Stray Leaves from a Convict ShipDaniel Ritchie |
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... happiness constitutes the impelling principle by which our nature is chiefly moved . The power of regulating this , if properly directed , is of paramount importance in the government of convicts . The monotony of their existence may be ...
... happiness constitutes the impelling principle by which our nature is chiefly moved . The power of regulating this , if properly directed , is of paramount importance in the government of convicts . The monotony of their existence may be ...
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... his sentence . On the other hand , teach him to behold his position from a favourable point of view ; to consider himself an intelligent and responsible being ; to feel that hope still opens a way to happiness , 8 INTRODUCTION .
... his sentence . On the other hand , teach him to behold his position from a favourable point of view ; to consider himself an intelligent and responsible being ; to feel that hope still opens a way to happiness , 8 INTRODUCTION .
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Daniel Ritchie. feel that hope still opens a way to happiness , through a rosy - coloured vista , and you have converted the stubborn rock into the plastic clay , susceptible of any form you choose to give it . Hence we perceive the ...
Daniel Ritchie. feel that hope still opens a way to happiness , through a rosy - coloured vista , and you have converted the stubborn rock into the plastic clay , susceptible of any form you choose to give it . Hence we perceive the ...
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Daniel Ritchie. prospects , in this way practically convincing them that the road to happiness runs parallel with ... happiest results will attend daily admonitions , addresses on moral duty , religious impressions , the result of morning ...
Daniel Ritchie. prospects , in this way practically convincing them that the road to happiness runs parallel with ... happiest results will attend daily admonitions , addresses on moral duty , religious impressions , the result of morning ...
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... happiness will attend our steps here , and everlasting happiness in the world to come . We shall be enabled to exclaim with the Psalmist , " It is good for me that I have been afflicted : for before I was afflicted , I went astray , but ...
... happiness will attend our steps here , and everlasting happiness in the world to come . We shall be enabled to exclaim with the Psalmist , " It is good for me that I have been afflicted : for before I was afflicted , I went astray , but ...
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Act-act appears beauty behold bestowed Bonnington Fall bury its dead character colony condition conduct consequences consider Continued convict crime criminal dead past bury death deck displayed duty endeavour eternal evil excited existence fate favourable feeling friends given To fly guilt hand happiness heart Hobart Town holy hope howe'er pleasant human importance imprisonment individual industry intellect Lanark land Launceston Learn to labour Let the dead living present look ment mental mercy mind misery moral Mount Wellington nature Norfolk Island o'erhead object observed obtained ourselves passed penal labour Pestonjee Bomanjee placed position prisoners probably punishment pursuing reckless criminals regard render repentance river Derwent sentence separate confinement ship shore society sorrow soul Surgeon Superintendent Tasmania thee thou ticket of leave tion transportation Trust no future unhappy Van Dieman's Land vessel vice Vide Note virtuous voyage waves WEEKLY RECORD wind writer
Popular passages
Page 244 - How shall I give thee up, Ephraim? how shall I deliver thee, Israel? how shall I make thee as Admah? how shall I set thee as Zeboim? mine heart is turned within me, my repentings are kindled together.
Page 111 - Trust no future, howe'er pleasant! Let the dead past bury its dead! Act, — act in the living present! Heart within, and GOD o'erhead!
Page 247 - And thou shalt remember all the way which the Lord thy God led thee these forty years in the wilderness, to humble thee, and to prove thee, to know what was in thine heart, whether thou wouldest keep his commandments, or no.
Page 155 - Let us, then, be up and doing, With a heart for any fate ; Still achieving, still pursuing, Learn to labour and to wait.
Page 43 - It is good for me that I have been afflicted; that I might learn thy statutes.
Page 236 - In the world's broad field of battle, In the bivouac of Life, Be not like dumb, driven cattle! Be a hero in the strife! Trust no future, howe'er pleasant! Let the dead Past bury its dead!
Page 249 - Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, and touch not the unclean thing...
Page 100 - As I live, saith the Lord, I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked ; but that the wicked turn from his way and live.
Page 158 - Oh ! bloodiest picture in the book of Time Sarmatia fell unwept, without a crime ; Found not a generous friend, a pitying foe, Strength in her arms, nor mercy in her woe...
Page 125 - Lives of great men all remind us We can make our lives sublime, And, departing, leave behind us Footprints on the sands of time; Footprints, that perhaps another, Sailing o'er life's solemn main, A forlorn and shipwrecked brother, Seeing, shall take heart again.