The Power of Kindness: Inculcating the Principles of Benevolence and LoveFowlers & Wells, 1851 - 173 pages |
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... Poor Negro , XHONORARIJJJ 80 83 83 84 84 86 87 87 92 66 59 59 59 60 65 The Cherokee Women , A Little Girl , Peace Principles Tested , Kindness to Animals , by Charlotte Elizabeth , Extract from the Report of the N.Y Prison Association ...
... Poor Negro , XHONORARIJJJ 80 83 83 84 84 86 87 87 92 66 59 59 59 60 65 The Cherokee Women , A Little Girl , Peace Principles Tested , Kindness to Animals , by Charlotte Elizabeth , Extract from the Report of the N.Y Prison Association ...
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... Therefore , reader , if you wish to reclaim a poor wanderer , treat him kindly ; if a fellow being insults you , treat him kindly , and then you will not only most ef- fectually punish him , but you will do him good INTRODUCTION,
... Therefore , reader , if you wish to reclaim a poor wanderer , treat him kindly ; if a fellow being insults you , treat him kindly , and then you will not only most ef- fectually punish him , but you will do him good INTRODUCTION,
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... poor man's sheep ! ' ' I was wrong , neighbor , ' said I , but it won't do to let your sheep eat up all that grain ; so I came over to say , that I would take your sheep to my homestead pasture , and put them in with mine , and in the ...
... poor man's sheep ! ' ' I was wrong , neighbor , ' said I , but it won't do to let your sheep eat up all that grain ; so I came over to say , that I would take your sheep to my homestead pasture , and put them in with mine , and in the ...
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... poor crea- tures to stick to their bargain , that is , in plain English , to fight and kill them , and all about a little piece of land ! " THE EFFECTS OF KINDNESS AND PEACE PRINCIPLES ON SAVAGES . A national example of a refusal to ...
... poor crea- tures to stick to their bargain , that is , in plain English , to fight and kill them , and all about a little piece of land ! " THE EFFECTS OF KINDNESS AND PEACE PRINCIPLES ON SAVAGES . A national example of a refusal to ...
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... poor , and removed to the city to earn her living by covering umbrellas . She was just at that sus ceptible age , when youth is passing into woman- hood ; when the soul begins to be pervaded by " that restless principle , which impels poor ...
... poor , and removed to the city to earn her living by covering umbrellas . She was just at that sus ceptible age , when youth is passing into woman- hood ; when the soul begins to be pervaded by " that restless principle , which impels poor ...
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Page 41 - This is the portion of a wicked man with God, And the heritage of oppressors, which they shall receive of the Almighty. If his children be multiplied, it is for the sword : And his offspring shall not be satisfied with bread.
Page 63 - Speak gently! — It is better far To rule by love than fear — Speak gently — let no harsh words mar The good we might do here!
Page 27 - Reward her even as she rewarded you, and double unto her double according to her works: in the cup which she hath filled, fill to her double.
Page 27 - Thou art righteous, O Lord, which art, and wast, and shalt be, because thou hast judged thus. For they have shed the blood of saints and prophets, and thou hast given them blood to drink ; for they are worthy.
Page 41 - Some angel guide my pencil, while I draw, What nothing less than angel can exceed, A man on earth devoted to the skies; Like ships in seas, while in, above the world. With aspect mild, and elevated eye, Behold him seated on a mount serene, Above the fogs of sense, and passion's storm ; All the black cares and tumults of this life, Like harmless thunders, breaking at his feet, Excite his pity, not impair his peace.
Page 53 - The first man on whom the experiment was to be tried was an English captain, whose history no one knew, as he had been in chains forty years. He was thought to be one of the most furious among them ; his keepers approached him with caution, as he had in a fit of fury killed one of them on the spot with a blow from his manacles. He was chained more rigorously than any of the others. Pinel entered his cell unattended, and calmly...
Page 54 - Justice is as strictly due between neighbor nations as between neighbor citizens. A highwayman is as much a robber when he plunders in a gang as when single ; and -a nation that makes an unjust war, is only a great gang.
Page 7 - And when he had thus spoken, one of the officers which stood by struck Jesus with the palm of his hand, saying, Answerest thou the high priest so ? 23 Jesus answered him, If I have spoken evil, bear witness of the evil : but if well, why smitest thou me?
Page 41 - No dignity they find in aught besides. They triumph in externals, (which conceal Man's real glory,) proud of an eclipse ; Himself too much he prizes to be proud ; And nothing thinks so great in man, as man.
Page 63 - Tis full of anxious care. Speak gently to the aged one — Grieve not the care-worn heart ; The sands of life are nearly run : Let such in peace depart.