it customarily exacted, he "judg'd it would be well not to distract 227 my attention by attempting the whole at once, but...should be master of that, then to proceed to another." He even evolved a system of moral book-keeping by double entry, a sort of spiritual audit, which enabled... | |
 | Robert Shafer - 1926 - 1410 pages
...intention being to acquire the habitude of all these virtues, I judged it would be well not to distract rified with thunder, and to be struck with terror...rising; but now, on the contrary, it rejoiced me. I proceed to another, and so on till I had gone through the thirteen; and, as the previous acquisition... | |
 | Werrett Wallace Charters - 1927 - 396 pages
...intention being to acquire the habitude of all these virtues, I judged it would be well not to distract my attention by attempting the whole at once, but...so on, till I should have gone through the thirteen ; and as the previous acquisition of some might facilitate the acquisition of certain others, I arranged... | |
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