Man's Pursuit of Happiness: Dr. Samuel Johnson's Philosophical View in Rasselas |
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... MOTIVE Motive is to a man what motor is to an automobile . An auto- mobile without a motor would lose its motive power to move forward . In like manner , a man without motive would have no driving force to make him achieve anything . An ...
... MOTIVE Motive is to a man what motor is to an automobile . An auto- mobile without a motor would lose its motive power to move forward . In like manner , a man without motive would have no driving force to make him achieve anything . An ...
Page 80
... motive for him to pursue , to achieve , consequently making his life pass faster and easier . From then on , he , under the guidance of the old man , tried all he could to get out of the valley , since he was motivated at once by two ...
... motive for him to pursue , to achieve , consequently making his life pass faster and easier . From then on , he , under the guidance of the old man , tried all he could to get out of the valley , since he was motivated at once by two ...
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... motives - the succeeding motives of the present state , and the motive of preparing for another state : " Those men , answered Imlac , are less wretched in their silent convent than the Abissinian princes in their prison of pleasure ...
... motives - the succeeding motives of the present state , and the motive of preparing for another state : " Those men , answered Imlac , are less wretched in their silent convent than the Abissinian princes in their prison of pleasure ...
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