The service of the poor; an inquiry into the reasons for and against the establishment of religious sisterhoods for charitable purposes |
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... influence of the mystical sects - the Brethren of the Free Spirit , and others -- with which they became mixed up both in fact and in public opinion , and whose fate they in a great measure shared during the persecu- tions of the 14th ...
... influence of the mystical sects - the Brethren of the Free Spirit , and others -- with which they became mixed up both in fact and in public opinion , and whose fate they in a great measure shared during the persecu- tions of the 14th ...
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... offices to living individuals — not to a class in the abstract — which God intended to counteract the benumbing influences of wealth . It would , therefore , be very lamentable VI . ] 135 INSTITUTION FOR NURSES AT LIVERPOOL .
... offices to living individuals — not to a class in the abstract — which God intended to counteract the benumbing influences of wealth . It would , therefore , be very lamentable VI . ] 135 INSTITUTION FOR NURSES AT LIVERPOOL .
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... influence of our example , and the disposition of the poor among whom we work to respect and adhere to the faith that bears such fruits ; but to desire or seek for any more direct results of this kind in the work of healing or relieving ...
... influence of our example , and the disposition of the poor among whom we work to respect and adhere to the faith that bears such fruits ; but to desire or seek for any more direct results of this kind in the work of healing or relieving ...
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... influence for good their virtue and happiness here and hereafter . Remember , when wearied and perhaps discouraged by ingratitude , it is not alone the poor , wretched , irritable , and , perhaps it may seem to you , worthless sufferer ...
... influence for good their virtue and happiness here and hereafter . Remember , when wearied and perhaps discouraged by ingratitude , it is not alone the poor , wretched , irritable , and , perhaps it may seem to you , worthless sufferer ...
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... influenced by , a general im- pression as to the comparative value of the types of character which they respectively tend to produce , I am obliged also to insist from the first upon the importance of equality in the grounds of such ...
... influenced by , a general im- pression as to the comparative value of the types of character which they respectively tend to produce , I am obliged also to insist from the first upon the importance of equality in the grounds of such ...
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