 | 1833 - 336 σελίδες
...in a desultory, and therefore an ineffective, useless manner. To sit five minutes utterly vacant, is not easy, even to minds the most absent. But to mark...it ; and the produce will be accordingly abundant. It is only by thinking, that a man can know himself. Yet all other knowledge, without this, is splendid... | |
 | 1873 - 342 σελίδες
...flit across the imagination, though a duty and a pleasure of high degree, is what we often neglect. Be not indolent, be not careless. Watch your own thoughts...of thinking. Accustom yourself to set them each to its proper service. You will have more work done, and better. Mind can work upon itself, and never... | |
 | 1873 - 350 σελίδες
...flit across the imagination, though a duty and a pleasure of high degree, is what we often neglect Be not indolent, be not careless. Watch your own thoughts...of thinking. Accustom yourself to set them each to its proper service. You will have more work done, and better. Mind can work upon itself, and never... | |
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To sit five minutes utterly vacant, is not easy, even to minds the most absent. But to mark the various fancies which flit across the imagination, though a duty, a pleasure of high degree, is what we often neglect. To cure this negligence is the object... 