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... fix and hold your attention upon your studies . He who can do this , has mastered many and great diffi- culties ; and he who cannot do it , will in vain look for success in any department of study . " To effect any purpose in study ...
... fix and hold your attention upon your studies . He who can do this , has mastered many and great diffi- culties ; and he who cannot do it , will in vain look for success in any department of study . " To effect any purpose in study ...
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... fix itself upon the hard , dry lesson , and master it ; and , when you have thus brought this rover to obey you once , he will be more ready to obey the next time . Patience is a virtue kindred to attention ; and without it the mind ...
... fix itself upon the hard , dry lesson , and master it ; and , when you have thus brought this rover to obey you once , he will be more ready to obey the next time . Patience is a virtue kindred to attention ; and without it the mind ...
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... fixed , stable foundation , must rest upon an accurate knowledge of yourself . This will be the result of study . A philosopher , whose fame was filling all Europe , was so modest and retiring , that his good landlady , one day ...
... fixed , stable foundation , must rest upon an accurate knowledge of yourself . This will be the result of study . A philosopher , whose fame was filling all Europe , was so modest and retiring , that his good landlady , one day ...
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... fixed , and hold you with the strength of a cable . The cable , you will recollect , is formed by spinning and twisting one thread at a time ; but when once completed , the proudest ship turns her head towards it , and acknowledges her ...
... fixed , and hold you with the strength of a cable . The cable , you will recollect , is formed by spinning and twisting one thread at a time ; but when once completed , the proudest ship turns her head towards it , and acknowledges her ...
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... fixed principles on which you can think and act . A good scholar tries so to fix every word in his memory , that , when he meets with it again , he need not turn to a dictionary . His com- panion may dispute its derivation , or its ...
... fixed principles on which you can think and act . A good scholar tries so to fix every word in his memory , that , when he meets with it again , he need not turn to a dictionary . His com- panion may dispute its derivation , or its ...
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Self-Improvement [Abridged From 'The Student's Guide', by J. Todd] John Todd No preview available - 2023 |
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Page 146 - I mention this to show from what trifling circumstances the mind will sometimes derive consolation ; for though the whole plant was not larger than the top of one of my fingers, I could not contemplate the delicate conformation of its roots, leaves, and capsula, without admiration. Can that Being (thought I) who planted, watered, and brought to perfection, in this obscure part of the world, a thing which appears of so small importance, look with unconcern upon the situation and sufferings of creatures...
Page 128 - I come to myself again. 4. Resolved, Never to do any manner of thing, whether in soul or body, less or more, but what tends to the glory of God, nor be, nor suffer it, if I can possibly avoid it. 5. Resolved, Never to lose one moment of time, but to improve it in the most profitable way I possibly can. 6. Resolved, To live with all my might, while I do live. 7. Resolved, Never to do any thing, which I should be afraid to do, if it were the last hour of my life.
Page 47 - Forsake not an old friend, for the new is not comparable to him : a new friend is as new wine ; when it is old thou shalt drink it with pleasure.
Page 47 - A faithful friend is a Strong defence; and he that hath found such an one, hath found a treasure.
Page 146 - I confess that my spirits began to fail me. I considered my fate as certain, and that I had no alternative but to lie down and perish.
Page 146 - Being (thought I), who planted, watered, and brought to perfection, in this obscure part of the world, a thing which appears of so small importance, look with unconcern upon the situation and sufferings of creatures formed after his own image? Surely not! Reflections like these, would not allow me to despair. I started up, and disregarding both hunger and fatigue, travelled forwards, assured that relief was at hand; and I was not disappointed.
Page 146 - The influence of religion, however, aided and supported me. I reflected that no human prudence or foresight could possibly have averted my present sufferings. I was indeed a stranger in a strange land, yet I was still under the protecting eye of that Providence who has condescended to call himself the stranger's friend.
Page 87 - Punctuality is important, because it subserves the peace and good temper of a family ; the want of it not only infringes on necessary duty, but sometimes excludes this duty.
Page 148 - I cannot refrain from adding,' says he, 'that the collection of tracts, which we call from their excellence the Scriptures, contain, independently of a divine origin, more true sublimity, more exquisite beauty, purer morality, more important history, and finer strains both of poetry and eloquence, than could be collected within the same compass, from all the other books that were ever composed in any age or in any idiom.
Page 28 - That the man who is perpetually hesitating which of two things he will do first, will do neither. The man who resolves, but suffers his resolution to be changed by the first countersuggestion of a friend-— who fluctuates from opinion to opinion, from plan to plan, and veers like a weathercock to every point of the compass, with every breath of caprice that blows, can never accomplish anything great or useful. Instead of being progressive in anything he will be at best stationary, and, more probably,...