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Collectanea.
our views coloured , and , it may be , quite distorted . Ilclteria is a mos humane person ; yet , from the excess of her sensibility , she was a vehement advocate / o--slavery . And wh y ? Becausean excellent friend of hers had , as she thought , unjustly suffered in her property , through the exertions of the abolitionists . Preefervidus is evermore going wrong , and not only so , but maintaining opinions inconsistent with each other ! And how ? is
so He acted on rather by a love of men than of truth , and sometimes the weathercock of his mind yields to an influence from the west , and sometimes to one from the east . To avoid the course of Heltena and Prsefervidus , we should calml y , not morbidly , consider what is the prevailing bent of our disposition . 2 . The cultivation ofa love of truth should be carried on by a daily discipline . Without , running into formality and stiffness in conversation , without restraining the of
play imagination , and checking the flashes of joy and love , we should conscientiousl y aim at correctness in all we affirm ! Many excellent creatures are fearfully careless as to this . We should also eschew mere gossip , either in ourselves or others . And we should in matters of difference ( especially when of importance ) seriously strive fully to apprehend the arguments that are used against our own notions . A daily discipline of this nature , united with prayer and study , renders the mind
strong in resisting fallacious or doubtful suggestions , and prompt and open in receiving solid truths . — " On the Culture ofthe Powers of Reasoning and Judging , " in the Quarterly Educational Magazine , 1848 .
JEALOUSY violates contracts—dissolves society—breaks wedlock—betrays friends and nei ghbours—nobod y is good—and every one is either doing or designing them a mischief—its rise is either guilt or ill-nature , and by reflection it thinks its own faults to be other men ' s ; as he that is overrun with the jaundice takes others to be yellow . —Stray Thoughts .
TRAVEL ON FOOT . — " A man should always travel as a pedestrian , if possible . There is no telling how much more perfectly he thus communes with Nature , how much more deeply and without effort he drinks in the spirit of the meadows , the woods , the running streams and the mountains , going by them and among them , as a friend with a friend . He seems to hear the very breath of Nature in her stillness , and sometimes , when the whole world is hushed , there are murmurs come to him the airalmost like the
on , evening songs of angels . Indeed the world of Mature is filled with quiet soul-like sounds , which , when one ' s attention is gained to them , make a man feel as if he must take his shoes from his feet and walk barefooted , in order not to disturb them . The music of the brooks and waterfalls , and of the wind among the leaves , and of the birds in the air , and of the children at play , and of the distant villages and of the tinkling pleasant bells of flocks the mountain sidesis
upon , all lost to the traveller in a carriage , or rumbling vehicle of any kind . " " KNOWLEDGE indeed is as necessary as light ; but it has been wisel y ordained that li ght should have no colour , ' water no taste , and air no odour , so knowledge also should be equally pure , and without admixture . "
Too much leisure leads to expense ; because when a man is in want of objects , it occurs to him that they are to be had for money , and he invents expenditure in order to pass the time . " "FRIENDSHIP is a silent gentleman that makes no parade : the true heart dances no hornpipes on the tongue . "
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Collectanea.
our views coloured , and , it may be , quite distorted . Ilclteria is a mos humane person ; yet , from the excess of her sensibility , she was a vehement advocate / o--slavery . And wh y ? Becausean excellent friend of hers had , as she thought , unjustly suffered in her property , through the exertions of the abolitionists . Preefervidus is evermore going wrong , and not only so , but maintaining opinions inconsistent with each other ! And how ? is
so He acted on rather by a love of men than of truth , and sometimes the weathercock of his mind yields to an influence from the west , and sometimes to one from the east . To avoid the course of Heltena and Prsefervidus , we should calml y , not morbidly , consider what is the prevailing bent of our disposition . 2 . The cultivation ofa love of truth should be carried on by a daily discipline . Without , running into formality and stiffness in conversation , without restraining the of
play imagination , and checking the flashes of joy and love , we should conscientiousl y aim at correctness in all we affirm ! Many excellent creatures are fearfully careless as to this . We should also eschew mere gossip , either in ourselves or others . And we should in matters of difference ( especially when of importance ) seriously strive fully to apprehend the arguments that are used against our own notions . A daily discipline of this nature , united with prayer and study , renders the mind
strong in resisting fallacious or doubtful suggestions , and prompt and open in receiving solid truths . — " On the Culture ofthe Powers of Reasoning and Judging , " in the Quarterly Educational Magazine , 1848 .
JEALOUSY violates contracts—dissolves society—breaks wedlock—betrays friends and nei ghbours—nobod y is good—and every one is either doing or designing them a mischief—its rise is either guilt or ill-nature , and by reflection it thinks its own faults to be other men ' s ; as he that is overrun with the jaundice takes others to be yellow . —Stray Thoughts .
TRAVEL ON FOOT . — " A man should always travel as a pedestrian , if possible . There is no telling how much more perfectly he thus communes with Nature , how much more deeply and without effort he drinks in the spirit of the meadows , the woods , the running streams and the mountains , going by them and among them , as a friend with a friend . He seems to hear the very breath of Nature in her stillness , and sometimes , when the whole world is hushed , there are murmurs come to him the airalmost like the
on , evening songs of angels . Indeed the world of Mature is filled with quiet soul-like sounds , which , when one ' s attention is gained to them , make a man feel as if he must take his shoes from his feet and walk barefooted , in order not to disturb them . The music of the brooks and waterfalls , and of the wind among the leaves , and of the birds in the air , and of the children at play , and of the distant villages and of the tinkling pleasant bells of flocks the mountain sidesis
upon , all lost to the traveller in a carriage , or rumbling vehicle of any kind . " " KNOWLEDGE indeed is as necessary as light ; but it has been wisel y ordained that li ght should have no colour , ' water no taste , and air no odour , so knowledge also should be equally pure , and without admixture . "
Too much leisure leads to expense ; because when a man is in want of objects , it occurs to him that they are to be had for money , and he invents expenditure in order to pass the time . " "FRIENDSHIP is a silent gentleman that makes no parade : the true heart dances no hornpipes on the tongue . "