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... mind , ' natural turn , & c . In attacking this notion , he calls in the powerful aid of Johnson , who always manifested an extreme antipathy to it . " I hate , " said he , " to hear people ask chil- dren whether they will be bishops ...
... mind , ' natural turn , & c . In attacking this notion , he calls in the powerful aid of Johnson , who always manifested an extreme antipathy to it . " I hate , " said he , " to hear people ask chil- dren whether they will be bishops ...
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... minds of children , by a parent's showing his opinion that some are born with , and some without , a genius ; none are ... mind , even in childhood , submits to necessity ; therefore it is much less dangerous to state explicitly the ...
... minds of children , by a parent's showing his opinion that some are born with , and some without , a genius ; none are ... mind , even in childhood , submits to necessity ; therefore it is much less dangerous to state explicitly the ...
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... minds of parents ; and they must in the first place be convinced of the folly of treating children as mere playthings ... mind towards it , accompanied by such proofs of application and unusual talent as may warrant a presumption that he ...
... minds of parents ; and they must in the first place be convinced of the folly of treating children as mere playthings ... mind towards it , accompanied by such proofs of application and unusual talent as may warrant a presumption that he ...
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... mind , that very young children can be effectually governed by ideas of a remote futurity , our author advises not ... minds of children , ideas of the divine anger , and the punishments of a future state , with their faults and vices ...
... mind , that very young children can be effectually governed by ideas of a remote futurity , our author advises not ... minds of children , ideas of the divine anger , and the punishments of a future state , with their faults and vices ...
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... minds clear of these ideas , there is an absolute necessity of presenting these ideas in a correct though inadequate form as early as possible to the mind , to prevent their being fixed there in a form that shall be absurd and injurious ...
... minds clear of these ideas , there is an absolute necessity of presenting these ideas in a correct though inadequate form as early as possible to the mind , to prevent their being fixed there in a form that shall be absurd and injurious ...
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Page 108 - ... sun. And behold a man bent with age coming from the way of the wilderness leaning on a staff. And Abraham arose, and met him, and said unto him, ' Turn in, I pray thee, and wash thy feet, and tarry all night ; and thou shall arise early in the morning, and go on thy way.' And the man said, 'Nay; for I will abide under this tree.