The Analysis of Human Nature: Or, An Investigation of the Means to Improve the Condition of the Poor, and to Promote the Happiness of Mankind in General; Comprising, Also, the Progress and Present State of Political, Moral, and Religious Society, Bind 2W. Simpkin and R. Marshall, 1818 |
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Side 12
... whilst men are in the pursuit it fills them with a full conceit of themselves , and they scarcely take the trouble to examine whether its maxims be true or false ; what promises pleasure or happiness is sufficient , and they never ...
... whilst men are in the pursuit it fills them with a full conceit of themselves , and they scarcely take the trouble to examine whether its maxims be true or false ; what promises pleasure or happiness is sufficient , and they never ...
Side 18
... whilst we are young , or as early as possible ; for it comes by slow degrees , and some- times is dearly purchased when it is too late to be of service . Wisdom , also , does not always increase with our years , nor is it solely the ...
... whilst we are young , or as early as possible ; for it comes by slow degrees , and some- times is dearly purchased when it is too late to be of service . Wisdom , also , does not always increase with our years , nor is it solely the ...
Side 21
... are not wholly to be found out , by experience , in this life ; for we see the wicked prosper for a time , whilst the virtuous are in affliction ; therefore , as no one is perfectly wise , so no one is singly capable of EDUCATION . $ 21.
... are not wholly to be found out , by experience , in this life ; for we see the wicked prosper for a time , whilst the virtuous are in affliction ; therefore , as no one is perfectly wise , so no one is singly capable of EDUCATION . $ 21.
Side 27
... whilst the man passes his days in idleness or amusement , the woman is condemned to incessant toil . Tasks are imposed upon them without mercy , and services are received without complacence or gratitude . There are some districts in ...
... whilst the man passes his days in idleness or amusement , the woman is condemned to incessant toil . Tasks are imposed upon them without mercy , and services are received without complacence or gratitude . There are some districts in ...
Side 37
... whilst he is exposed to tempta- tions and bad examples . He should likewise be told that life is checkered with good and evil ; that fortune is never long in the same humour , or at least changeable according to his own ; that her ...
... whilst he is exposed to tempta- tions and bad examples . He should likewise be told that life is checkered with good and evil ; that fortune is never long in the same humour , or at least changeable according to his own ; that her ...
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