 Human nature is not a machine to be built after a model, and set to do exactly the work prescribed for it, but a tree, which requires to grow and develop itself on all sides, according to the tendency of the inward forces which make it a living thing.  On Liberty - 34. lappuseautors: John Stuart Mill - 1921 - 68 lapasPilnskats - Par šo grāmatu
 | john stuart mill - 1859 - 230 lapas
...exactly the work prescribed for it, but a tree, which requires to grow and develops itself on all sides, according to the tendency of the inward forces which...intelligent following of custom, or even occasionally an intelligent deviation from custom, is better than a blind and simply mechanical adhesion to it. To... | |
 | John Stuart Mill - 1859 - 216 lapas
...exactly the work prescribed for it, but a tree, which requires to grow and develope itself on all sides, according to the tendency of the inward forces which make it a i living thing._J s It will probably be conceded that it is desirable people should exercise their... | |
 | Graduated series - 1861 - 504 lapas
...thy life ; obey thy heart, and thou shalt reproduce the foreworld again. Emerson. FORCE OF CHARACTER. IT will probably be conceded that it is desirable...intelligent following of custom, or even occasionally an intelligent deviation from custom, is better than a blind and simply mechanical adhesion to it. To... | |
 | John Stuart Mill - 1863 - 232 lapas
...tendency of the inward forces which ^ *y .; make it a living thing. .' >& It will probably 'be"cohceded that it is" 'desirable people should exercise their...intelligent following of custom, or even occasionally an intelligent deviation from custom, Is better than" a blind and simply mechanical adhesion' _to it.... | |
 | James Stuart Laurie - 1866 - 300 lapas
...thy life ; obey thy heart, and thou shalt reproduce the foreworld again. Emerson. FORCE OF CHARACTER. IT will probably be conceded that it is desirable...intelligent following of custom, or even occasionally an intelligent deviation from custom, is better than a blind and simply mechanical adhesion to it. To... | |
 | Elizabeth C. T. Carne - 1868 - 204 lapas
...liberty, speaks of human nature as " a tree which requires to grow and develop itself on all sides, according to the tendency of the inward forces which make it a living thing." In most cases an illustration is not meant to be strictly correct, and therefore is not a fair subject... | |
 | William Holme Van Buren - 1869 - 20 lapas
...exactly the work required of it, but a tree which requires to grow and develop itself on all sides, according to the tendency of the inward forces which make it a living thing." The want of so-called classical education is a disadvantage to the American student, which requires... | |
 | 1869 - 618 lapas
...exactly the work prescribed for it, but a tree which requires to grow and develop itself on all sides, according to the tendency of the inward forces which make it a living thing."* 6. — Finally, if it be the State's office " to ensure the conditions necessary for the free growth... | |
 | William Trant - 1884 - 206 lapas
...exactly the work prescribed for it, but a tree, which requires to grow and develop itself on all sides, according to the tendency of the inward forces which make it a living thing." There would, in a purely co-operative state of society, be no struggle, no desire on the part of men... | |
 | 1888 - 364 lapas
...model and set to do a certain work, but a tree which requires to grow and develop itself on all sides according to the tendency of the inward forces which make it a living thing." Would it be possible to change a maple into an oak by cultivation ? Furnish richer soil, remove obstructions... | |
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