College Readings in English ProseFrank William Scott, Jacob Zeitlin |
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Page 399
... moral struggle in itself is the only thing of value , implies that we ought never to form moral habits , since in so doing we shall decrease the area of moral struggle . Given that I am a person who cannot pass a public house without ...
... moral struggle in itself is the only thing of value , implies that we ought never to form moral habits , since in so doing we shall decrease the area of moral struggle . Given that I am a person who cannot pass a public house without ...
Page 516
... moral vitality and insight rather than of moral awkwardness and enfeeblement . It was the fruit of reflection on his own personal experience the supreme instance of his ability to attain moral truth both in discipline and in idea ; and ...
... moral vitality and insight rather than of moral awkwardness and enfeeblement . It was the fruit of reflection on his own personal experience the supreme instance of his ability to attain moral truth both in discipline and in idea ; and ...
Page 517
... moral dignity and his peculiar moral insight did not separate him from his associates . Like them , he wanted professional success , public office , and the ordinary rewards of American life ; and like them , he bears no trace of ...
... moral dignity and his peculiar moral insight did not separate him from his associates . Like them , he wanted professional success , public office , and the ordinary rewards of American life ; and like them , he bears no trace of ...
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