Lectures on Moral Science: Delivered Before the Lowell Institute, BostonGould and Lincoln, 1862 - 304 páginas |
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... perfect a science of the heavens , might well have been doubted ; but that he should do this sooner than per- fect the science of that which pertained to his own most intimate being , and which stood in the closest relation to his ...
... perfect a science of the heavens , might well have been doubted ; but that he should do this sooner than per- fect the science of that which pertained to his own most intimate being , and which stood in the closest relation to his ...
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... perfect ellipse . But none of them do thus move , and it is obvious that disturbing forces might be multiplied so as to render a science of the stars , or at least any other than a hypothetical one , impossible . Here lies the obstacle ...
... perfect ellipse . But none of them do thus move , and it is obvious that disturbing forces might be multiplied so as to render a science of the stars , or at least any other than a hypothetical one , impossible . Here lies the obstacle ...
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... perfect mental science would require , first , the normal action of the faculties to give the phenomena , and then an accurate observation of those phenomena . A per- fect moral science would require the normal action of the moral ...
... perfect mental science would require , first , the normal action of the faculties to give the phenomena , and then an accurate observation of those phenomena . A per- fect moral science would require the normal action of the moral ...
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... result is first , as perfect as it can be made , and the science is just a statement of the process by which the result was reached . It is in this class that the science of the mind belongs . Like the eye , its faculties.
... result is first , as perfect as it can be made , and the science is just a statement of the process by which the result was reached . It is in this class that the science of the mind belongs . Like the eye , its faculties.
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... perfect ; we may not be able to affect the results , and yet the sciences may be of use indirectly . We cannot change the number or movements of Jupiter's satellites ; but by means of their eclipses we can calculate the longitude ...
... perfect ; we may not be able to affect the results , and yet the sciences may be of use indirectly . We cannot change the number or movements of Jupiter's satellites ; but by means of their eclipses we can calculate the longitude ...
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Página 121 - All murder'd; for within the hollow crown That rounds the mortal temples of a king Keeps Death his court and there the antic sits, Scoffing his state and grinning at his pomp, Allowing him a breath, a little scene, To monarchize, be fear'd and kill with looks...
Página 291 - But shadows, clouds, and darkness, rest upon it. Here will I hold. If there's a power above us (And that there is, all Nature cries aloud Through all her works), he must delight in virtue ; And that which he delights in must be happy.
Página 98 - It is for this reason that the blood of the martyrs has been the seed of the church...
Página 121 - And that small model of the barren earth Which serves as paste and cover to our bones. For God's sake, let us sit upon the ground And tell sad stories of the death of kings...
Página 66 - He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he that loveth abundance with increase: this is also vanity.
Página 109 - And I gave my heart to seek and search out by wisdom concerning all things that are done under the heavens; this sore travail hath God given to the sons of men to be exercised therewith.
Página 203 - Greatness and goodness are not means, but ends ! Hath he not always treasures, always friends, The good great man ? Three treasures, love, and light, And calm thoughts regular as infant's breath : And three firm friends, more sure than day and night, Himself, his Maker, and the angel Death.
Página 75 - They that are whole need not a physician, but they that are sick ;" and the law of self-denial as a remedy, or as a condition for the working of other remedies, may be as different from its natural law as the regimen of a sick man should be from that of one who is well. It has been from a consciousness of disorder that difficulties and obscurity have arisen at this point.
Página 151 - Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools, and CHANGED the glory of the uncorruptible God into AN IMAGE made like to corruptible man, and to birds, and fourfooted beasts, and creeping things.
Página 61 - These pleasures, by repetition, lose their relish. It is a property of the machine, for which we know no remedy, that the organs, by which we perceive pleasure, are blunted and benumbed by being frequently exercised in the same way.