Commerce, Literature and Art: A DiscourseJ. Murphy, 1848 - 52 páginas |
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... Christianity , or for the advancement of education , and flowing from the generosity of wealthy individuals , but I speak of edifices erected by spontaneous subscriptions for lite- rary purposes , from which the donors expected no ...
... Christianity , or for the advancement of education , and flowing from the generosity of wealthy individuals , but I speak of edifices erected by spontaneous subscriptions for lite- rary purposes , from which the donors expected no ...
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... of these qualities ; and moreover , he was a signal example of what an individual may acquire or achieve by the steadfast pursuit of a worthy object . He aimed to be a Christian Gentleman , and his conduct and cor- 17.
... of these qualities ; and moreover , he was a signal example of what an individual may acquire or achieve by the steadfast pursuit of a worthy object . He aimed to be a Christian Gentleman , and his conduct and cor- 17.
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A Discourse Brantz Mayer. be a Christian Gentleman , and his conduct and cor- respondence attest , that , at the most brilliant court of Europe , he turned joyfully from the ... Christian death ! This is an example of what may be done by 18.
A Discourse Brantz Mayer. be a Christian Gentleman , and his conduct and cor- respondence attest , that , at the most brilliant court of Europe , he turned joyfully from the ... Christian death ! This is an example of what may be done by 18.
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... Christianity that flows from them . There are two kinds of great acquisition which have always appeared to me to be properly classed among the humbugs of the age , both of which , never- theless , have their valuable uses when ...
... Christianity that flows from them . There are two kinds of great acquisition which have always appeared to me to be properly classed among the humbugs of the age , both of which , never- theless , have their valuable uses when ...
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... Christian tone of society . It will make us judge for ourselves , and save us from the credulous adoption of English prejudices in regard to men and nations . We shall have no second - hand opinions ; but will adopt our own criticism ...
... Christian tone of society . It will make us judge for ourselves , and save us from the credulous adoption of English prejudices in regard to men and nations . We shall have no second - hand opinions ; but will adopt our own criticism ...
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Página 25 - ... vanity. But there is also a moral and philosophical respect for our ancestors, which elevates the character and improves the heart. Next to the sense of religious duty and moral feeling, I hardly know what should bear with stronger obligation on a liberal and enlightened mind than a consciousness of alliance with excellence which...
Página 25 - ... future. Neither the point of time nor the spot of earth, in which we physically live, bounds our rational and intellectual enjoyments. We live in the past by a knowledge of its history, and in the future by hope and anticipation. By ascending to an association with our ancestors ; by contemplating their example and studying their character ; by partaking...
Página 12 - America to the world — in advising a young friend, at the outset of his life, that, " nothing is more perilous in America than to be too long learning, or to get the name of bookish.
Página 25 - There may be, and there often is, indeed, a regard for ancestry, which nourishes only a weak pride; as there is also a care for posterity, which only disguises an habitual avarice, or hides the workings of a low and groveling vanity. But there is also a moral and philosophical respect for our ancestors, which elevates the character and improves the heart.
Página 20 - All his wealth is in paper, — paper like bad scrip, marked with a high nominal amount, but useless in exchange and repudiated in real traffic. The great scholar is often an intellectual miser, who expends the spiritual energy that might make him a hero, upon the detection of a wrong dot, a false syllable, or an inaccurate word.
Página 24 - History is the biography of nations. It contains the germ of the future sown in the soil of the past. It is a solemn lesson of political, personal and national experience.
Página 25 - ... a disregard of our forefathers seems to be an actual courting of oblivion for ourselves, — a clear intimation to those who come after, that they are neither to reverence our example nor to be warned by our errors.
Página 17 - Cicero would have been Cicero had he never been consul. Place gave nothing to him but the chance to save his country. It can bestow no fame ; for fame is won by the qualities that should win place; whilst place is too often won by the tricks that should condemn the practicer.
Página 27 - They become receptacles of fact, into which the honest and industrious student may freely come and carefully collate the discordant materials that have been accumulated, with commendable industry, for future use.
Página 35 - ... all they were to dread and all they were to hope. In Rome, nay, throughout Italy, art is a religion, and painters are a hieroglyphic priesthood, inspired by heaven and divine by that inspiration. The monk preaches from the pulpit with temporary unction, while the painter preaches forever from the walls and canvass of church or chapel! The one is a temporal teacher whose ministry passes with his life ; the other is an orator, eloquent during all time. The one is a minister, with all the frailties...