| 单词 | moral excellence |
| 例句 | In this way, it relates to ren, a concept that refers to someone with complete virtue or specific virtues needed to achieve moral excellence. Introduction to Philosophy 2022-06-15T00:00:00Z Yet he and his father both questioned whether there would ever be a way to guarantee that moral excellence rose to the top in national politics. Adams family values: two presidents with a message for Trump's America 2019-04-13T04:00:00Z Bush’s “kinder, gentler nation,” Bill Clinton’s “putting people first,” George W. Bush’s “compassionate conservatism” and Barack Obama’s “change we can believe in” all aspired to moral excellence. Recent Missouri editorials 2017-02-28T05:00:00Z Ihsan, or moral excellence, is said to be the highest level of Islam. ISIS is the Antithesis of the Holy Pilgrimage 2014-09-30T04:00:00Z "Grammar peevers" in projects such as the Apostrophe Protection Society see "a connection between secure syntax and moral excellence", Hitchings argues. The people who hate other people's bad grammar 2013-05-13T08:58:14Z Ren refers to moral excellence, whether in full or regarding specific characteristics or traits. Introduction to Philosophy 2022-06-15T00:00:00Z They described Mr Lin as a "Buddhist believer" who "made a point of doing benevolent deeds and achieving moral excellence". Family mourns slain Chinese man 2012-06-12T08:41:34Z The first condition of all really great moral excellence is a spirit of genuine self-sacrifice and self-renunciation. History of European Morals From Augustus to Charlemagne (Vol. 2 of 2) 2012-04-27T02:00:34.267Z As a husband, therefore, exhibit the true nobility of man, and seek to govern your household by the display of high moral excellence. The Gentlemen's Book of Etiquette and Manual of Politeness Being a Complete Guide for a Gentleman's Conduct in all his Relations Towards Society 2012-03-30T02:00:17.867Z Considering all these things, it is not surprising that many moralists should have regarded moral excellence as simply the highest form of beauty, and moral cultivation as the supreme refinement of taste. History of European Morals From Augustus to Charlemagne (Vol. 1 of 2) 2012-03-28T02:00:20.770Z Nor can the term as here used refer to the usual, for in that case the greatest moral excellence, as unusual, must be rejected. A Review of the Systems of Ethics Founded on the Theory of Evolution 2012-03-17T02:01:00.033Z Franklin persevered in his efforts to improve himself in moral excellence, by means of this record, for a long time. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol IV. No. XX. January, 1852. 2012-02-24T03:00:24.390Z The child's progress in knowledge and in moral excellence are to every parent the most acceptable tokens of filial gratitude. The Moral Instruction of Children 2012-02-02T03:04:33.057Z If patience is a virtue, then Rodgers’s career arch is a case study in moral excellence. The Education of the Packers? Aaron Rodgers 2011-12-02T19:32:19Z As moralists, they exhibited a very genuine love of moral excellence, but the same pedantic and retrospective character. History of European Morals From Augustus to Charlemagne (Vol. 1 of 2) 2012-03-28T02:00:20.770Z Here the moral excellence of Mohammed shines out as a brilliant. Islam Her Moral And Spiritual Value A Rational And Pyschological Study 2011-11-25T03:00:15.820Z Who that has any perception of spiritual good, any appreciation of moral excellence, any sympathy with the pure and the true, does not prefer heaven to earth? Old Wine and New Occasional Discourses 2011-10-20T02:00:26.230Z A Brahmin is no longer typical of either religious purity or moral excellence. The Hindoos as they Are A Description of the Manners, Customs and the Inner Life of Hindoo Society in Bengal 2011-10-13T02:00:35.977Z This virtue at once combines many moral excellences, and seems to call into action some of the best qualities of our social nature. Biography of Rev. Hosea Ballou 2011-08-04T02:00:22.900Z There is no form of intellectual or moral excellence which has not a general tendency to produce happiness if cultivated in moderation. History of European Morals From Augustus to Charlemagne (Vol. 1 of 2) 2012-03-28T02:00:20.770Z And especially was she distinguished for moral excellence. Memoir of Mary L. Ware, Wife of Henry Ware, Jr. 2011-08-02T02:00:25.157Z There is absolutely no relation between moral excellence and worldly recognition of it. The Making of an Apostle 2011-07-26T02:00:19.187Z A good Hindoo housewife is a model of moral excellence. The Hindoos as they Are A Description of the Manners, Customs and the Inner Life of Hindoo Society in Bengal 2011-10-13T02:00:35.977Z I do not think there was one minister in the numerous order of Universalists who did not acknowledge his pre�minence in original talent, wonderful reasoning faculties, and unblemished moral excellence. Biography of Rev. Hosea Ballou 2011-08-04T02:00:22.900Z He sought to be a peace-maker between all contending persons, and to set a consistent example of moral excellence. Olive Leaves Or, Sketches of Character 2011-06-25T02:00:21.120Z As no form of knowledge and no moral excellence is foreign to the poet, so at bottom he is the truly wise -54-and good man. A History of Literary Criticism in the Renaissance With special reference to the influence of Italy in the formation and development of modern classicism 2011-05-30T02:00:13.147Z But it was also training in the kind of mental and moral excellence you need to be a warrior. Navy SEAL warrior offers philosophy in new book 2011-05-25T18:39:19Z If you pray for spiritual illumination and aspire to moral excellence, you bring to your sphere and aid the noble and unselfish children of the more exalted spiritual spheres. A Book Written by the Spirits of the So-Called Dead 2011-05-03T02:00:15.900Z The example of the Son of God is the only perfect model of moral excellence, and his moral conduct, so far as he acted as man, remains a perfect example for Christians. War Inconsistent with the Religion of Jesus Christ 2011-04-18T02:00:09.590Z If grief, anger, or excessive joy are able to vitiate secretions, and cause sickness and death, a happy frame of mind, intellectual exertion and moral excellence tend to the perfect health of these secretions. Studies in the Out-Lying Fields of Psychic Science 2011-04-14T02:00:40.453Z Nevertheless the work seemed to show some imperfections; indeed, its moral excellence was potential rather than actual, a suggestion of what might be, rather than an accomplished fact. Three Philosophical Poets Lucretius, Dante, and Goethe 2011-03-20T02:00:33.357Z “He merely familiarizes the highly refined imagination of the more select classes of poetical readers with beautiful idealisms of moral excellence.” The Radicalism of Shelley and Its Sources 2011-03-08T03:00:45.010Z Men read the sacred books of their religion, and pass unobserved therein, multitudes of things utterly irreconcileable with even their own notions of moral excellence. A System of Logic: Ratiocinative and Inductive 7th Edition, Vol. II 2011-03-01T03:00:40.557Z In short, the human mind is incapable of forming a more correct estimate of moral excellence than is exhibited in the scriptural plan of salvation. The Religion of Geology and Its Connected Sciences 2011-02-28T03:00:28.890Z The most important element, then, of well-being or good life for ordinary men Aristotle holds to consist in well-doing as determined by the notions of the different moral excellences. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 7 "Equation" to "Ethics" 2011-02-27T03:00:31.973Z It was not that she was less feminine, or that, in his eyes, she had lost any moral excellence by her easy surrender. The Westerners 2011-02-14T03:00:39.347Z It is not hollow appearances that determine the worth of woman, but moral excellence, beautiful virtues springing from a heart vivified by faith. The Progressionists, and Angela. St. Palaye himself is a less enthusiastic eulogist of chivalry, because he has seen it more on the side of mere romance, and been less penetrated with the conviction of its moral excellence. View of the State of Europe during the Middle Ages, Vol. 3 Never, according to him, in any period of her history had England made more glorious progress, never had stood higher than at the present moment in material power and moral excellence. The English in the West Indies or, The Bow of Ulysses I am not speaking of their moral excellence, but of their social superiority, and of that pre-eminence which comes of an indisputable position, high name, fortune, and the world's regards. The Bramleighs of Bishop's Folly We see a man who was far above his his contemporaries in moral excellence, and who sought to live well, tried by circumstances beyond human strength. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 95, September 1865 No religion can be of GOD which does not instinctively preassume in its votaries the constant striving after the highest and purest moral excellence. A Supplication for the Beggars The girls were frequently named, for poetic or imaginative reasons, after trees, animals, qualities of moral excellence, and the like. Oriental Women There is no justice, no charity, no moral excellence in physical beauty. Belcaro Being Essays on Sundry Aesthetical Questions Evil inclinations then entered their hearts, and all their moral excellence was destroyed. Bible Myths and their Parallels in other Religions Being a Comparison of the Old and New Testament Myths and Miracles with those of the Heathen Nations of Antiquity Considering also their Origin and Meaning She does not so much insist on high moral excellence as the criterion of their worth, as on their own account of their internal feelings. Coelebs In Search of a Wife He made him a handsome prince, and a puzzling meditative character; these secular qualities relieve his moral excellence, and so he becomes ‘nice’. English Critical Essays Nineteenth Century A neighbour who does not reach his standard of moral excellence in character and action he pronounces lax in principles and delinquent in life. Talkers With Illustrations In short we were the best of friends, and lived like father and daughter; though I still withheld from him, of course, that respect which is only due to moral excellence. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 5 (of 25) Mine you will find the crooked ones, and my pencil, of course, invariably flew to the side of what expressed moral excellence and a perception of material beauty. Records of Later Life Mr. Ward quotes him as an instance of the connection between poetic and moral excellence. Hours in a Library New Edition, with Additions. Vol. II (of 3) Thus evil inclinations entered their hearts; all their moral excellence was destroyed. Bible Romances First Series We wish to direct the minds of those whom we are thus endeavoring to interest and instruct, to the immortal beauties of moral excellence. The Ladies' Work-Table Book Containing Clear and Practical Instructions in Plain and Fancy Needlework, Embroidery, Knitting, Netting and Crochet Hypocrisy is the false pretense of moral excellence, either as a cover for actual wrong, or for the sake of the credit and advantage attaching to virtue. English Synonyms and Antonyms With Notes on the Correct Use of Prepositions His abilities and knowledge commanded their respect; his moral excellence secured their confidence, and his example gave him power over their minds and manners. The History of Dartmouth College It lies in the supreme moral excellence of His character; in His holiness, in His love, in His truthfulness, in His patience, in His gentleness, in His mercy. The Doctrines of Predestination, Reprobation, and Election Also Aristotle and Cicero, who have the greatest influence with this tribe, give broad instructions concerning moral excellences. Commentary on Genesis, Vol. II Luther on Sin and the Flood Men read the sacred books of their religion, and pass unobserved therein multitudes of things utterly irreconcilable with even their own notions of moral excellence. A System Of Logic, Ratiocinative And Inductive When the title is given officially as an ecclesiastical honor, it may or may not carry with it moral excellence. Introduction to the History of Religions Handbooks on the History of Religions, Volume IV But happiness is exclusively and unalterably attached to the cultivation of the affections,—to the acquisition of moral excellence;—so that it is equally within the reach of every individual, however obscure, or however talented. A Practical Enquiry into the Philosophy of Education However this may be, no one can deny the moral excellence of such men as Wilberforce and Clarkson, nor the real change in the moral standard implied by the success of their agitation. The English Utilitarians, Volume I. R. Reason, insufficiency of, to elaborate a perfect ideal of moral excellence, 505-509. Christianity and Greek Philosophy or, the relation between spontaneous and reflective thought in Greece and the positive teaching of Christ and His Apostles If there are in our respective circles those whose position we deem in every respect enviable, they are men of preëminent moral excellence. A Manual of Moral Philosophy In seeking moral excellence the individual and the race are thus moving toward an ideal already manifested in history. The New Theology The highest mental attainments also, when disjoined from moral excellence, tend only, as in the fallen angels, to stimulate their pride, and to aggravate their misery. A Practical Enquiry into the Philosophy of Education In short, the faith spoken of in Scripture is the basis of all intellectual, as well as of all moral excellence, and is inclusive of what is usually called "talents," or "gifts." An Essay on the Scriptural Doctrine of Immortality A lofty ideal of moral excellence had been attained by Plato--the conception of a high and inflexible morality, which contrasted most vividly with the depravity which prevailed in Athenian society. Christianity and Greek Philosophy or, the relation between spontaneous and reflective thought in Greece and the positive teaching of Christ and His Apostles The school of difficulty is that in which we have our most efficient training for eminence, whether of capacity or of moral excellence. A Manual of Moral Philosophy Q.—In the order of degree, which stands the higher in moral excellence—Jesus Christ, Confucius, or Zoroaster? Modern Spiritualism But in Phillida this conservatism was counteracted by a quick imagination in alliance with a passion for moral excellence, both warmed by the fire of youth; and in all ventures youth counts for much. The Faith Doctor A Story of New York With all this inbred vulgar air, he was a dog of great moral excellence—affectionate, faithful, honest up to his light, with an odd humor as peculiar and as strong as his tail. Spare Hours But it does not tell us wherein this moral excellence or perfection of God really consists. Holy in Christ Thoughts on the Calling of God's Children to be Holy as He is Holy Innumerable aesthetic effects, indeed all specific and unmixed ones, are direct transmutations of pleasures and pains; they express nothing extrinsic to themselves, much less moral excellences. The Sense of Beauty Being the Outlines of Aesthetic Theory As admirers of the learning and moral excellence of their hero, we glow at almost every page with indignation that his weaknesses and his failings should be disclosed to public view.... A Budget of Paradoxes, Volume II It is a strange thing to observe to what a height not only of moral excellence, but also of devotional fervour, men have arisen without any assistance from the doctrine of a future life. The Map of Life Conduct and Character The last of these anecdotes is a proof of the moral excellence and chastity, which the Grecian poets were constrained to observe in their public compositions. The Mirror of Taste, and Dramatic Censor Volume I, Number 3 ‘By the communication of God’s Holiness the creature partakes of God’s moral excellence, which is perfection, the beauty of the Divine nature.’ Holy in Christ Thoughts on the Calling of God's Children to be Holy as He is Holy Watt's breaking of the Sabbath before recorded must have seemed to that stern Calvinist a heinous sin, justifying grave doubts of Watt's spiritual condition, his "moral excellence" to the contrary notwithstanding. James Watt He was a man of sterling worth, who could not but command respect and esteem wherever integrity of character and moral excellence were valued. The Great Controversy Between Christ and Satan It may be both cause and effect of great moral excellence, but I think it questionable. The Greville Memoirs A Journal of the Reigns of King George IV and King William IV, Vol. I His affections, in a flame alike pure and ardent, glowed at the prospect of moral excellence which appeared in the works of God, and above all, in Himself. The Ordinance of Covenanting Holiness comprehends all the true moral excellence of intelligent beings. Holy in Christ Thoughts on the Calling of God's Children to be Holy as He is Holy Remembering the piety portrayed in the ancestors of this great man, one cannot but cling to the hope that his many virtues reposed on a substratum of more than merely moral excellence. James Watt Whether the same can be said, of the mental vigor and moral excellence of the human race is a question upon which men may speculate, but which time alone can satisfactorily answer. The International Monthly, Volume 2, No. 4, March, 1851 He had no patriotism, and no appreciation of moral excellence. A Modern History, From the Time of Luther to the Fall of Napoleon For the Use of Schools and Colleges Whatever may be said concerning the moral excellence of that person's character I will cheerfully assent to, and I could not listen without disgust to language impeaching his moral purity. Letter to the Reverend Mr. Cary Containing Remarks upon his Review of the Grounds of Christianity Examined by Comparing the New Testament to the Old Holiness is a general term for the moral excellence of God. Holy in Christ Thoughts on the Calling of God's Children to be Holy as He is Holy They differ from natural or moral excellence in this being the proper and consistent exercise of those virtues. The Story of My Life Being Reminiscences of Sixty Years' Public Service in Canada The soul, in the case of “the mass of mankind,” improves in moral excellence from this more than any thing else, viz., from heaping up the means of enjoying this world in time to come! The Idea of a University Defined and Illustrated: In Nine Discourses Delivered to the Catholics of Dublin Love is not a folly; in its purity, it is a noble, unselfish thing, the inspirer and friend of moral excellence. The Young Maiden Their improved circumstances will do something towards raising them in the social scale, but we cannot look for high moral excellence and real manhood till they come under the power of the Gospel. Life and Work in Benares and Kumaon, 1839-1877 It is an ingenious device for transferring the moral excellences of the remote past to the dim and distant regions of an unborn future. Mushrooms on the Moor To speak generally, what we are wont to say about the arts and sciences is also true of moral excellence, for to its perfect development three things must meet together, natural ability, theory, and practice. Plutarch's Morals His high valuation of human nature contrasted with the common official estimate: he not only saw fellow men in the worst prisoners, but practicable materials, which knowledge and judgment might form into comparative moral excellence. The History of Tasmania , Volume II So thorough is our persuasion of this, that we would commend the marriage relation to a seeker of moral excellence. The Young Maiden And it is certain, that, although he may live above reproach before his fellows, and achieve wonders in his career through life, he can never be noted for true moral excellence without Christianity. A Biographical Sketch of the Life and Character of Joseph Charless In a Series of Letters to his Grandchildren I hope that you will always be ready to confess and forsake your faults, and endeavor while you remain in school, to improve in character, and attain as far as possible, every moral excellence. The Teacher Or, Moral Influences Employed in the Instruction and Government of the Young Because of what God is, spiritual and moral excellence takes precedence of all other aims which can be perceived and pursued by man. Christianity and Ethics A Handbook of Christian Ethics She recognizes in it real moral excellence though degraded, but she cannot set it free from earth except by exalting it towards heaven. Apologia Pro Vita Sua Mere politeness can never be a substitute for moral excellence, any more than the bark can take the place of the heart of the oak. Pushing to the Front Enthusiasm for intellectual and moral excellence is never roused, because our young souls were not made magnetic by the words and deeds of those whom we looked up to as gods. Education and the Higher Life His moral excellence was no less conspicuous than his intellectual power. Albert Gallatin American Statesmen Series, Vol. XIII The Stoic maxim, 'Nothing in excess,' is inadequate in reference to moral excellence, and Aristotle's doctrine of the 'Mean' can hardly be applied without considerable distortion of facts. Christianity and Ethics A Handbook of Christian Ethics No higher praise of moral excellence, and no profounder test of loyalty, can be asked than this current unreserved commendation of a virtue that makes invariably for damage and discomfort. An Inquiry Into The Nature Of Peace And The Terms Of Its Perpetuation We are responsible for our thoughts, and unless we could command them, mental and moral excellence would be impossible. How to Succeed or, Stepping-Stones to Fame and Fortune Attempt how vain,— With things of earthly sort, with aught but God, With aught but moral excellence, truth, and love To satisfy and fill the immortal soul! Modern Atheism under its forms of Pantheism, Materialism, Secularism, Development, and Natural Laws That prince, it seems, had displayed in his outset considerable promise of moral excellence: in particular, neither rapacity nor cruelty was apparently any feature in his character. The Uncollected Writings of Thomas de Quincey, Vol. 2 With a Preface and Annotations by James Hogg Hence what is called 'culture,' the all-round development of the human faculties, is an essential condition of moral excellence. Christianity and Ethics A Handbook of Christian Ethics The adjective virtuous is now used only of moral excellence: in line 621 it has its older meaning. Milton's Comus She recognises in it real moral excellence though degraded, but she cannot set it free from earth except by exalting it towards heaven. Apologia pro Vita Sua It will not do to suppose that they have reached the pinnacle of moral excellence and can stand as all-sufficient exemplars to children. The Elements of General Method Based on the Principles of Herbart And he has honored his heredity by his own intellectual and moral excellence. Autobiography of Seventy Years, Vol. 1-2 Moderation is therefore the one chief virtue; and moral excellence consists in an activity which at every point seeks to strike a 'mean' between two opposite excesses. Christianity and Ethics A Handbook of Christian Ethics To do this successfully, each must strive to reach the very highest point of physical, as well as mental and moral excellence. Born Again The others have, for the most part, a mere blind faith, imposed by education and circumstances, and not as productive of moral excellence or even common honesty as Mohammedanism. Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry The soul refin'd Is most inclin'd To every moral excellence; All vice is dull, A knave's a fool; And virtue is the child of sense. The Poetical Works of Edward Young, Volume 2 The great thing is to use the Scriptures as a means of instruction in religious truth and Christian duty, and as a means of improvement in all moral excellence and Christian usefulness. Modern Skepticism: A Journey Through the Land of Doubt and Back Again A Life Story Alas! that in human nature such a pitch of mental discipline, and disdainful negligence of nature itself, should not have been allied to the extreme of moral excellence! The Last Man It is a belief of the moral excellence of God's character which inspires love. A Practical Directory for Young Christian Females Being a Series of Letters from a Brother to a Younger Sister If he is the standard of moral excellence which we are to imitate, then we must admit that the copy far exceeds the imitation. Twenty-Four Short Sermons On The Doctrine Of Universal Salvation Everywhere the Christians were distinguished for their charity and general moral excellence. Two Christmas Celebrations Hinduism is deplorably deficient in power to raise and purify the human soul, from having Moral power.no high example of moral excellence. Two Old Faiths Essays on the Religions of the Hindus and the Mohammedans "You may spare yourself the trouble," said the girl, regarding her companion's beautiful countenance, and its expression of purity and moral excellence, with a glance of envious disdain. Mark Hurdlestone Or, The Two Brothers Both the women, young, beautiful, and of unusual intellectual and moral excellence, are left heiresses to enormous wealth, and are in exceptional positions of power and freedom in the disposal of it. Records of a Girlhood It lacks the doctrinal emphasis found in Paul and states the Christian faith in terms of moral excellence and instructs them in the subject of Christian morals. The Bible Book by Book A Manual for the Outline Study of the Bible by Books From the earliest times the Egyptians regarded a life of moral excellence upon earth as a necessary introduction to the life which he hoped to live with the blessed in heaven. The Literature of the Ancient Egyptians It is surprising that a mere sense of the beautiful will often confer the clearest perceptions of the real nature of moral excellence. The Young Lady's Mentor A Guide to the Formation of Character. In a Series of Letters to Her Unknown Friends Surely, the sanity, order, and stability of those homes of long ago have had much to do with the physical and moral excellence that have been so generally characteristic of the American people. Woman's Life in Colonial Days The story has no little merit in regard to the construction and sequence of the narrative, and holds up to admiration a high moral excellence. A History of English Prose Fiction All conceivable social and moral excellences were in her united with the most brilliant intellectual gifts and the most exquisite loveliness. The Empire of Russia These works represent the experience, and shrewdness, and knowledge which their writers had gained at the Court of the Pharaohs, and are full of sound worldly wisdom and high moral excellence. The Literature of the Ancient Egyptians The case is altogether different when we seek to attract those whose admiration may be won by qualities quite different from any connected with moral excellence. The Young Lady's Mentor A Guide to the Formation of Character. In a Series of Letters to Her Unknown Friends Great as were his intellectual qualities, they were dwarfed by his moral excellences. John Stuart Mill; His Life and Works Twelve Sketches by Herbert Spencer, Henry Fawcett, Frederic Harrison, and Other Distinguished Authors Note how each stage marks an advance towards moral excellence. The Awakening of China In my own mind I pictured a moral excellence which it was necessary to attain; and in my strivings for intellectual fame, that, as the essential accompaniment, was never once lost sight of. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 54, No. 335, September 1843 Some of the rules for the life of a householder will show in brief the moral excellence and theoretical uncertainty of Manu's law-code. The Religions of India Handbooks on the History of Religions, Volume 1, Edited by Morris Jastrow It is a strange life: not probably conducive to a high development of intellectual and moral excellence, but very much so to the picturesque peopling of the most magnificent flight of stairs in Christendom. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 15, No. 88, April, 1875 The worst of men can often appreciate high moral excellence. Christopher Carson But this power to charm and to beguile is not that moral excellence to which we refer. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 20, No. 569, October 6, 1832 A venerable gentleman—one Mr. Smith—who had long been regarded as a pattern of moral excellence was warming his aged blood with a glass or two of generous wine. Twice Told Tales He and his school held in low esteem the man who, though learned, led an evil life, but they took as their ideal the man whose moral excellence was more conspicuous than his learning. Chapters on Jewish Literature It is the opposite fault to the aristocraticism which beyond all else led to the decline of Greek culture—the assumption that the lower classes must remain excluded from intellectual and even from moral excellence. Cambridge Essays on Education You who perceive the excellence of piety in another, you who praise and admire moral excellence in your fellow-man, why do you not seek after it, and toil after it in your own heart? Sermons to the Natural Man I hope that you will always be ready to confess and forsake your faults, and endeavor, while you remain in school, to improve in character, and attain, as far as possible, every moral excellence. The Teacher Such a comparison undoubtedly implies that he who uses it discerns for himself a moral excellence in Christianity, and submits to it only so far as this discernment commands. Phases of Faith Passages from the History of My Creed A Society has need to be very rich in moral excellence, that can afford to throw away three such members. Isaac T. Hopper The eldest son of Henry Hallam, the eminent historian and critic, his earliest years had every advantage which culture and moral excellence could bring to his education. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 06, No. 38, December, 1860 This being so, it is plain that the proper attitude of all creatures in respect to moral excellence is a recipient and dependent one. Sermons to the Natural Man He admits, however, the notorious fact, that good persons are sometimes disagreeable; and he confesses that we have a right to seek in our friends amiability as well as moral excellence. Cicero Ancient Classics for English Readers Nor is this general disposition to find a coincidence between a fair exterior and moral excellence altogether unsupported by facts of, at least, a partial realization. Lectures on Art Although such a deep need of friendship really creates and idealizes the object of its affection, the lover of antiquity would, through it alone, achieve only a one-sided moral excellence. The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 02 Masterpieces of German Literature Translated into English. in Twenty Volumes At this age she was peculiarly susceptible of the charms of beauty, grace, and moral excellence, when united in a person of the other sex. Caleb Williams Or Things as They Are There is a species of nobleness and beauty in moral excellence that makes an involuntary and unavoidable impression. Sermons to the Natural Man In these the ideals of breadth, simplicity, and moral excellence were stronger than the desire, natural in a convert, to win the world to one's opinion. Unitarianism When will they judge character in accordance with its moral excellence, instead of the complexion a man unavoidably bears to the world? Twenty-Two Years a Slave, and Forty Years a Freeman Embracing a Correspondence of Several Years, While President of Wilberforce Colony, London, Canada West The men of mark in society—the guides and rulers of opinion—the really successful and useful men—are not necessarily rich men; but men of sterling character, of disciplined experience, and of moral excellence. Self help; with illustrations of conduct and perseverance It was supposed that this latter circumstance, added to the patriotism of his family and his own moral excellence, would prevent the application of the law in his individual case. Philothea A Grecian Romance Christianity elevates the standard and raises the ideal of moral excellence, and thereby disturbs the self-complacent feeling of the stoic, and the moralist. Sermons to the Natural Man Only, I have known no woman whose moral excellence was less productive of happiness. The Diary of a Superfluous Man and Other Stories The first men to whom illuminations came evidently received these gifts out of some purity of intention and moral excellence. Understanding the Scriptures She stood before the woman in all the moral excellence of a censor fastidiously clad. Meadow Grass Tales of New England Life A venerable gentleman, one Mr. Smith, who had long been regarded as a pattern of moral excellence, was warming his aged blood with a glass or two of generous wine. Fancy's Show-Box (From "Twice Told Tales") He who is meek is sensible that he is dependent for his moral excellence. Sermons to the Natural Man He used to say that there was no moral excellence more literally christian than humility, because it was not known even by name to the heathen of old. The Spirit of St. Francis de Sales Moreover, the excellence of Christ is not only a moral excellence; or if it is moral excellence, that excellence involves a balance of intellectual attributes which is for us practically out of reach. Understanding the Scriptures And so would the idea of perfect moral excellence have come to dwell and shine in the understanding, if it had been the True Divinity that men beheld in their contemplations of a superior existence. An Essay on the Evils of Popular Ignorance What we find is a sort of portrait-gallery of the various types of moral excellence which the Greeks of the author's age admired and strove to encourage. Ethics Sin is a wicked thing, and when the Holy One visits it with retribution, He is manifesting the purest moral excellence and the most immaculate perfection of character that we can conceive of. Sermons to the Natural Man It is a common observation that all words describing moral excellence tend to deteriorate and to contract their meaning, just as bright metal rusts by exposure, or coins become light and illegible by use. Expositions of Holy Scripture: the Acts The belief of Plato in the immortality of the soul naturally led him to establish a high standard of moral excellence, and, like his great teacher, he constantly inculcates temperance, justice, and purity of life. Handbook of Universal Literature From the Best and Latest Authorities The reasons are similar; our ideas of moral excellence are obscure, because they are complex, and we are obliged to resort to illustrations. Life and Times of Washington, Volume 2 Revised, Enlarged, and Enriched A weakened body, a tyrannous craving, ruined prospects, oftenest poverty and shame, the loss of self-respect and love; of moral excellences, of tastes for what is better. Expositions of Holy Scripture Isaiah and Jeremiah Holiness considered as moral excellence is the result of holiness considered as devotion to God. Expositions of Holy Scripture Psalms The rendering 'virtuous' is unsatisfactory; for what is meant is not moral excellence, either in the wider sense or in the narrower to which, in reference to woman, that great word has been unfortunately narrowed. Expositions of Holy Scripture Second Kings Chapters VIII to End and Chronicles, Ezra, and Nehemiah. Esther, Job, Proverbs, and Ecclesiastes On my halidome, Sire," said Oliver, "I cannot complain of your demanding too high a standard of moral excellence in the happy man, if the Wild Boar of Ardennes can serve your turn. Quentin Durward But," said I, "we do not attribute moral excellence to the ground that produces our food. Daybreak; a Romance of an Old World In Christ we have the one perfect ideal of moral excellence. Studies in the Life of the Christian His interior life, as reflected in his poems, is all of good report, in no point clashing with the moral excellence befitting the priestly office. Poets of the South It is, however, in his prose works, and especially in his correspondence, that the versatility of his talents, his acquirements, his piety, and his moral excellence are most conspicuous. The Poetical Works of Henry Kirk White : With a Memoir by Sir Harris Nicolas But he was of a penetrating understanding, the simplest manners, and a mind wholly bent on the study of moral excellence. Lives of the Necromancers Christian morals alter the perspective of moral excellences, and exalt meekness above the 'heroic virtues' admired by the world. Expositions of Holy Scripture The perfection of moral excellence cannot be better described than as the attainment of that state in which we should "love our neighbour as ourselves." The Infant System For Developing the Intellectual and Moral Powers of all Children, from One to Seven years of Age On the other hand, men of moral excellence make us ashamed. The Soul of Democracy The Philosophy of the World War in Relation to Human Liberty He is struck by the fact that intellectual culture and moral excellence are shown to be entirely independent of each other, inasmuch as one is often found without the other. The Essays of Arthur Schopenhauer; On Human Nature It is too much to be expected, or even to be hoped for, that there will ever be any unanimity among moral reformers, or any uniformity in their standards of moral excellence. Life, Letters, and Epicurean Philosophy of Ninon de L'Enclos The Celebrated Beauty of the Seventeenth Century That which preserves undying beauty and sacred harmony and celestial glory is wholly based on the spiritual in man, on moral excellence, on the joys of an emancipated soul. Beacon Lights of History, Volume 04 Imperial Antiquity The gods were rather unseen companions in pleasures, in sports, in athletic contests and warlike enterprises, than beings to be adored for moral excellence or supernal knowledge. Beacon Lights of History, Volume 01 The Old Pagan Civilizations Certainly it was for no moral excellence, for she perceived none. Miss Lulu Bett In short, his education was happily designed to produce that combination of mental and moral excellence, which should fit him for reigning over his subjects with benevolence and wisdom. The History of the Reign of Ferdinand and Isabella the Catholic — Volume 2 Christianity elevates her by developing her social and moral excellences, her more delicate nature, her elevation of soul, her sympathy with sorrow, her tender and gracious aid. The Old Roman World, : the Grandeur and Failure of Its Civilization. Of this nature are the vividness and force of the ideas awakened in our imagination, the moral excellence of the suffering persons, the reference to himself of the person feeling pity. Aesthetical Essays of Frederich Schiller One of these schemes presented us with a just ideal of moral excellence, a standard sufficiently exalted: this was the Stoic philosophy; and thus far its pretensions were unexceptionable and perfect. The Caesars Belief and unbelief are not matters of moral excellence or depravity: they are questions of evidence. God and my Neighbour It is the combination of intellectual power and moral excellence which goes to make the perfect man. The True Citizen, How to Become One Even where liberty and lofty aspirations for truth and moral excellence have left a state, the arts suffer but little decline. The Old Roman World, : the Grandeur and Failure of Its Civilization. He loses all the fruit of previous victories, he runs spontaneously to his ruin: yet what moral excellence and grandeur he offers! Aesthetical Essays of Frederich Schiller This from him was no slight praise; for such was the stress he laid upon veracity, that upon this one quality he planted the whole edifice of moral excellence. Theological Essays and Other Papers — Volume 1 Seemingly, everything that is reputable must be claimed for every novel—good workmanship, vitality, moral excellence, relative superiority, absolute greatness—in order to secure for it any deference whatsoever. Definitions: Essays in Contemporary Criticism True, he had proved himself no fool in their table-talk, but mere intellectuality and moral excellence counted for little in De Forrest's estimation when not combined with wealth and external elegance. From Jest to Earnest It neither includes the possession of high moral excellence, nor of necessity even the ornamental graces of manner. Biographia Literaria And just as contentment of the mind is the sure lot of the morally excellent man, so moral excellence willingly accompanies satisfaction of heart. Aesthetical Essays of Frederich Schiller We are all on an equality here, and the best man wins-I mean the man of the most pluck-for success doesn't depend on moral excellence exactly. The Young Explorer And, in truth, her grateful kindness and fondness for the old man whom she had so long looked on as a father was Bianca's strongest point in the way of moral excellence. A Siren True love ever has an appreciating regard for moral excellence—and knowledge must precede appreciation. Finger Posts on the Way of Life Not less but more than most of us is the genius bound to act up with all his might to the highest moral law, to be the prophet and interpreter of the highest moral excellence. The Woman Who Did It seems highly probable that moral evil is absolutely necessary to the production of moral excellence. An Essay on the Principle of Population I have already declared that it is my intention to dwell chiefly on the moral excellences and peculiarities of the people of the monikin world. The Monikins If Frau Haydn had a genius for anything it was merely for moral excellence and religion and the good management of her household. Haydn It was her desire in looking for a wife for her son to combine these with certain moral excellences which she regarded as equally essential. Framley Parsonage Love," it has been said, "in the common acceptation of the term, is folly; but love, in its purity, its loftiness, its unselfishness, is not only a consequence, but a proof, of our moral excellence. Character Under such a dispensation, it is difficult to conceive how human beings could be formed to a detestation of moral evil, and a love and admiration of God, and of moral excellence. An Essay on the Principle of Population Neither literary nor moral excellence seems to enter as an element into its standard. Gala-days Pitt, it seems, was not merely a great poet, in esse, and a great general in posse, but a finished example of moral excellence, the just man made perfect. Critical and Historical Essays — Volume 1 Lucy Robarts might have the moral excellences, or she might not; but as to the other attributes Lady Lufton regarded her as altogether deficient. Framley Parsonage Sandstad: Yes, come along; we need the full weight of your moral excellence on our side. Pillars of Society If they genuinely believed in the moral excellence of burglary, penal servitude would simply mean so many happy years for them; all martyrs are happy, because their conduct and their principles agree. How to Live on 24 Hours a Day Watching her with children I learned that partial as they are to fun they are moved almost more profoundly by moral excellence. The Little White Bird; or, Adventures in Kensington gardens His wife, who was considerably older than himself, possessed, so he would inform me with tears in his eyes, every moral excellence that should attract mankind. Paul Kelver, a Novel There is, I believe, nothing in her mentally, whatever may be her moral excellences. 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