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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... masters towards their servants , or of vice in the latter , but is the natural consequence of that peculiar position in ... master- and servants to endeavour to discover and to agree upon some means for carrying the servant through life ...
... masters towards their servants , or of vice in the latter , but is the natural consequence of that peculiar position in ... master- and servants to endeavour to discover and to agree upon some means for carrying the servant through life ...
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... other hand , the great principle of division of labour , which may be called the moving power of civilization , is being extended to all branches of science , industry , and art . MENDELSSOHN . THE great master who , through the whole.
... other hand , the great principle of division of labour , which may be called the moving power of civilization , is being extended to all branches of science , industry , and art . MENDELSSOHN . THE great master who , through the whole.
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... master who , through the whole maze of his creation , from the soft whispering to the mighty raging of the elements , makes us conscious of the unity of his conception . DEFECTS OF OUR CENSUS THE official statistics of all countries ...
... master who , through the whole maze of his creation , from the soft whispering to the mighty raging of the elements , makes us conscious of the unity of his conception . DEFECTS OF OUR CENSUS THE official statistics of all countries ...
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... master ( with whom he may even have lived for a short time only ) may inflict upon him , and the master from the risk to which a charac- ter wrung from a former weak master by the im- portunities of an undeserving servant , may expose ...
... master ( with whom he may even have lived for a short time only ) may inflict upon him , and the master from the risk to which a charac- ter wrung from a former weak master by the im- portunities of an undeserving servant , may expose ...
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... master them , and some skill to draw any definite and safe conclusions from the mass of material which they present to the student ; while the value of the in- formation offered depends exactly upon its bulk , increasing in proportion ...
... master them , and some skill to draw any definite and safe conclusions from the mass of material which they present to the student ; while the value of the in- formation offered depends exactly upon its bulk , increasing in proportion ...
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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...