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... felt no inconsiderable diffidence in offering to the notice of the public a life of his son , till he found that many , who had no parental partialities , and who were , in every other respect , more com- petent judges than himself ...
... felt no inconsiderable diffidence in offering to the notice of the public a life of his son , till he found that many , who had no parental partialities , and who were , in every other respect , more com- petent judges than himself ...
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... felt that till he had accomplished this painfully pleasing task , he could not give to those official labours , in which his heart delighted , that undivided attention which he believes to be due to them . Besides this , he knew that ...
... felt that till he had accomplished this painfully pleasing task , he could not give to those official labours , in which his heart delighted , that undivided attention which he believes to be due to them . Besides this , he knew that ...
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... felt most deeply the importance of the charge which Providence had devolved upon me . Not utterly a stranger to the state of human nature , to the waywardness of the heart , to the dangers which beset every part of the path of life ; I ...
... felt most deeply the importance of the charge which Providence had devolved upon me . Not utterly a stranger to the state of human nature , to the waywardness of the heart , to the dangers which beset every part of the path of life ; I ...
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... felt that , in consulting this , he was securing his own . These remarks may seem both trifling and unnecessary to those who have paid little or no attention to the philosophy of education ; and who conceive it to consist only in the ...
... felt that , in consulting this , he was securing his own . These remarks may seem both trifling and unnecessary to those who have paid little or no attention to the philosophy of education ; and who conceive it to consist only in the ...
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... felt that an influence from heaven was neces- sary to render our labors effectual ; -that He , " from whom cometh every good and perfect gift , " must be the primary agent in this great work ; -but that we had to hope for and cal ...
... felt that an influence from heaven was neces- sary to render our labors effectual ; -that He , " from whom cometh every good and perfect gift , " must be the primary agent in this great work ; -but that we had to hope for and cal ...
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