 ... useless in our hands ; and if by harassing our bodies ( though with a design to render ourselves more useful ) we deprive ourselves of the abilities and opportunities of doing that good we might have done with a meaner talent, which God thought sufficient...  Essays - Page 21by Samuel Ward - 1834 - 68 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1840 - 534 pages
...destroy our health, we labour fpr a thing that will be useless in our hands ; and if by harrassing our bodies, (though with a design to render ourselves...ourselves of the abilities and opportunities of doing hat good we might have done with a meaner talent,' which 3od thought sufficient for us, by having denied... | |
 | 1833 - 274 pages
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 | Periodicals - 1840 - 272 pages
...handi; and if by harrnssing our bodies, (though with a design to render ourselves more useful,) wo deprive ourselves of the abilities and opportunities...have done with a meaner talent, which God thought sutlicient for us, by having denied us the strength to improve it to that pitch which men of stronger... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - English literature - 1854 - 796 pages
...PRESERVING HEALTH. If by gaining knowledge we destroy our health, we labor for a thing that will Lie useless in our hands ; and if, by harassing our bodies,...opportunities of doing that good we might have done with a menner talent, which God thought sufficient for us, by having denied us the strength to improve it... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - English literature - 1856 - 800 pages
...PRESERVING HEALTH. If by gaining knowledge we destroy our "health, we labor for a thing that will be useless in our hands; and if, by harassing our bodies,...(though with a design to render ourselves more useful,) \ve deprive ourselves of the abilities and opportunities of doing that good we might have done with... | |
 | Henry Southgate - 1862 - 774 pages
...others in this world ; but if by gaining it we destroy our health, we labour for a thing that will be for profit and sale, and not a rich storehouse for...Bacon. KNOWLEDGE— Acquisition of. Knowledge will not ••{ doing that good we might have doue with > meaner talent, which God thought suffidtr1. for us,... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1863 - 788 pages
...PRESERVING HEALTH. If by gaining knowledge we destroy our health, we labor for a thing that will be useless in our hands ; and if, by harassing our bodies,...good we might have done with a meaner talent, which GocV thought sufficient for us, by having denied us the strength to imorove it to that pitch which... | |
 | Education - 1867 - 516 pages
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 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - English literature - 1865 - 784 pages
...we destroy our health, we labor for * thing that will be useless in our hands; and if, by Iwasslng our bodies, (though with a design to render ourselves...good we might have done with a meaner talent, which Gort thought sufficient for us, by having denied us the strength to imorove it to that pitch which... | |
 | James Lee (M.A.) - 1867 - 508 pages
...others in this world ; but if by gaining it we destroy our health, we labour for a thing that will be useless in our hands ; and if by harassing our bodies (though with a design to render ourselves more of the abilities and opportunities of doing that good we might have done with a meaner talent, which... | |
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