Life doubled by the economy of time. By the author of “How a Penny became a Thousand Pounds” [Robert Kemp-Philp]. |
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... labour of virtue bringeth forth pleasure . " The hand of diligence defeateth want ; prosperity and success are the indus- trious man's attendants . " Who is he that hath acquired wealth , that hath risen to power , that hath clothed ...
... labour of virtue bringeth forth pleasure . " The hand of diligence defeateth want ; prosperity and success are the indus- trious man's attendants . " Who is he that hath acquired wealth , that hath risen to power , that hath clothed ...
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... labour is concerned , will outstrip the country , which awoke so long before it . There are steamboats on the river , omnibuses in the streets , and trains from the suburbs , bringing collectively tens of thousands into the great marts ...
... labour is concerned , will outstrip the country , which awoke so long before it . There are steamboats on the river , omnibuses in the streets , and trains from the suburbs , bringing collectively tens of thousands into the great marts ...
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... labour , and sinking down to rest . While the English workman is about to begin his daily labour , his companion who some time ago emigrated to Australia , puts down his spade , and , returning to his wooden hovel , throws himself upon ...
... labour , and sinking down to rest . While the English workman is about to begin his daily labour , his companion who some time ago emigrated to Australia , puts down his spade , and , returning to his wooden hovel , throws himself upon ...
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... LABOUR . Ir is a matter of deep regret that in the minds of a large proportion of mankind , labour is regarded as a description of slavery , and its various occupations as being more or less degrading . The intelligent man will not only ...
... LABOUR . Ir is a matter of deep regret that in the minds of a large proportion of mankind , labour is regarded as a description of slavery , and its various occupations as being more or less degrading . The intelligent man will not only ...
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... labour , or the produce thereof to another , deserves morally , socially , and religiously to be regarded as in a position no less honourable than that of the banker , the merchant , or the tradesman . Provided he labours honestly ...
... labour , or the produce thereof to another , deserves morally , socially , and religiously to be regarded as in a position no less honourable than that of the banker , the merchant , or the tradesman . Provided he labours honestly ...
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Página 66 - AWAKE, my soul, and with the sun Thy daily stage of duty run ; Shake off dull sloth, and joyful rise To pay thy morning sacrifice.
Página 87 - INDUSTRY Lose no time; be always employed in something useful; cut off all unnecessary actions.
Página 19 - Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep ; so shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth, and thy want as an armed man.
Página 66 - Teach me to live, that I may dread The grave as little as my bed : Teach me to die, that so I may Rise glorious at the awful day.
Página 86 - In the various enumerations of the moral virtues I had met with in my reading, I found the catalogue more or less numerous, as different writers included more or fewer ideas under the same name. Temperance, for example, was by some confined to eating and drinking; while by others it was extended to mean the moderating every other pleasure, appetite, inclination or passion, bodily or mental, even to our avarice and ambition.
Página 86 - I concluded, at length, that the mere speculative conviction that it was our interest to be completely virtuous, was not sufficient to prevent our slipping ; and that the contrary habits must be broken, and good ones acquired and established, before we can have any dependence on a steady, uniform rectitude of conduct.
Página 87 - Use no hurtful deceit; think innocently and justly; and, if you speak, speak accordingly. 8. JUSTICE Wrong none by doing injuries, or omitting the benefits that are your duty. 9. MODERATION Avoid extremes; forbear resenting injuries so much as you think they deserve.
Página 91 - ... satisfaction of seeing them diminish. To avoid the trouble of renewing now and then my little book, which, by scraping out the marks on the paper of old faults to make room for new ones in a new course, became full of holes...
Página 97 - I was but a bad speaker, never eloquent, subject to much hesitation in my choice of words, hardly correct in language, and yet I generally carried my point.
Página 78 - An heart that deviseth wicked imaginations, feet that be swift in running to mischief, A false witness that speaketh lies, and he that soweth discord among brethren.