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... passion is the gale . " It will afterwards appear , that our active propensities are not only necessary to produce ... passions of individuals than the habitual direction of their studies , and the nature of those accomplishments which ...
... passion is the gale . " It will afterwards appear , that our active propensities are not only necessary to produce ... passions of individuals than the habitual direction of their studies , and the nature of those accomplishments which ...
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... passions alone that prompt men to the execution of those heroic actions , and give birth to those sublime ideas , which command the admi- ration of ages . " It is the strength of passion alone that can enable men to defy dangers , pain ...
... passions alone that prompt men to the execution of those heroic actions , and give birth to those sublime ideas , which command the admi- ration of ages . " It is the strength of passion alone that can enable men to defy dangers , pain ...
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... passion , it is apt to suggest an erroneous idea of the author's meaning . It is plain that he uses it to de- note our active principles in general ; and , in this sense , there can be no doubt that his doctrine is well founded ...
... passion , it is apt to suggest an erroneous idea of the author's meaning . It is plain that he uses it to de- note our active principles in general ; and , in this sense , there can be no doubt that his doctrine is well founded ...
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... passion to the pursuit of a par- ticular end , we feel no inclination to speculate concerning the mental phenomena . When the tumult subsides , and our curiosity is awakened concerning the past , the moment for observation and ...
... passion to the pursuit of a par- ticular end , we feel no inclination to speculate concerning the mental phenomena . When the tumult subsides , and our curiosity is awakened concerning the past , the moment for observation and ...
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... passion is gratified , its influence over the conduct becomes the more irresistible , ( for all the active determinations of our nature are strengthened by habit , ) till at last we struggle in vain against its tyranny . A man so ...
... passion is gratified , its influence over the conduct becomes the more irresistible , ( for all the active determinations of our nature are strengthened by habit , ) till at last we struggle in vain against its tyranny . A man so ...
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Page 133 - Unto a stranger thou mayest lend upon usury ; but unto thy brother thou shalt not lend upon usury : that the LORD thy God may bless thee in all that thou settest thine hand to in the land whither thou goest to possess it.
Page 23 - Heav'n forming each on other to depend, A master, or a servant, or a friend, Bids each on other for assistance call, 'Till one Man's weakness grows the strength of all.
Page 306 - fair light, And thou enlighten'd earth, so fresh and gay, Ye hills, and dales, ye rivers, woods, and plains, And ye that live and move, fair creatures, tell, Tell, if ye saw, how came I thus, how here?
Page 371 - It is as natural to die as to be born; and to a little infant, perhaps, the one is as painful as the other. He that dies in an earnest pursuit, is like one that is wounded in hot blood; who, for the time, scarce feels the hurt; and therefore a mind fixed and bent upon somewhat that is good, doth avert the dolours of death; but, above all, believe it, the sweetest canticle is, 'Nunc dimittis' when a man hath obtained worthy ends and expectations.
Page 109 - I will omit much usual declamation on the dignity and capacity of our nature ; the superiority of the soul to the body, of the rational to the animal part of our constitution ; upon the worthiness, refinement, and delicacy of some satisfactions, or the meanness, grossness, and sensuality of others ; because I hold that pleasures differ in nothing but in continuance and intensity...
Page 211 - Mind, mind alone, (bear witness, Earth and Heaven!) The living fountains in itself contains Of beauteous and sublime...
Page 62 - ... yet, on the other side, they are more cruel and hard-hearted (good to make severe inquisitors), because their tenderness is not so oft called upon. Grave natures, led by custom, and therefore constant, are commonly loving husbands, as was said of Ulysses, ' Vetulam suam praetulit immortalitati.
Page 85 - When we see a stroke aimed and just ready to fall upon the leg or arm of another person, we naturally shrink and draw back our own leg or our own arm; and when it does fall, we feel it in some measure, and are hurt by it as well as the sufferer.
Page 7 - We must therefore glean up our experiments in this science from a cautious observation of human life, and take them as they appear in the common course of the world, by men's behaviour in company, in affairs, and in their pleasures. Where experiments of this kind are judiciously collected and compared, we may hope to establish on them a science, which will not be inferior in certainty, and will be much superior in utility to any other of human comprehension.
Page 325 - What magic is there in the pronoun "my," that should justify us in overturning the decisions of impartial truth? My brother or my father may be a fool or a profligate, malicious, lying or dishonest. If they be, of what consequence is it that they are mine? "But to my father I am indebted for existence; he supported me in the helplessness of infancy.