Success in life, a book for young menNelson, 1851 - 332 páginas |
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... cause sooner than our own imprudence , or neglect of the proper means , when we see ourselves outstripped in the race . Yet we own , abstractly , the good old maxims which promise health and wealth to the industrious ; fortune to those ...
... cause sooner than our own imprudence , or neglect of the proper means , when we see ourselves outstripped in the race . Yet we own , abstractly , the good old maxims which promise health and wealth to the industrious ; fortune to those ...
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... cause , and anticipating and urging his appearance in parliament as the appropriate sphere of his talents and in- fluence . " In 1817 , he published a work on Prison Discipline . Six editions of it were sold the first year . It gave ...
... cause , and anticipating and urging his appearance in parliament as the appropriate sphere of his talents and in- fluence . " In 1817 , he published a work on Prison Discipline . Six editions of it were sold the first year . It gave ...
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... cause of negro emancipation . In this great anti - slavery struggle , he con- tended long , and at length finally triumphed . Yet this was not the sole cause he advocated . The reformation of prison discipline and the criminal law ; the ...
... cause of negro emancipation . In this great anti - slavery struggle , he con- tended long , and at length finally triumphed . Yet this was not the sole cause he advocated . The reformation of prison discipline and the criminal law ; the ...
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... cause . Lushington , Macaulay , Brougham , Mac- kintosh , and other names of the living and the dead , might be mentioned as those of public individuals , who , with Buxton , mutually acted on and influenced each other . But the most ...
... cause . Lushington , Macaulay , Brougham , Mac- kintosh , and other names of the living and the dead , might be mentioned as those of public individuals , who , with Buxton , mutually acted on and influenced each other . But the most ...
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... cause . " But all his sympathies were large , and his heart was open to the most winning and gentle influences of love . " Only think of the leader of a section of the House of Commons , -the man bending under the weight of public ...
... cause . " But all his sympathies were large , and his heart was open to the most winning and gentle influences of love . " Only think of the leader of a section of the House of Commons , -the man bending under the weight of public ...
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acquired amid Anne of Denmark banker benevolent British career Cenani Christian circumstances commercial conscience course decision of character diligent divine duty economy Edinburgh evil extravagant faith father feel firmness fortune gentleman George George Heriot George Prentice habit hand heart Heriot honest honour human indispensable industry influence integrity interests John Law knowledge labour leisure hours less lesson London look Lord Lord Clive manner Marquis De Croissy master maxim means ment mercantile merchant mind Mississippi scheme moral Morris ness never noble object perseverance philanthropist pleasure poor possessed present principle proved prudence purpose railway railway mania remarkable resolution Rheims Robert Morris ruin Sabbath says scheme Scotland Scottish seemed speculation spirit Stephen Girard success thing Thomas Fowell Buxton thou thought thousands tion trade transactions trust truth virtues wealth whole wise young Colbert youth
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Página 178 - He that hath no rule over his own spirit is like a city that is broken down, and without walls.
Página 311 - Good, which perhaps gave me a turn of thinking that had an influence on some of the principal future events of my life.
Página 77 - He that is faithful in that which is least is faithful also in much : and he that is unjust in the least is unjust also in much.
Página 310 - At his table he liked to have as often as he could some sensible friend or neighbor to converse with, and always took care to start some ingenious or useful topic for discourse, which might tend to improve the minds of his children. By this means he turned our attention to what was good, just, and prudent in the conduct of life...
Página 314 - I crossed these columns with thirteen red lines, marking the beginning of each line with the first letter of one of the virtues; on which line, and in its proper column, I might mark by a little black spot, every fault I found upon examination to have been committed respecting that virtue, upon that day I determined to give a week's strict attention to each of the virtues successively.
Página 328 - the Deep Voice cried, " So long enjoyed, so oft misused — Alternate, in thy fickle pride, Desired, neglected, and accused? " Before my breath, like blazing flax, Man and his marvels pass away ; And changing empires wane and wax, Are founded, flourish, and decay. " Redeem mine hours — the space is brief — While in my glass the sand-grains shiver, And measureless thy joy or grief, When TIME and thou...
Página 307 - Made vocal for the amusement of the rest ; The sprightly lyre, whose treasure of sweet sounds The touch from many a trembling chord shakes out ; And the clear voice, symphonious, yet distinct, And in the charming strife triumphant still, Beguile the night, and set a keener edge On female industry : the threaded steel Flies swiftly, and unfelt the task proceeds.
Página 315 - I was surprised to find myself so much fuller of faults than I had imagined; but I had the satisfaction of seeing them diminish. To avoid the trouble of renewing now and then my little book, which, by scraping out the marks on the paper of old faults to make room for new ones in a new course, became full of holes...
Página 12 - He that gathereth in summer is a wise son: but he that sleepeth in harvest is a son that causeth shame.
Página 315 - Seest thou a man diligent in his business? he shall stand before kings ; he shall not stand before mean men...