Prince Albert's Golden Precepts: Or, The Opinions and Maxims of His Royal Highness the Prince ConsortS. Low, son, and Company, 1862 - 133 pages |
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... increasing commerce of the world , and an important link in the connexion of the East and the West . Nay , if I contemplate the extra- ordinary rapidity of development which charac- terises the undertakings of this age , it may not even ...
... increasing commerce of the world , and an important link in the connexion of the East and the West . Nay , if I contemplate the extra- ordinary rapidity of development which charac- terises the undertakings of this age , it may not even ...
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... increasing in proportion with its quantity and comprehensiveness . It has been little understood , also , from the peculiar and often unjustifiable use which has been made of it ; for the very fact of its difficulty , and the patience ...
... increasing in proportion with its quantity and comprehensiveness . It has been little understood , also , from the peculiar and often unjustifiable use which has been made of it ; for the very fact of its difficulty , and the patience ...
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... increasing attention bestowed upon it by the people at large , will not only tend to refine and elevate the national tastes , but will also lead to the production of works , which , if left behind us as memorials of our age , will give ...
... increasing attention bestowed upon it by the people at large , will not only tend to refine and elevate the national tastes , but will also lead to the production of works , which , if left behind us as memorials of our age , will give ...
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... increase of population are gradually driving out of many parts of the country . On those blue hills the red deer , in vast herds , holds undisturbed dominion over the wide heathery forest , until the sportsman , fatigued and unstrung by ...
... increase of population are gradually driving out of many parts of the country . On those blue hills the red deer , in vast herds , holds undisturbed dominion over the wide heathery forest , until the sportsman , fatigued and unstrung by ...
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... increase of population , of marriages , births , and deaths , of emigration , disease , crime , education , and occu- pation , of the products of agriculture , mining , and manufacture , of the results of trade , commerce , and finance ...
... increase of population , of marriages , births , and deaths , of emigration , disease , crime , education , and occu- pation , of the products of agriculture , mining , and manufacture , of the results of trade , commerce , and finance ...
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Page 1 - ... person ; but it is more peculiarly the duty of those who, under the blessing of Divine Providence, enjoy station, wealth, and education.
Page 44 - I conceive it to be the duty of every educated person closely to watch and study the time in which he lives, and, as far as in him lies, to add his humble mite of individual exertion to further the accomplishment of what he believes Providence to have ordained.
Page 2 - Let them be careful, however, to avoid any dictatorial interference with labour and employment, which frightens away capital, destroys that freedom of thought and independence of action which must remain to every one if he is to work out his own happiness, and impairs that confidence under which alone engagements for mutual benefit are possible.
Page 57 - The Exhibition of 1851 is to give us a true test and a living picture of the point of development at which the whole of mankind has arrived in this great task, and a new starting point from which all nations will be able to direct their further exertions.
Page 106 - ... all, can only embrace a comparatively short space of time, and a small number of experiments. From none of these causes can we hope for much progress ; for the mind, however ingenious, has no materials to work with, and remains in presence of phenomena, the causes of which are hidden from it. But...
Page 95 - Please to recollect that this species of bore is a most useful animal, well adapted for the ends for which Nature intended him. He alone, by constantly returning to the charge, and repealing the same truths and the same requests, succeeds in awakening attention to the cause which he advocates, and obtains that hearing which is granted him at last for self-protection, as the minor evil compared to his importunity, but which is requisite to make his cause understood.
Page 11 - The products of all quarters of the globe are placed at our disposal, and we have only to choose which is the best and the cheapest for our purposes, and the powers of production are intrusted to the stimulus of competition and capital.
Page 52 - ... the vast number of distinguished men who labour in her sacred cause, and whose achievements, while spreading innumerable benefits, justly attract the admiration of mankind, contrasted strongly in my mind with the consciousness of my own insignificance in this respect. I, a simple .admirer and would-be student of Science, to take the place of the chief and spokesman of the scientific men of the day, assembled in furtherance of their important objects !—the thing appeared to me impossible.
Page 15 - It was peculiar to him that in great things, as in small, all the difficulties and objections occurred to him ; first he would anxiously consider them, pause, and warn against rash resolutions ; but having convinced himself, after a long and careful investigation, that a step was not only right to be taken, but of the practical mode also of safely taking it, it became a necessity and a duty to him to take it ; all his caution and apparent timidity changed into courage and power of action, and at...
Page 7 - ... to know and worship Him, but endowed with the power of self-determination, having reason given him. for his guide. He can develop his faculties, place himself in harmony with his Divine prototype, and attain that happiness which is offered to him on earth, to be completed hereafter in entire union with Him through the mercy of Christ. But he can also leave these faculties unimproved, and miss his mission on earth. He will then sink to the level of the lower animals, forfeit happiness, and separate...