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Page 77
... vice as shameful and unmanly . tion to be useful . Make them disdain to be destitute of any useful knowledge . — John Adams to his wife . EDUCATION OF SELF . - We all have two educations , one of which we receive from others ; and ...
... vice as shameful and unmanly . tion to be useful . Make them disdain to be destitute of any useful knowledge . — John Adams to his wife . EDUCATION OF SELF . - We all have two educations , one of which we receive from others ; and ...
Page 78
... vice , and tends only to evil . EDUCATION , THE GREAT WORK . - It requires great wisdom and industry to advance a considerable estate ; much art , and contrivance , and pains , to raise a great and regular build- ing ; but the greatest ...
... vice , and tends only to evil . EDUCATION , THE GREAT WORK . - It requires great wisdom and industry to advance a considerable estate ; much art , and contrivance , and pains , to raise a great and regular build- ing ; but the greatest ...
Page 85
... vice which is , above most others , tormenting to ourselves , hateful to the world , and productive of mean artifices and sordid projects . - Johnson . EPITAPHS . Some persons make their own epitaphs , and bespeak the reader's good ...
... vice which is , above most others , tormenting to ourselves , hateful to the world , and productive of mean artifices and sordid projects . - Johnson . EPITAPHS . Some persons make their own epitaphs , and bespeak the reader's good ...
Page 91
... vice , would bring up two children . You may think that a little tea , or a little punch now and then , diet a little more costly , clothes perhaps a little finer , and a little entertainment now and then , can be no matter ; but ...
... vice , would bring up two children . You may think that a little tea , or a little punch now and then , diet a little more costly , clothes perhaps a little finer , and a little entertainment now and then , can be no matter ; but ...
Page 99
... vice from virtue . And because all men are apt to flatter themselves , to entertain the additions of other men's praises is most perilous . - Sir IV . Raleigh - to his Son . FLATTERY . - Flattery is a sort of bad money to which our ...
... vice from virtue . And because all men are apt to flatter themselves , to entertain the additions of other men's praises is most perilous . - Sir IV . Raleigh - to his Son . FLATTERY . - Flattery is a sort of bad money to which our ...
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