The Book of Life, Volumen1Haldeman-Julius, 1922 - 426 páginas |
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Página ix
... discuss the question whether life is worth living . Yet , I wonder ; is there a single one among all these tired people , or even among the cynical people , who has not had some moment of awe when the thought came stabbing into his mind ...
... discuss the question whether life is worth living . Yet , I wonder ; is there a single one among all these tired people , or even among the cynical people , who has not had some moment of awe when the thought came stabbing into his mind ...
Página xi
... THE VIRTUE OF MODERATION . Attempts to show that wise conduct is an adjustment of means to ends , and depends upon the understanding of a particular set of circumstances . 37 CHAPTER IX . THE CHOOSING OF LIFE Discusses the standards xi.
... THE VIRTUE OF MODERATION . Attempts to show that wise conduct is an adjustment of means to ends , and depends upon the understanding of a particular set of circumstances . 37 CHAPTER IX . THE CHOOSING OF LIFE Discusses the standards xi.
Página xii
... discusses the relative importance of our various duties . CHAPTER XI . THE MIND AND THE BODY Discusses the interaction between physical and mental things , and the possibility of freedom in a world of fixed causes . CHAPTER XII . THE ...
... discusses the relative importance of our various duties . CHAPTER XI . THE MIND AND THE BODY Discusses the interaction between physical and mental things , and the possibility of freedom in a world of fixed causes . CHAPTER XII . THE ...
Página xiii
... Discusses the different kinds of foods , and the part they play in the making of health and disease . CHAPTER XXI . DIET STANDARDS . 134 Discusses various foods and their food values , the quan- tities we need , and their money cost ...
... Discusses the different kinds of foods , and the part they play in the making of health and disease . CHAPTER XXI . DIET STANDARDS . 134 Discusses various foods and their food values , the quan- tities we need , and their money cost ...
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... discuss ; but this , at least , should be clear - nature has produced an infinity of spiders , but nature never produced a sonnet , nor anything resembling it . Man , the creature of God , takes over the functions of God . This fact may ...
... discuss ; but this , at least , should be clear - nature has produced an infinity of spiders , but nature never produced a sonnet , nor anything resembling it . Man , the creature of God , takes over the functions of God . This fact may ...
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Página 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...
Página 46 - 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.
Página 85 - All thoughts, all passions, all delights, Whatever stirs this mortal frame, All are but ministers of Love, And feed his sacred flame. Oft in my waking dreams do I Live o'er again that happy hour, When midway on the mount I lay, Beside the ruined tower.
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 8 - Herself the supreme type of vice, she is ultimately the most efficient guardian of virtue. But for her, the unchallenged purity of countless happy homes would be polluted...
Página 184 - Pay ransom to the owner And fill the bag to the brim. Who is the owner ? The slave is owner, And ever was. Pay him.
Página 41 - The Puritan hated bearbaiting, not because it gave pain to the bear, but because it gave pleasure to the spectators.
Página 42 - Do unto others as they would do unto you, but do it first.
Página 115 - The general spread of the light of science has already laid open to every view the palpable truth, that the mass of mankind has not been born with saddles on their backs, nor a favoured few booted and spurred, ready to ride them legitimately, by the grace of God.