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La Formation of Character; Twelve Lectures Delivered in the First Presbyterian Church, New Orleans download PDF, EPUB, Kindle

La Formation of Character; Twelve Lectures Delivered in the First Presbyterian Church, New Orleans download PDF, EPUB, Kindle

La Formation of Character; Twelve Lectures Delivered in the First Presbyterian Church, New Orleans.cBenjamin Morgan Palmer
La Formation of Character; Twelve Lectures Delivered in the First Presbyterian Church, New Orleans
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Author: Benjamin Morgan Palmer
Number of Pages: 42 pages
Published Date: 01 May 2012
Publisher: Rarebooksclub.com
Publication Country: Miami Fl, United States
Language: English
Type: eBook
ISBN: 9781236124593
File size: 46 Mb
File Name: La.Formation.of.Character;.Twelve.Lectures.Delivered.in.the.First.Presbyterian.Church,.New.Orleans.pdf
Download Link: La Formation of Character; Twelve Lectures Delivered in the First Presbyterian Church, New Orleans
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1889 Excerpt: ...not to run away with half-sentences; candor, to put a right construction upon what shall be said. It will be well, in the outset, to ascertain on what points we agree in this discussion, and where we are likely to part company. I assume then that we are at one, at least, upon two points: I. That youth is to a large degree the season of enjoyment. It is by no means granted that it is the only season; on the contrary, God shows His wisdom and benevolence in providing suitable pleasures for all periods of human life; universal experience testifying that the serene enjoyments of the old are more captivating to them, than the more brilliant pleasures of the young. I do not suppose that this can be easily understood by those whose experience is limited to their single age; it is impossible that the young shall put themselves in the place of the old, so as to know how they feel. Those alone, who have stood at both ends of human life, are able to make a just comparison between the two. Still, the analogies of nature may suggest to the young that the Autumn of life may have its charms no less than the Spring. In the latter, the youthful year appears as a beautiful maiden bedecked with the blossoms upon her green robe: in the former, the brown forest is adorned with a thousand kaleidoscopic colors which charm the eye; and we say of the sober maiden, gray with age, she is as beautiful as when she was a youthful bride. Even when the dying Winter is wrapped in its winding-sheet of snow, and the icy crystals glisten like diamonds in the sun, we say that nature is beautiful as she sleeps in death. Equally true is it of all the ages through which we pass--and I may add, of all the conditions of human society--that all have their several enjo/ments, which would not be excha...

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