Duties of Young Men: Exhibited in Six Lectures; with an Anniversary Address, Delivered Before the Richmond LyceumA. Tompkins, and B. B. Mussey, 1840 - 212 páginas |
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... all the altars and institutions of the land . May you stand in this beautiful and rising fabric of our country , the polished and stately pillars of its strength ! LECTURE IV . INTELLECTUAL DUTIES . There is gold , 100 DUTIES OF YOUNG MEN .
... all the altars and institutions of the land . May you stand in this beautiful and rising fabric of our country , the polished and stately pillars of its strength ! LECTURE IV . INTELLECTUAL DUTIES . There is gold , 100 DUTIES OF YOUNG MEN .
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... INTELLECTUAL DUTIES . There is gold , and a multitude of rubies : but the lips of knowledge are a precious jewel . Proverbs xx . 15 . IN entering upon the discussion of the subject at this time before us , it devolves upon me to say ...
... INTELLECTUAL DUTIES . There is gold , and a multitude of rubies : but the lips of knowledge are a precious jewel . Proverbs xx . 15 . IN entering upon the discussion of the subject at this time before us , it devolves upon me to say ...
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... intellectual and the moral powers ; indeed , in the highest develope- ment and perfection of its faculties , these may be said to coalesce and become one at least , they live forever in harmony , as twin and essen- tial chords of that ...
... intellectual and the moral powers ; indeed , in the highest develope- ment and perfection of its faculties , these may be said to coalesce and become one at least , they live forever in harmony , as twin and essen- tial chords of that ...
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... intellectual element of the mind - reserving any particular remarks upon the other until the next lecture . The general precept which I lay down for each young man is , that it is his duty to cultivate his intellect to all the lawful ...
... intellectual element of the mind - reserving any particular remarks upon the other until the next lecture . The general precept which I lay down for each young man is , that it is his duty to cultivate his intellect to all the lawful ...
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... the intellect . I should discharge the task which I have assigned myself , poorly indeed , did I , in enumerating your duties , neglect to urge the high claims which the mind has upon you , and 10 INTELLECTUAL DUTIES . 105.
... the intellect . I should discharge the task which I have assigned myself , poorly indeed , did I , in enumerating your duties , neglect to urge the high claims which the mind has upon you , and 10 INTELLECTUAL DUTIES . 105.
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Página 210 - Methinks I see in my mind a noble and puissant Nation rousing herself like a strong man after sleep, and shaking her invincible locks : methinks I see her as an eagle mewing her mighty youth, and kindling her undazzled eyes at the full midday beam...
Página 71 - Submit yourselves to every ordinance of man for the Lord's sake: whether it be to the king, as supreme ; or unto governors, as unto them that are sent by him for the punishment of evil doers, and for the praise of them that do well.
Página 37 - In such condition there is no place for industry, because the fruit thereof is uncertain, and consequently no culture of the earth, no navigation nor use of the commodities that may be imported by sea, no commodious building, no instruments of moving and removing such things as require...
Página 175 - He hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor, to heal the broken-hearted, to preach deliverance to the captives and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised, to preach the acceptable year of the Lord.
Página 210 - I see in my mind a noble and puissant nation rousing herself like a strong man after sleep, and shaking her invincible locks : methinks I see her as an eagle, mewing her mighty youth, and kindling her undazzled eyes at the full mid-day beam, — purging and unsealing her long-abused sight at the fountain itself of heavenly radiance, while the whole noise of timorous and flocking birds, with those also that love the twilight, flutter about, amazed at what she means, and in their envious gabble would...
Página 67 - There is none In all this cold and hollow world, no fount Of deep, strong, deathless love, save that within A mother's heart.
Página 86 - The law is the standard and the guardian of our liberty; it circumscribes and defends it; but to imagine liberty without a law, is to imagine every man with his sword in his hand, to destroy him who is weaker than himself; and that would be no pleasant prospect to those who cry out most for liberty.
Página 78 - I've laid me flat along; And while gust followed gust more furiously, As if to sweep me o'er the horrid brink, And I have thought of other lands, whose storms Are summer flaws to those of mine, and just Have wished me there ; — the thought that mine was free Has checked that wish, and I have raised my head, And cried in thraldom to that furious wind : Blow on ! This is the land of liberty ! TELL AMONG THE MOUNTAINS — KNOWLES.
Página 52 - Now, sir, you touch Upon the point. This man of half a million Had all these public virtues which you praise : But the poor man rung never at his door ; And the old beggar, at the public gate, Who, all the summer long, stands, hat in hand, He knew how vain it was to lift an eye To that hard face. Yet he was always found Among your ten and twenty-pound subscribers, Your benefactors in the newspapers.
Página 149 - Set before you, as the chief object to be obtained, an end that is superior to any on earth, — a desirable end, A PERFECT END. Labor to accomplish a work which shall survive unchanged and beautiful, when time shall have withered the garland of youth, when thrones of power and monuments of art shall have crumbled into ashes...