Self-improvement: Chiefly Addressed to the Young...Religious Tract Society, 1799 - 192 σελίδες |
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... better than they found it . The object of hard study is not to draw out geniuses , but to take minds such as are formed in a common mould , and fit them for active and decided usefulness . Nothing is so much coveted by mauy a young man ...
... better than they found it . The object of hard study is not to draw out geniuses , but to take minds such as are formed in a common mould , and fit them for active and decided usefulness . Nothing is so much coveted by mauy a young man ...
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... better for it . To - morrow you may do it again ; and each time it will answer more readily to your calls . Re- member that real discipline of mind does not consist so much in now and then making a great effort , as in having the mind ...
... better for it . To - morrow you may do it again ; and each time it will answer more readily to your calls . Re- member that real discipline of mind does not consist so much in now and then making a great effort , as in having the mind ...
Σελίδα 25
... better to walk than to run , and better to stand still than to walk , and better to sit than to stand , and better to lie than to sit . " Probably the man who deserves the most pity , is he who is most idle ; for as there are said to be ...
... better to walk than to run , and better to stand still than to walk , and better to sit than to stand , and better to lie than to sit . " Probably the man who deserves the most pity , is he who is most idle ; for as there are said to be ...
Σελίδα 26
... Better that the waters be straitened and burst over their banks , than that they be too sluggish to move at all . Who would not prefer to put to sea , even in a storm , and hurry over the waters in a gale , rather than lie for weeks ...
... Better that the waters be straitened and burst over their banks , than that they be too sluggish to move at all . Who would not prefer to put to sea , even in a storm , and hurry over the waters in a gale , rather than lie for weeks ...
Σελίδα 28
... case of a student . He commences the study of the dead languages : presently comes a friend , who tells him he is wasting his time , and that , instead of obsolete words , he had much better employ 28 SELF - IMPROVEMENT .
... case of a student . He commences the study of the dead languages : presently comes a friend , who tells him he is wasting his time , and that , instead of obsolete words , he had much better employ 28 SELF - IMPROVEMENT .
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Σελίδα 146 - I mention this to show from what trifling circumstances the mind will sometimes derive consolation ; for though the whole plant was not larger than the top of one of my fingers, I could not contemplate the delicate conformation of its roots, leaves, and capsula, without admiration. Can that Being (thought I) who planted, watered, and brought to perfection, in this obscure part of the world, a thing which appears of so small importance, look with unconcern upon the situation and sufferings of creatures...
Σελίδα 128 - I come to myself again. 4. Resolved, Never to do any manner of thing, whether in soul or body, less or more, but what tends to the glory of God, nor be, nor suffer it, if I can possibly avoid it. 5. Resolved, Never to lose one moment of time, but to improve it in the most profitable way I possibly can. 6. Resolved, To live with all my might, while I do live. 7. Resolved, Never to do any thing, which I should be afraid to do, if it were the last hour of my life.
Σελίδα 47 - Forsake not an old friend, for the new is not comparable to him : a new friend is as new wine ; when it is old thou shalt drink it with pleasure.
Σελίδα 47 - A faithful friend is a Strong defence; and he that hath found such an one, hath found a treasure.
Σελίδα 146 - I confess that my spirits began to fail me. I considered my fate as certain, and that I had no alternative but to lie down and perish.
Σελίδα 146 - Being (thought I), who planted, watered, and brought to perfection, in this obscure part of the world, a thing which appears of so small importance, look with unconcern upon the situation and sufferings of creatures formed after his own image? Surely not! Reflections like these, would not allow me to despair. I started up, and disregarding both hunger and fatigue, travelled forwards, assured that relief was at hand; and I was not disappointed.
Σελίδα 146 - The influence of religion, however, aided and supported me. I reflected that no human prudence or foresight could possibly have averted my present sufferings. I was indeed a stranger in a strange land, yet I was still under the protecting eye of that Providence who has condescended to call himself the stranger's friend.
Σελίδα 87 - Punctuality is important, because it subserves the peace and good temper of a family ; the want of it not only infringes on necessary duty, but sometimes excludes this duty.
Σελίδα 148 - I cannot refrain from adding,' says he, 'that the collection of tracts, which we call from their excellence the Scriptures, contain, independently of a divine origin, more true sublimity, more exquisite beauty, purer morality, more important history, and finer strains both of poetry and eloquence, than could be collected within the same compass, from all the other books that were ever composed in any age or in any idiom.
Σελίδα 28 - That the man who is perpetually hesitating which of two things he will do first, will do neither. The man who resolves, but suffers his resolution to be changed by the first countersuggestion of a friend-— who fluctuates from opinion to opinion, from plan to plan, and veers like a weathercock to every point of the compass, with every breath of caprice that blows, can never accomplish anything great or useful. Instead of being progressive in anything he will be at best stationary, and, more probably,...