The Youth's Companion and CounsellorWilliam Chambers W. & R. Chambers, 1858 - 350 pages |
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... cause of this diversity of opinion is obvious . Until a few years ago , the study of Latin was carried to such an excess , that it absorbed nearly the whole of the school - years of youth . In the greater number of seminaries , except a ...
... cause of this diversity of opinion is obvious . Until a few years ago , the study of Latin was carried to such an excess , that it absorbed nearly the whole of the school - years of youth . In the greater number of seminaries , except a ...
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... causes of his success in life . Among other studies to which he directed his attention at this period was that of languages , to which his capacity seems to have been adapted . He mentions that he thus gained a competent knowledge of ...
... causes of his success in life . Among other studies to which he directed his attention at this period was that of languages , to which his capacity seems to have been adapted . He mentions that he thus gained a competent knowledge of ...
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... causes they assign are often , without their being conscious of it , mere figments of their own imaginations , and have no existence in nature . On such unsubstantial grounds are formed the mythic legends and histories of a simple ...
... causes they assign are often , without their being conscious of it , mere figments of their own imaginations , and have no existence in nature . On such unsubstantial grounds are formed the mythic legends and histories of a simple ...
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... cause , it is evident we shall be able to command the event , whenever we have it in our power to produce that combination of circumstances out of the means which nature has placed within our reach . ' 3. That the means of producing ...
... cause , it is evident we shall be able to command the event , whenever we have it in our power to produce that combination of circumstances out of the means which nature has placed within our reach . ' 3. That the means of producing ...
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... cause of a thing which has itself no real existence . Thus , it has been gravely discussed , how it happens that changes of the moon are followed by changes of the weather ; the fact being that the two things have no connection . More ...
... cause of a thing which has itself no real existence . Thus , it has been gravely discussed , how it happens that changes of the moon are followed by changes of the weather ; the fact being that the two things have no connection . More ...
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Page 262 - Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy. Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work: but the seventh day is the sabbath of the Lord thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates...
Page 315 - ... for want of a nail the shoe was lost; for want of a shoe the horse was lost; and for want of a horse the rider was lost;" being overtaken and slain by the enemy; all for the want of a little care about a horseshoe nail!
Page 67 - ORDER Let all your things have their places; let each part of your business have its time. 4 RESOLUTION Resolve to perform what you ought; perform without fail what you resolve.
Page 319 - We are offered, by the terms of this sale, six months' credit; and that perhaps has induced some of us to attend it, because we cannot spare the ready money, and hope now to be fine without it. But, ah, think what you do when you run in debt; you give to another power over your liberty. If you cannot pay at the time, you will be ashamed to see your creditor; you will be in fear when you speak to him, you will make poor pitiful sneaking excuses, and by degrees come to lose your veracity, and sink...
Page 263 - Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth. Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness : for they shall be filled. Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy. Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God. Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God. Blessed are they which are persecuted for righteousness' sake: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
Page 317 - You call them goods; but, if you do not take care, they will prove evils to some of you. You expect they will be sold cheap, and perhaps they may for less than they cost; but, if you have no occasion for them, they must be dear to you. Remember what Poor Richard says; buy what thou hast no need of, and ere long thou shalt sell thy necessaries.
Page 113 - This Sea that bares her bosom to the moon; The winds that will be howling at all hours, And are up-gathered now like sleeping flowers; For this, for everything, we are out of tune; It moves us not.
Page 262 - I the Lord thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me ; And shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me, and keep my commandments.
Page 313 - Key is always bright, as Poor Richard says. But dost thou love Life, then do not squander Time, for that's the Stuff Life is made of, as Poor Richard says. — How much more than is necessary do we spend in Sleep! forgetting that The sleeping Fox catches no Poultry, and that there will be sleeping enough in the Grave, as Poor Richard says.
Page 263 - Ye have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt love thy neighbour, and hate thine enemy: but I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you...