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Page 48
If we should fail of satisfying our own minds , on every point , we may possibly
gain more than we anticipate , and more than enough to pay for our trouble .
Though we should not be able to strike out a single new path , who knows that
we may ...
If we should fail of satisfying our own minds , on every point , we may possibly
gain more than we anticipate , and more than enough to pay for our trouble .
Though we should not be able to strike out a single new path , who knows that
we may ...
Page 50
Indolence and vice are his favorite elements . If he can gain a subsistence ,
however scanty and precarious , without the sweat of his brow , he will not work .
It requires strong motives , and even pressing necessities , to rouse him to action
; to ...
Indolence and vice are his favorite elements . If he can gain a subsistence ,
however scanty and precarious , without the sweat of his brow , he will not work .
It requires strong motives , and even pressing necessities , to rouse him to action
; to ...
Page 206
In rebuking transgression , it strives to conciliate and gain the offender . It disarms
prejudice , inspires confidence , gains friends , and wards off the attacks of
enemies . Ordinary talents , under the direction of prudence , will do more in the ...
In rebuking transgression , it strives to conciliate and gain the offender . It disarms
prejudice , inspires confidence , gains friends , and wards off the attacks of
enemies . Ordinary talents , under the direction of prudence , will do more in the ...
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made their interests his own , and , we believe , seldom failed to gain their
confidence , and win their hearts . Viewed as an instructer and guide of young
men , perhaps no two traits were more remarkable in the character of Dr. Dwight ,
than ...
made their interests his own , and , we believe , seldom failed to gain their
confidence , and win their hearts . Viewed as an instructer and guide of young
men , perhaps no two traits were more remarkable in the character of Dr. Dwight ,
than ...
Page 394
Accordingly , as might have been expected from the combined stimulus of gain
and of glory , some of the more airy and Elysian walks of literature are crowded
almost to suffocation . Every broken lyre is brought out and hastily repaired —
every ...
Accordingly , as might have been expected from the combined stimulus of gain
and of glory , some of the more airy and Elysian walks of literature are crowded
almost to suffocation . Every broken lyre is brought out and hastily repaired —
every ...
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Miscellaneous Discourses and Reviews |
| Author | Heman Humphrey |
| Publisher | J. S. and C. Adams, 1834 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 11 Dec 2006 |
| Length | 415 pages |
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