| Benjamin Dudley Emerson - 1831 - 356 Seiten
...his motives and purposes are pure and right. Why should such a man faulter in his course? He maybe slandered; he may be deserted by the world: but he...thrown; and, it is to this high and noble tone of charapter, that I would have you to aspire. I would not have you to resemble those weak and meagre... | |
| 1837 - 396 Seiten
...consider yourselves as born, not so much for yourselves, as for your country, and your fellow-creatures, and which will lead you to act on every occasion sincerely,...which is the best preparation for a decided course, into every situation into which you can be thrown ; and, it is to this high and noble tone of character... | |
| 1840 - 452 Seiten
...both open and secret, with the most scrupulous heaven-attesting integrity : in that sense, further, which drives from the bosom all little, dark, crooked,...your own affairs^ which it 'would be the height of fully to neglect: a generous expansion, a proud elevation, and conscious greatness of character, which... | |
| John Goldsbury, William Russell - 1844 - 444 Seiten
...and which will lead you to act, on every occasion, sincerely, justly, generously, magnanimously. 10 There is a morality on a larger scale, perfectly consistent...character, which is the best preparation for a decided 15 course, in every situation into which you can be thrown ; and, it is to this high and noble tone... | |
| John Epy Lovell - 1846 - 540 Seiten
...consider yourselves as born, not so much for yourselves, as for your country, and your fellowcreatures, and which will lead you to act on every occasion sincerely,...just attention to your own affairs, which it would b« the height of folly to neglect : a generous expansion, a proud elevation and conscious greatness... | |
| William Holmes McGuffey - 1849 - 348 Seiten
...and which will lead you to act, on every occasion, sincerely, justly, generously, magnanimously. 6. There is a morality on a larger scale, perfectly consistent...attention to your own affairs, which it would be the hight of folly to neglect: a generous expansion, a proud elevation and conscious greatness of character,... | |
| William Holmes McGuffey - 1853 - 350 Seiten
...and which will lead you to act, on every occasion, sincerely, justly, generously, * magnanimously. 6. There is a morality on a larger scale, perfectly consistent...attention to your own affairs, which it would be the Light of folly to neglect : a generous expansion, a proud elevation and conscious greatness of character,... | |
| John Russell Webb - 1876 - 514 Seiten
...-creatures, and which will lead you to act on every occasion sincerely, justly, generously, magnanimously. 9. There is a morality on a larger scale, perfectly consistent with a just attention to your own aifairs, which it would be the height of folly to neglect, — a generous expansion, a proud elevation... | |
| Oliver Ernesto Branch - 1878 - 278 Seiten
...consider yourselves as born, not so much for yourselves as for your country and your fellow-creatures, and which will lead you to act on every occasion sincerely,...just attention to your own affairs, which it would bo the height of folly to neglect ; a generous expansion, a proud elevation and conscious greatness... | |
| Harry Cassell Davis, John Cloyse Bridgman - 1899 - 390 Seiten
...both public and private, both open and secret, with the most scrupulous heaven-attesting integrity. There is a morality on a larger scale, perfectly consistent...attention to your own affairs, which it would be the heihgt of folly to neglect ; a generous expansion, a proud elevation, and conscious greatness of character,... | |
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