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... begin . It might begin with the child , because we all begin that way ; it might begin with love , because that precedes the child ; it might begin with the care of the body , explaining that sound physical health is the basis of all ...
... begin . It might begin with the child , because we all begin that way ; it might begin with love , because that precedes the child ; it might begin with the care of the body , explaining that sound physical health is the basis of all ...
Page x
... begin with the great fundamental questions . What is life , and how does it come to be ? What does it mean , and what have we to do with it ? Are we its masters or its slaves ? What does it owe us , and what do we owe to it ? Why is it ...
... begin with the great fundamental questions . What is life , and how does it come to be ? What does it mean , and what have we to do with it ? Are we its masters or its slaves ? What does it owe us , and what do we owe to it ? Why is it ...
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... begin this book by telling you what Life is . But unfortunately I do not know what Life is . The only consolation I can find is in the fact that nobody else knows either . We ask the churches , and they tell us that male and female ...
... begin this book by telling you what Life is . But unfortunately I do not know what Life is . The only consolation I can find is in the fact that nobody else knows either . We ask the churches , and they tell us that male and female ...
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... begin by applying my doubts of them to the arguments by which you have just convinced me . I was convinced , but of course I cannot be sure of a conviction , attained by fallible reason . Therefore I am just where I was before - except ...
... begin by applying my doubts of them to the arguments by which you have just convinced me . I was convinced , but of course I cannot be sure of a conviction , attained by fallible reason . Therefore I am just where I was before - except ...
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... begin life afresh . Such is the formula . It is not simple ; and when we come to apply it , we find that it constantly grows more complex . When we attempt to decide our duty to ourselves , we find that we have in us a number of ...
... begin life afresh . Such is the formula . It is not simple ; and when we come to apply it , we find that it constantly grows more complex . When we attempt to decide our duty to ourselves , we find that we have in us a number of ...
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Page 196 - HOW happy is he born and taught That serveth not another's will; Whose armour is his honest thought, And simple truth his utmost skill ! Whose passions not his masters are; Whose soul is still prepared for death, Untied unto the world by care Of public fame or private breath...
Page 197 - Nor ruin make accusers great; Who God doth late and early pray More of His grace than gifts to lend; And entertains the harmless day With a well-chosen book or friend; — This man is freed from servile bands Of hope to rise, or fear to fall; Lord of himself, though not of lands; And have nothing, yet hath all.
Page 197 - Whose state can neither flatterers feed, Nor ruin make oppressors great ; Who God doth late and early pray, More of his grace than gifts to lend, And entertains the harmless day, With a religious book or friend.
Page 39 - The Puritan hated bearbaiting, not because it gave pain to the bear, but because it gave pleasure to the spectators.
Page 44 - It is not growing like a tree In bulk, doth make Man better be ; Or standing long an oak, three hundred year, To fall a log at last, dry, bald, and sere : A lily of a day Is fairer far in May, Although it fall and die that night — It was the plant and flower of Light. In small proportions we just beauties see ; And in short measures life may perfect be.
Page 174 - I would not like to guess just what percentage of dying people in our hospitals might be saved if the doctors would withdraw all food from them...
Page 21 - ... reactionary (according as he placed his good either in the future or the past), or, thirdly, pessimistic, as in the poetry of regret or of despair. Hesiod sings of a lost golden age, and in this he represents the most pervading sentiment of ancient culture. Dante, on the other hand, had fixed his gaze on ' one far off divine event, towards which the whole Creation moves.
Page 41 - I say to you that if you want to find happiness in this life, look with distrust upon all absolutes, and ultimates, all hard and fast rules, all formulas and dogmas and "general principles." Bear in mind that there are many factors in every case, there are many complications in every human being, there are many sides to every question. Try to keep an open mind and an even temper. Try to take an interest in learning something new every day, and in trying some new experiment. This is the scientific...
Page 41 - ... general principles." Bear in mind that there are many factors in every case, there are many complications in every human being, there are many sides to every question. Try to keep an open mind and an even temper. Try to take an interest in learning something new every day, and in trying some new experiment. This is the scientific attitude toward life; this is the way of growth and of true success. It is inconvenient, because it involves working your brains, and most people have not been taught...
Page 173 - I have known of two or three cases of people dying while they were fasting," Sinclair writes in his Book of Life, "but I feel quite certain that the fast did not cause their death, they would have died anyhow.