Essays Written in the Intervals of BusinessW. Pickering, 1843 - 148 من الصفحات |
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الصفحة 146 - I venture to prophesy that within six months you will come to consult me whether or not — for there is a great deal to be said on both sides of the question — you can make up your mind to sacrifice your own wishes and marry Walter Lester.
الصفحة 25 - Infinite toil would not enable you to sweep away a mist; but, by ascending a little, you may often look over it altogether. So it is with our moral improvement: we wrestle fiercely with a vicious habit, which would have no hold upon us if we ascended into a higher moral atmosphere.
الصفحة 15 - And if the intellect requires thus to be provided with perpetual objects, what must it be with the affections ? Depend upon it, the most fatal idleness is that of the heart. And the man who feels weary of life may be sure that he does not love his fellow-creatures as he ought. You cannot hope for anything like contentment so long as you continue to attach that ridiculous degree of importance to the events of this life which so many people are inclined to do. Observe the effect which it has upon them:...
الصفحة 9 - We find the scheme, which we have chosen, " answer our expectations but indifferently— " most worldly projects will. We, therefore, " repent of our choice, and immediately fancy " happiness in the paths which we decline; " and this heightens our uneasiness. We " might at least escape the aggravation of it. " It is not improbable, we had been more " unhappy, but extremely probable, we had " not been less so, had we made a different
الصفحة 51 - As to there being anything really trifling in any act of humanity, however slight, it is moral blindness to suppose so. The few moments in the course of each day which a man absorbed in some worldly pursuit may carelessly expend in kind words or trifling charities to those around him, and kindness to an animal is one of these, are perhaps, in the sight of Heaven, the only time that he has lived to any purpose worthy of recording.
الصفحة 19 - But when the subject for grief is fixed and inevitable, sorrow is to be borne like pain. It is only a paroxysm of either that can justify us in neglecting the duties which no bereavement can lessen, and which no sorrow can leave us without. And we may remember that sorrow is at once the lot, the trial, and the privilege of man.
الصفحة 95 - The first part of the general subject embraces the choice and management of agents, the transaction of business by means of interviews, the choice of colleagues and the use of councils. Each of these topics will be treated separately. There remain, however, certain general rules with respect to our dealings with others which may naturally find a place here.
الصفحة 92 - He should be able to fix his attention on details, and be ready to give every kind of argument a hearing. This will not encumber him, for he must have been practised beforehand in the exercise of his intellect, and be strong in principles. One man collects materials together, and there they remain, a shapeless heap; another, possessed of method, can arrange what he has collected ; but such a man as I would describe, by the aid of principles, goes farther, and builds with his materials. He should...
الصفحة 13 - ... in danger of becoming morbid, unless it be constantly kept in check by calm reflection on its vanity, or by dwelling upon the very different and far higher motives which should actuate us. That man has fallen into a pitiable state of moral sickness, in whose eyes the good opinion of his fellow-men is the test of merit, and their applause the principal reward for exertion. " A habit of mistrust is the torment of some people. It taints their love and their friendship. They take up small causes...
الصفحة 87 - In any course of study to be laid down for him, something like universality should be aimed at, which not only makes the mind agile, but gives variety of information. Such a system will make him acquainted with many modes of thought, with various classes of facts, and will enable him to understand men better. There will...