A practical treatise on Business: or, how to get, save, give, lend and bequeath money ... Fifth editionLippincott, Grambo & Company, 1853 - 355 páginas |
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Página ix
... happiness - Not the only source - Anecdote of a religious recluse - How knowledge is a source of happiness - Knowledge must be applied to use- fulness - The miseries of a man intellectually cultivated , who cannot act , described - A ...
... happiness - Not the only source - Anecdote of a religious recluse - How knowledge is a source of happiness - Knowledge must be applied to use- fulness - The miseries of a man intellectually cultivated , who cannot act , described - A ...
Página xi
... happiness , proved - How to determine whether an action be right or wrong - Why am I obliged to keep my word ? -How are pro- mises to be measured ? —The rule governing the construction of contracts -Two other important rules - To ...
... happiness , proved - How to determine whether an action be right or wrong - Why am I obliged to keep my word ? -How are pro- mises to be measured ? —The rule governing the construction of contracts -Two other important rules - To ...
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... happiness . The ac- quisition of property is subordinate to this end . Money is value- less , except as it will satisfy wants . Business is a source of hap- piness in several ways . Its pursuit engages , invigorates , and en- larges the ...
... happiness . The ac- quisition of property is subordinate to this end . Money is value- less , except as it will satisfy wants . Business is a source of hap- piness in several ways . Its pursuit engages , invigorates , and en- larges the ...
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... happiness ; but , like the remorse- stricken hunter of the Alps , have been answered , " It is not in our essence - in our skill . " Philosophy was summoned , at an early day , to point out the way . For more than a thousand years , she ...
... happiness ; but , like the remorse- stricken hunter of the Alps , have been answered , " It is not in our essence - in our skill . " Philosophy was summoned , at an early day , to point out the way . For more than a thousand years , she ...
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... happiness ? Is it religion or knowledge ? Religion is an essential element of happiness . Without it , a man cannot enjoy any real happiness , though he may have the intellect of a Milton , and the wealth of a Croesus . The happiness of ...
... happiness ? Is it religion or knowledge ? Religion is an essential element of happiness . Without it , a man cannot enjoy any real happiness , though he may have the intellect of a Milton , and the wealth of a Croesus . The happiness of ...
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A practical treatise on Business: or, how to get, save, give, lend and ... Edwin Troxell FREEDLY Visualização integral - 1853 |
A practical treatise on Business: or, how to get, save, give, lend and ... Edwin Troxell FREEDLY Visualização integral - 1853 |
A practical treatise on Business: or, how to get, save, give, lend and ... Edwin Troxell FREEDLY Visualização integral - 1853 |
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Página 207 - It is he that sitteth upon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers ; that stretcheth out the heavens as a curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in: that bringeth the princes to nothing; he maketh the judges of the earth as vanity.
Página 115 - Truly the light is sweet, and a pleasant thing it is for the eyes to behold the sun...
Página 154 - That not to know at large of things remote From use, obscure and subtle, but to know That which before us lies in daily life, Is the prime wisdom...
Página 59 - good old rule, the simple plan that they shall take who have the power and they shall keep who can.
Página 58 - If a brother or sister be naked, and destitute of daily food, and one of you say unto them, Depart in peace, be ye warmed and filled ; notwithstanding ye give them not those things which are needful to the body; what doth it profit?
Página 58 - Och! it hardens a' within, And petrifies the feeling! To catch dame Fortune's golden smile, Assiduous wait upon her; And gather gear by ev'ry wile That's justified by honour; Not for to hide it in a hedge, Nor for a train attendant; But for the glorious privilege Of being independent.
Página 138 - In dealing with cunning persons, we must ever consider their ends, to interpret their speeches; and it is good to say little to them, and that which they least look for. In all negociations of difficulty, a man may not look to sow and reap at once; but must prepare business, and so ripen it by degrees.
Página 29 - Resolve, that no man is wise or safe, but he that is honest. Serve God ; let him be the author of all thy actions: Commend all thy...
Página 206 - But even the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear not therefore : ye are of more value than many sparrows.
Página 47 - There is no art or science that is too difficult for industry to attain to; it is the gift of tongues, and makes a man understood and valued in all countries...