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The extent and magnificence of the empire which Britain has there reared , and
the wealth and influence thence accruiny to her , have necessarily fixed on India
the anxious gaze of the most enlightened statesmen of the Old and New Worlds .
The extent and magnificence of the empire which Britain has there reared , and
the wealth and influence thence accruiny to her , have necessarily fixed on India
the anxious gaze of the most enlightened statesmen of the Old and New Worlds .
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... who have just emerged from a heathenism which has been growing for three
thousand years , far surpass in Christian character those who have been
nurtured from their earliest childhood surrounded by the holiest influences . It is
true that ...
... who have just emerged from a heathenism which has been growing for three
thousand years , far surpass in Christian character those who have been
nurtured from their earliest childhood surrounded by the holiest influences . It is
true that ...
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... he is drawn as it were by a powerful magnet . The absence or presence of love
in the heart , is the solution . There are few more acute discerners of character
than the people of India , few upon whom a loving manner has more influence .
... he is drawn as it were by a powerful magnet . The absence or presence of love
in the heart , is the solution . There are few more acute discerners of character
than the people of India , few upon whom a loving manner has more influence .
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few upon whom a loving manner has more influence . Vulgar Europeans , men of
small mental calibre , often treat the natives of India as if they were the dirt
beneath their feet , and stalk about like bhudevas , gods on earth . Though most ...
few upon whom a loving manner has more influence . Vulgar Europeans , men of
small mental calibre , often treat the natives of India as if they were the dirt
beneath their feet , and stalk about like bhudevas , gods on earth . Though most ...
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... the people credit for whatever good qualities they possess , and remembering
his own grievous sins against so much light and love , he will make allowances
for those who have from their birth been exposed to so many adverse influences .
... the people credit for whatever good qualities they possess , and remembering
his own grievous sins against so much light and love , he will make allowances
for those who have from their birth been exposed to so many adverse influences .
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Page 10 - And he said unto them, Verily I say unto you, There is no man that hath left house, or parents, or brethren, or wife, or children, for the kingdom of God's sake, Who shall not receive manifold more in this present time, and in the world to come life everlasting.
Page 5 - Let not him that girdeth on his harness boast himself as he that putteth it off.
Page 17 - Be ye angry, and sin not : let not the sun go down upon your wrath : neither give place to the devil.
Page 275 - ... they were stoned, they were sawn asunder, were tempted, were slain with the sword : they wandered about in sheepskins and goatskins; being destitute, afflicted, tormented ; (of whom the world was not worthy :) they wandered in deserts, and in mountains, and in dens and caves of the earth.
Page 435 - Go, labor on; spend and be spent, Thy joy to do the Father's will: It is the way the Master went; Should not the servant tread it still?
Page 18 - The longer I live, the more I am certain that the great difference between men, between the feeble and the powerful, the great and the insignificant, is energy — invincible determination ; a purpose once fixed and then death or victory. That quality will do anything that can be done in this world, and no talents, no circumstances, no opportunities, will make a two-legged creature a man without it.
Page 429 - Be patient therefore, brethren, unto the coming of the Lord. Behold the husbandman waiteth for the precious fruit of the earth, and hath long patience for it, until he receive the early and latter rain. Be ye also patient; stablish your hearts : for the Coming of the Lord draweth nigh.
Page 435 - Men die in darkness at your side, Without a hope to cheer the tomb ; Take up the torch and wave it wide, The torch that lights time's thickest gloom.