The Popular lecturer [afterw.] Pitman's Popular lecturer (and reader), ed. by H. Pitman, 1–3. köideHenry Pitman 1856 |
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... duty ? The ve- getarian , indeed , will scarcely say that his society , numbering some six or seven hundred persons , in- cludes all the patriots and philanthropists of our time and country ? We do not wish to weaken any real position ...
... duty ? The ve- getarian , indeed , will scarcely say that his society , numbering some six or seven hundred persons , in- cludes all the patriots and philanthropists of our time and country ? We do not wish to weaken any real position ...
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... duties all those domestic servants now employed by the wealthy . Why should any man bearing God's image be deck- ed out in party - coloured clothes - ticketed , so to speak , as the man to come and run at the bidding of his master ...
... duties all those domestic servants now employed by the wealthy . Why should any man bearing God's image be deck- ed out in party - coloured clothes - ticketed , so to speak , as the man to come and run at the bidding of his master ...
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... duty was to be done - whether in the form of the wretched piquet , exposed to the elements which almost congealed the blood , or attacking a position which promised certain death - it was done , -done with a heroism never excelled in ...
... duty was to be done - whether in the form of the wretched piquet , exposed to the elements which almost congealed the blood , or attacking a position which promised certain death - it was done , -done with a heroism never excelled in ...
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... duties . Ignorance being the parent of crime , ignorance must be banish- ed from our fire sides - habits of thought , engendered by reading , must occupy our spare moments . As our knowledge expands , our acquaintance with life through ...
... duties . Ignorance being the parent of crime , ignorance must be banish- ed from our fire sides - habits of thought , engendered by reading , must occupy our spare moments . As our knowledge expands , our acquaintance with life through ...
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... duty is not to be considered beautiful or important according to the effects that follow from it , but in its essence , - -we should welcome him , and gladly receive his teachings . This contest between heaven and earth , religion and ...
... duty is not to be considered beautiful or important according to the effects that follow from it , but in its essence , - -we should welcome him , and gladly receive his teachings . This contest between heaven and earth , religion and ...
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Page 226 - I have lived, Sir, a long time ; and, the longer I live, the more convincing proofs I see of this truth, that GOD governs in the affairs of men. And, if a sparrow cannot fall to the ground without his notice, is it probable that an empire can rise without his aid ? We have been assured, Sir, in the Sacred Writings, that, 'except the Lord build the house, they labor in vain that build it...
Page 209 - O men with sisters dear! O men with mothers and wives! It is not linen you're wearing out, But human creatures' lives! Stitch — stitch — stitch, In poverty, hunger and dirt, — Sewing at once, with a double thread, A shroud as well as a shirt!
Page 2 - And yet, on the other hand, unless wariness be used, as good almost kill a man as kill a good book: Who kills a man kills a reasonable creature, God's image; but he who destroys a good book, kills reason itself, kills the image of God, as it were in the eye.
Page 86 - When to the sessions of sweet silent thought I summon up remembrance of things past, I sigh the lack of many a thing I sought, And with old woes new wail my dear time's waste...
Page 213 - Touch her not scornfully; Think of her mournfully, Gently and humanly; Not of the stains of her; All that remains of her Now is pure womanly. Make no deep scrutiny Into her mutiny Rash and undutiful; Past all dishonor, Death has left on her Only the beautiful.
Page 276 - Nature never did betray The heart that loved her ; 'tis her privilege Through all the years of this our life, to lead From joy to joy : for she can so inform The mind that is within us, so impress With quietness and beauty, and so feed With lofty thoughts, that neither evil tongues, Rash judgments, nor the sneers of selfish men, Nor greetings where no kindness is, nor all The dreary intercourse of daily life, Shall e'er prevail against us, or disturb Our cheerful faith that all which we behold Is...
Page 209 - Work - work work Till the brain begins to swim! Work - work - work Till the eyes are heavy and dim! Seam , and gusset , and band , Band , and gusset , and seam , Till over the buttons I fall asleep, And sew them on in a dream! "O men with sisters dear! O men with mothers and wives! It is not linen you're wearing out , But human creatures
Page 216 - We wish that this column, rising towards heaven among the pointed spires of so many temples dedicated to God, may contribute also to produce, in all minds, a pious feeling of dependence and gratitude. We wish, finally, that the last object...
Page 271 - Nor do not saw the air too much with your hand, thus, but use all gently ; for in the very torrent, tempest, and, as I may say, the whirlwind of passion, you must acquire and beget a temperance that may give it smoothness.
Page 9 - And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters. And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament: and it was so. And God called the firmament Heaven. And the evening and the morning were the second day.