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Then, having made many inquiries of me in regard to the habits of Solomon, she ordered Liridi to walk alone in one of the broad paths of the royal gardens at the time when the king was wont to stroll there by himself.
The force of appetite long indulged, and by indulgence made superiour to the control of reason, is not to be overcome at once; it cannot be subdued by a single effort, but may be weakened; new habits of a more innocent kind may in time be superinduced, and one desire may counterbalance another.
Proper feeding should not be overlooked, for bad habits do not flourish in a healthy body. Civilization necessitates self-control and considerable self-denial. Those who go in the line of least resistance are on the road to destruction. It is often necessary to overcome habits which produce temporary gratification of the senses.
As regards the tendency to resume feral habits, Mr. Darwin, though apparently of opinion that the tendency to do this has been much exaggerated, yet does not doubt that such a tendency exists, as shown by well authenticated instances.
Her eyes were full of tears. "I'm afraid mine's not the right kind, then," said John, and passed out into and down the street. But what a mind he took with him what torture of questions! Was he being lifted or pulled down? His tastes, were they rising or sinking? Were little negligences of dress and bearing and in-door attitude creeping into his habits?
This confession involved the godson in the crime of the godfather; manifest complicity being considered to exist between Cornelius de Witt and Cornelius van Baerle. The honest doctor did not confine himself to this avowal, but told the whole truth with regard to his own tastes, habits, and daily life.
He could not decide to go into the church merely from interested motives from that his conscience revolted; he could not determine to make himself fit to do credit to the sacred profession against this his habits and his love of pleasure revolted. He went to his brother John, to try what could be done with him.
"Very slightly, very slightly indeed. He is a gentleman not much given to social habits, and has been but seldom here. But he is an old friend whom my son-in-law loves dearly." "I'm glad to hear you say that, Mr Harding. Perhaps before I go any further I ought to tell you that Mrs Crawley and I are first-cousins." "Oh, indeed. Then you are a friend."
Though we have our princes in every branch of literature, who are the result of and an honor to our civilization, yet for their own results in moulding the tastes, the habits, and the intellects of the common people, in contributing to their advancement, they fall far below the efforts of the veriest penny-a-liner.
There can be no "excellence without great labor", and "hard work is only another name for genius." A young man cannot begin life with a richer heritage than good health, good habits and a liberal education an education that imparts culture to his mind and power to his body.
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