 | William Spohn Baker - 1887 - 360 Seiten
...by his modesty, made up a character to which the world maybe fearlessly challenged for a parallel. " Labor to keep alive in your breast that little spark of celestial fire, conscience" was one of a series of maxims which Washington framed or copied for his own use when a... | |
 | Frank Van Buren Irish - 1888 - 142 Seiten
...certainty of performing. Every action in company ought to be with some signs of respect to those present. Labor to keep alive in your breast that little spark of celestial fire called conscience. I shall never attempt to palliate my own foibles by exposing the error of another. It is a maxim with... | |
 | 1888 - 252 Seiten
...softer to him than a bed of down. A good conscience is the best looking-glass of heaven. Cudworth. Labor to keep alive in your breast that little spark of celestial fire called conscience. ff. Washington. Be more careful of your conscience than of your estate. The latter can be bought and... | |
 | Charles Henry Winston, Thomas Randolph Price, D. Lee Powell, John Meredith Strother, H. H. Harris, John P. McGuire, Rodes Massie, William Fayette Fox, Harry Fishburne Estill (F.), Richard Ratcliffe Farr, John Lee Buchanan, George R. Pace - 1888 - 1260 Seiten
...Y— Your discourse with men of business should be short and comprehensive. Z — Zealously strive to keep alive in your breast that little spark of celestial fire called conscience. Roanokc City, Virginia. Should Teachers Understand the Science of Arithmetic? By PROF. WAITE A. SHOEMAKER,... | |
 | George Washington - 1888 - 44 Seiten
...your Natural Parents altho they be Poor 109th LET your Recreations be Manfull not Sinfull. noth LABOUR to keep alive in your Breast that Little Spark of Celestial fire called Conscience/14> (14) This closing maxim or injunction, the observance of which is so important in the... | |
 | Anna Lydia Ward - 1889 - 724 Seiten
...in General. Guilty consciences make men cowards. 871 " Vanbrugh : The Provoked Wife. Act v. Sc. 6. Labor to keep alive in your breast that little spark of celestial fire called Conscience. 872 Georye Washington : Moral Maxims. Virtue and Vice. Conscience. Conscience is the present opinion... | |
 | Walter Raleigh Houghton - 1889 - 424 Seiten
...reverence and honor ; and obey your natural parents. "Let your recreations be manful, not sinful. " Labor to keep alive in your breast that little spark of celestial fire called conscience. CHAPTER XXIII. ANNIVERSARIES. is the aim and the object of all anniversaries, whether in public or... | |
 | James Grant Wilson, John Fiske - 1889 - 848 Seiten
...which the last and most noteworthy one must never be omitted from the story of Washington's boyhood : " Labor to keep alive in your breast that little spark of celestial fire, Conscience" All these school-boy manuscripts bear witness alike to his extreme care in cultivating... | |
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Labor to keep alive in your breast that little spark of celestial fire, called conscience. 
