The Student's Manual: Designed, by Specific Directions, to Aid in Forming and Strengthening the Intellectual and Moral Character and Habits of the StudentJ.H. Butler, 1835 - 392 pages |
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... better ? We all like gold , but dread the digging . The cat loves the fish , but will not wade to catch them ; -amat pisces , sed non vult tingere plantas . Those islands which so beautifully adorn the Pa- cific , and which , but for ...
... better ? We all like gold , but dread the digging . The cat loves the fish , but will not wade to catch them ; -amat pisces , sed non vult tingere plantas . Those islands which so beautifully adorn the Pa- cific , and which , but for ...
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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 . But remember that real discipline of mind does not so much consist 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 . But remember that real discipline of mind does not so much consist in now and then making a great effort , as in having the mind ...
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... 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 of pity , is he who is most idle ; for as " there are said ...
... 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 of pity , is he who is most idle ; for as " there are said ...
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... 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 in a gale hurry over the waters , 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 in a gale hurry over the waters , rather than lie for weeks ...
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... words , he had much better employ himself in acquiring new ideas . He changes his plan , and sets to work at the mathematics . Then comes another purpose Effect of changing plans . Habit of putting off . THE STUDENT'S MANUAL . 59.
... words , he had much better employ himself in acquiring new ideas . He changes his plan , and sets to work at the mathematics . Then comes another purpose Effect of changing plans . Habit of putting off . THE STUDENT'S MANUAL . 59.
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Page 332 - I have a short and plain answer: let him study the Holy Scripture, especially the New Testament; therein are contained the words of eternal life : it has God for its author, Salvation for its end, and Truth, without any mixture of error, for its matter...
Page 330 - 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 other books that were ever composed in any age or in any idiom.
Page 327 - I turned, nothing appeared but danger and difficulty. I saw myself in the midst of a vast wilderness in the depth of the rainy season, naked and alone, surrounded by savage animals, and men still more savage.
Page 327 - 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 capsule, without admiration. Can that Being...
Page 278 - But we their sons, a pamper'd race of men, Are dwindled down to threescore years and ten. Better to hunt in fields for health unbought Than fee the doctor for a nauseous draught. The wise for cure on exercise depend : God never made His work for man to mend.
Page 327 - The influence of religion, however, aided and supported me. I recollected that no human prudence or foresight could have arrested my present sufferings. I indeed was 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. At this moment, painful as my reflections were, the extraordinary beauty of a small moss in fructification irresistibly caught my eye.
Page 77 - ... a custom loathsome to the eye, hateful to the nose, harmful to the brain, dangerous to the lungs, and in the black stinking fume thereof, nearest resembling the horrible Stygian smoke of the pit that is bottomless.
Page 328 - ... 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.
Page 77 - It is a custom loathsome to the eye, hateful to the nose, harmful to the brain, dangerous to the lungs, and in the black .... fume thereof, nearest resembling the horrible Stygian smoke of the pit that is bottomless.
Page 207 - Of praise a mere glutton, he swallowed what came, And the puff of a dunce, he mistook it for fame; Till his relish grown callous, almost to disease, Who peppered the highest was surest to please. But let us be candid, and speak out our mind, If dunces applauded, he paid them in kind.