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... passions , that volcano would no more devastate the land . We might examine the signs and crush the seed before it has germinated . Again we know the evils of popular ignorance and the advantages of the dissemination of learning . What ...
... passions , that volcano would no more devastate the land . We might examine the signs and crush the seed before it has germinated . Again we know the evils of popular ignorance and the advantages of the dissemination of learning . What ...
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... passions , when it can be done without the interference of any other principle is always agreeable to us under any circumstance . We like to see the messenger of good news , the immediate cause of a joyful feeling in us , rewarded ...
... passions , when it can be done without the interference of any other principle is always agreeable to us under any circumstance . We like to see the messenger of good news , the immediate cause of a joyful feeling in us , rewarded ...
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... passions . Epicurus in prudence , in the proper pursuit of the means of our own welfare . Plato considered virtue as worthy of pursuit for its natural beauty , for its effects on the mind . Epicurus as instruments of our welfare ...
... passions . Epicurus in prudence , in the proper pursuit of the means of our own welfare . Plato considered virtue as worthy of pursuit for its natural beauty , for its effects on the mind . Epicurus as instruments of our welfare ...
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... passions that rage most in the weakest mind . As an instrument of pro- moting the moral habits of man , literature is highly serviceable . That the study of literature , which is often made use of in the cause of virtue of wisdom - and ...
... passions that rage most in the weakest mind . As an instrument of pro- moting the moral habits of man , literature is highly serviceable . That the study of literature , which is often made use of in the cause of virtue of wisdom - and ...
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... passion , and walketh the streets , and doth not keep home : " Non est curiosus , quin idem sit malevolus . " Men of noble birth are noted to be envious towards new men when they rise ; for the distance is altered , and it is like a ...
... passion , and walketh the streets , and doth not keep home : " Non est curiosus , quin idem sit malevolus . " Men of noble birth are noted to be envious towards new men when they rise ; for the distance is altered , and it is like a ...
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Página 3 - Peace to all such! but were there one whose fires True genius kindles, and fair fame inspires, Blest with each talent and each art to please, And born to write, converse, and live with ease: Should such a man, too fond to rule alone, Bear, like the Turk, no brother near the throne, View him with scornful, yet with jealous eyes, And hate for arts that caused himself to rise, Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer, And without sneering, teach the rest to sneer...
Página 54 - O Cromwell, Cromwell, Had I but served my God with half the zeal I served my king, he would not in mine age Have left me naked to mine enemies.
Página 5 - ... as if there were sought in knowledge a couch whereupon to rest a searching and restless spirit, or a terrace for a wandering and variable mind to walk up and down with a fair prospect, or a tower of state for a proud mind to raise itself upon, or a fort or commanding ground for strife and contention, or a shop for profit and sale ; and not a rich store-house for the glory of the Creator and the relief of man's estate.
Página 6 - Deign on the passing world to turn thine eyes, And pause awhile from letters, to be wise; There mark what ills the scholar's life assail, Toil, envy, want, the patron, and the jail.
Página 1 - O poor hapless nightingale, thought I, How sweet thou sing'st, how near the deadly snare ! Then down the lawns I ran with headlong...
Página 13 - In any right-angled triangle, the square which is described upon the side subtending the right angle, is equal to the squares described upon the sides which contain the right angle.
Página 37 - There is only one cure for the evils which newly acquired freedom produces; and that cure is freedom. When a prisoner first leaves his cell he cannot bear the light of day ; he is unable to discriminate colors or recognize faces.
Página 29 - Tis greatly wise to talk with our past hours ; And ask them, what report they bore to heaven : And how they might have borne more welcome news.