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... COMMENCEMENT 1811 . LOVE OF PRAISE 49-61 COMMENCEMENT 1812 . PHILOSOPHICAL PRINCIPLES OF LIBERAL EDUCATION 63-73 COMMENCEMENT 1813 . HARMONY OF CHARACTER 75-86 COMMENCEMENT 1814 . CONNEXION BETWEEN INTELLECTUAL AND MORAL IM- PROVEMENT.
... COMMENCEMENT 1811 . LOVE OF PRAISE 49-61 COMMENCEMENT 1812 . PHILOSOPHICAL PRINCIPLES OF LIBERAL EDUCATION 63-73 COMMENCEMENT 1813 . HARMONY OF CHARACTER 75-86 COMMENCEMENT 1814 . CONNEXION BETWEEN INTELLECTUAL AND MORAL IM- PROVEMENT.
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Jesse Appleton. COMMENCEMENT 1814 . CONNEXION BETWEEN INTELLECTUAL AND MORAL IM- PROVEMENT . COMMENCEMENT 1815 . IMMUTABILITY OF MORAL DISTINCTIONS • COMMENCEMENT 1816 . PRACTICAL UTILITY OF INTELLECTUAL PHILOSOPHY IN PUBLIC LIFE · Page ...
Jesse Appleton. COMMENCEMENT 1814 . CONNEXION BETWEEN INTELLECTUAL AND MORAL IM- PROVEMENT . COMMENCEMENT 1815 . IMMUTABILITY OF MORAL DISTINCTIONS • COMMENCEMENT 1816 . PRACTICAL UTILITY OF INTELLECTUAL PHILOSOPHY IN PUBLIC LIFE · Page ...
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... intellectual excellence its history has obtained a more conspicuous place , than has been assigned to its analy- sis , it need not be remarked , that there is a peculiar felicity in those accounts of eminent men , in which the writers ...
... intellectual excellence its history has obtained a more conspicuous place , than has been assigned to its analy- sis , it need not be remarked , that there is a peculiar felicity in those accounts of eminent men , in which the writers ...
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... intellectual or moral inferiority , with which it should be connected ; or rather , it may be said , that no such inferiority could imitate this elocution in an higher degree , than would be barely sufficient to remind an audience of ...
... intellectual or moral inferiority , with which it should be connected ; or rather , it may be said , that no such inferiority could imitate this elocution in an higher degree , than would be barely sufficient to remind an audience of ...
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... intellectual merit . But his acquaintance will be more incredulous : -they will deny his pretensions , till he bring forward some stronger proof : they will demand , that his high talents , if such he possess , be cultivated , and ...
... intellectual merit . But his acquaintance will be more incredulous : -they will deny his pretensions , till he bring forward some stronger proof : they will demand , that his high talents , if such he possess , be cultivated , and ...
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Page 45 - If it be so, our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace, and He will deliver us out of thine hand, O king. But if not, be it known unto thee, O king, that we will not serve thy gods, nor worship the golden image which thou hast set up.
Page 68 - See the wretch, that long has tost On the thorny bed of pain, At length repair his vigour lost, And breathe and walk again : The meanest floweret of the vale, The simplest note that swells the gale, The common sun, the air, the skies, To him are opening paradise.
Page 47 - When thou goest, it shall lead thee ; when thou sleepest, it shall keep thee ; and when thou awakest, it shall talk with thee. For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light; and reproofs of instruction are the way of life: to keep thee from the evil woman, from the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman.
Page 52 - A GOOD name is rather to be chosen than great riches, and loving favour rather than silver and gold.
Page 16 - Thou art the source and centre of all minds, Their only point of rest, eternal Word ! From thee departing, they are lost, and rove At random, without honour, hope, or peace. From thee is all that sooths the life of man, His high endeavour, and his glad success, His strength to suffer, and his will to serve.
Page 95 - Father of light and life Thou good supreme O teach me what is good Teach me thyself Save me from folly vanity and vice , . From evry low pursuit and feed my soul With knowledge conscious peace and virtue pure Sacred substantial never fading bliss...
Page ii - District, has deposited in this office the title of a book, the right whereof he claims as proprietor, in the words following, to wit : " THE CHILD'S BOTANY," In conformity to the act of the Congress of the United States, entitled, " An act for the encouragement of learning by securing the copies of maps, charts, and books to the authors and proprietors of such copies, during the times therein mentioned...
Page 109 - Time, in advance, behind him hides his wings, And seems to creep, decrepit with his age ; Behold him, when past by ; what then is seen, But his broad pinions swifter than the winds ? And all mankind, in contradiction strong, Rueful, aghast ! cry out on his career.
Page 35 - ... when the Son of God shall come to be glorified in his saints, and admired of all them that believe.
Page 91 - It borrows splendour from all that is fair, subordinates to itself all that is great, and sits enthroned on the riches of the universe.