The Education of Character: With Hints on Moral Training |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 49
Page 7
... speak of one set of faculties as being higher than another , just as I would speak of benevolence or justice as raising a person higher in our esteem than the gift of language ; but of neither would I be supposed to speak as in any mode ...
... speak of one set of faculties as being higher than another , just as I would speak of benevolence or justice as raising a person higher in our esteem than the gift of language ; but of neither would I be supposed to speak as in any mode ...
Page 10
... speak clearly on this subject , because , from the popular language of the present day , it would seem as if people thought religion was a separate thing to be taught , or not taught , like any other branch of education . To me it ...
... speak clearly on this subject , because , from the popular language of the present day , it would seem as if people thought religion was a separate thing to be taught , or not taught , like any other branch of education . To me it ...
Page 12
... speak more confidently . But all are laid before the public with a deep conviction , that if clearer minds than my own , and more experienced workers , would each bring forward their own contribution to the great sum of moral science ...
... speak more confidently . But all are laid before the public with a deep conviction , that if clearer minds than my own , and more experienced workers , would each bring forward their own contribution to the great sum of moral science ...
Page 19
... speaking of the moral sentiments as sufficient of themselves for the guidance of the entire man , because the moral powers can only operate efficiently through the active and ap- propriate instrumentality of the bodily powers , working ...
... speaking of the moral sentiments as sufficient of themselves for the guidance of the entire man , because the moral powers can only operate efficiently through the active and ap- propriate instrumentality of the bodily powers , working ...
Page 22
... speak of man as lying in wickedness ; because of no human being could it possibly be said that he had kept every faculty of his threefold nature in its appro- priate place , and used all for the best and highest pur- poses . To the most ...
... speak of man as lying in wickedness ; because of no human being could it possibly be said that he had kept every faculty of his threefold nature in its appro- priate place , and used all for the best and highest pur- poses . To the most ...
Other editions - View all
The Education of Character: With Hints On Moral Training Sarah Stickney Ellis No preview available - 2018 |
The Education of Character: With Hints on Moral Training Sarah Stickney Ellis No preview available - 2015 |
Common terms and phrases
action amongst animal attain beautiful become believe belong benevolence betwixt called capable child condition conduct consequently consider crime cultivation desire duty early emotions enjoyment enlightened entirely especially evil exercise fact faculties falsehood Fcap feeling GEORGE BORROW girl governess governing habit happiness heart HERMANN MELVILLE higher highest History honour human character impressions individual influence instance John Bunyan JOHN WILSON CROKER kind LADY learning look LORD manner means ment mind mode moral training mother motives Nineveh numbers nurse operation parents perfect perhaps persons PETER CUNNINGHAM Plates poor portion Portrait Post 8vo present principle propen propensities punishment racter regards respect rience ROBERT SOUTHEY scarcely Second Edition selfish sense of right sentiment servants SIR CHARLES EASTLAKE social society speak teaching things Third Edition tion truth Vols WASHINGTON IRVING whole Woodcuts wrong young
Popular passages
Page 9 - DAVY'S (SiR HUMPHRY) Consolations in Travel ; or, Last Days of a Philosopher. Fifth Edition. Woodcuts. Fcap. Svo. 6s. Salmonia; or, Days of Fly Fishing. With some Account of the Habits of Fishes belonging to the genus Salmo. Fourth Edition. Woodcuts. Fcap. Svo. 6s. DENNIS' (GEOROE) Cities and Cemeteries of Etruria ; or, the extant Local Remains of Etruscan Art.
Page 5 - More Worlds than One. The Creed of the Philosopher and the Hope of the Christian.
Page 12 - Handbook of Architecture. Being a Concise and Popular Account of the Different Styles prevailing in all Ages and Countries in the World. With a Description of the most remarkable Buildings.
Page 25 - History of Latin Christianity ; including that of the Popes to the Pontificate of Nicholas V.
Page 8 - Life and Times of Titian, with some Account of his Family, chiefly from new and unpublished records. With Portrait and Illustrations. 2 vols. Svo. 42s. GUMMING (R. GORDON). Five Years of a Hunter's Life in the Far Interior of South Africa.
Page 11 - From the First Invasion by the Romans, down to the 14th year of Queen Victoria's Reign. By MRS.
Page 22 - LEWIS' (SiR GC) Essay on the Government of Dependencies. 8vo. 12s. Glossary of Provincial Words used in Herefordshire and some of the adjoining Counties.
Page 6 - BURGHERSH'S (LORD) Memoir of the Operations of the Allied Armies under Prince Schwarzenberg and Marshal Blucher during the latter end of 1Si3—14. Svo. 21s. Early Campaigns of the Duke of Wellington in Portugal and Spain.
Page 7 - A Critical Examination of the Meaning and Etymology of numerous Greek Words and Passages, intended principally for Homer and Hesiod.
Page 23 - LUSHINGTON'S (MRs.) Narrative of a Journey from Calcutta to Europe, by way of Egypt. Second Edition. Post 8vo. 8s. 6d. LYELL'S (SiR CHARLES) Principles of Geology; or, the Modern Changes of the Earth and its Inhabitants considered as illustrative of Geology. Ninth Edition. Woodcuts. 8vo. 18s. Manual of Elementary Geology ; or, the Ancient Changes of the Earth and its Inhabitants illustrated by its Geological Monuments.