Addresses to Young Men: By James Fordyce, D.D. ...T. Cadell, 1777 - Ethics |
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... shall form , and by the conduct which they shall hold , as they advance , it is not difficult to imagine ; nor can it be neceffary to prove , that , as the behaviour of indivi- duals in their early days gives for the most part a turn to ...
... shall form , and by the conduct which they shall hold , as they advance , it is not difficult to imagine ; nor can it be neceffary to prove , that , as the behaviour of indivi- duals in their early days gives for the most part a turn to ...
Page ii
... shall more immediately fucceed them . For these reasons , and others that need not now be stated , the improvement of the rifing age in the best things , has always appeared to me an object of the first mag- nitude . On this principle ...
... shall more immediately fucceed them . For these reasons , and others that need not now be stated , the improvement of the rifing age in the best things , has always appeared to me an object of the first mag- nitude . On this principle ...
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... shall please Heaven to afford leifure and ability . ERRATA . Vol . ii . Page 15 , Line 14 , for rudeft , read meret . Page 365 , Line 20 , for trespass , read tranf- ------ grefs . ADDRESS I. THE Ο Ν RESPECT DUE ΤΟ YOUNG MEN Vi PREFACE ...
... shall please Heaven to afford leifure and ability . ERRATA . Vol . ii . Page 15 , Line 14 , for rudeft , read meret . Page 365 , Line 20 , for trespass , read tranf- ------ grefs . ADDRESS I. THE Ο Ν RESPECT DUE ΤΟ YOUNG MEN Vi PREFACE ...
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... shall support and adorn , or disgrace and betray her . While I thus fpeak , I fancy that I fee you fhooting up into fathers , maf- ters , men of bufinefs , teachers , tutors , guardians of youth , physicians , lawyers , divines ...
... shall support and adorn , or disgrace and betray her . While I thus fpeak , I fancy that I fee you fhooting up into fathers , maf- ters , men of bufinefs , teachers , tutors , guardians of youth , physicians , lawyers , divines ...
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... shall propagate . If your memories fhould be handed down to future times , you will be bleffed as the benefactors , or execrated as the pefts , of humanity : and , to finish the account , when the world fhall hear of your conduct and ...
... shall propagate . If your memories fhould be handed down to future times , you will be bleffed as the benefactors , or execrated as the pefts , of humanity : and , to finish the account , when the world fhall hear of your conduct and ...
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