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... society ? Who has not observed very limited talents appear in the offspring of men of the greatest genius ? Now the inferences to be drawn from such facts are , that either the education has not been adapted to the natural dispositions ...
... society ? Who has not observed very limited talents appear in the offspring of men of the greatest genius ? Now the inferences to be drawn from such facts are , that either the education has not been adapted to the natural dispositions ...
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... society , framed on such erroneous principles , attain the end for which alone society was framed ? Deception and men- dacy are always regarded in the common and every day intercourse of life as base and odious , — Is it then only upon ...
... society , framed on such erroneous principles , attain the end for which alone society was framed ? Deception and men- dacy are always regarded in the common and every day intercourse of life as base and odious , — Is it then only upon ...
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... society ? To answer this query in a satisfactory manner , let us remember that the human mind embraces feelings and intellectual faculties ; that intellect does not produce feelings , but that the latter are the main causes of our ...
... society ? To answer this query in a satisfactory manner , let us remember that the human mind embraces feelings and intellectual faculties ; that intellect does not produce feelings , but that the latter are the main causes of our ...
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... and the arts address themselves to the finer emotions of the mind . By observing also the different classes of society , and the inhabitants of different provinces , we learn , that ignorance is the greatest enemy of mo- GENERAL VIEW . 33.
... and the arts address themselves to the finer emotions of the mind . By observing also the different classes of society , and the inhabitants of different provinces , we learn , that ignorance is the greatest enemy of mo- GENERAL VIEW . 33.
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... society . This , then , will not be confined to reading and writing , but particularly extended over the moral conduct , and all duties and rights in practical life . The education of the body is called Physical , that of the mind ...
... society . This , then , will not be confined to reading and writing , but particularly extended over the moral conduct , and all duties and rights in practical life . The education of the body is called Physical , that of the mind ...
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Page 211 - Ye know that the princes of the Gentiles exercise dominion over them, and they that are great exercise authority upon them. But it shall not be so among you : but whosoever will be great among you, let him be your minister ; and whosoever will be chief among you, let him be your servant...
Page 41 - Elias was a man subject to like passions as we are, and he prayed earnestly that it might not rain : and it rained not on the earth by the space of three years and six months. And he prayed again, and the heaven gave rain, and the earth brought forth her fruit.
Page 211 - But Jesus called them unto him, and said, Ye know that the princes of the Gentiles exercise dominion over them, and they that are great exercise authority upon them.
Page 330 - This Is one of the most ingenious inventions of the age. A cast made of plaster of Paris, the size of the human head, on which the exact location of each of the Phrenological organs...
Page 212 - And he sat down, and called the twelve, and said unto them, If any man desire to be first, the same shall be last of all, and servant of all.
Page 236 - God, and bind themselves by an oath, not to the commission of any wickedness, but not to be guilty of theft, or robbery, or adultery, never to falsify their word, nor to deny a pledge committed to them, when called upon to return it.
Page 199 - ... and exertions that are requisite to strengthen, the mind. Let us then by being allowed to take the same exercise as boys, not only during infancy, but youth, arrive at perfection of body, that we may know how far the natural superiority of man extends.