Author : Charles A. Witchell
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ISBN 13 : 9781330678565
Total Pages : 190 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (785 download)
Book Synopsis The Cultivation of Man, According to the Teachings of Common-Sense Being a Treatise on the Application to Man of the Laws That He Applies to All Other Creatures (Classic Reprint) by : Charles A. Witchell
Download or read book The Cultivation of Man, According to the Teachings of Common-Sense Being a Treatise on the Application to Man of the Laws That He Applies to All Other Creatures (Classic Reprint) written by Charles A. Witchell and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-04 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Cultivation of Man, According to the Teachings of Common-Sense Being a Treatise on the Application to Man of the Laws That He Applies to All Other Creatures The attainment of the most spotless purity possible to man, the realisation of his sweetest dreams of beauty in form and in mind, and the development of the noblest types of the human race, will never be accomplished by mere longings only. Nothing is gained by wishing, except the will to work in the right way - namely, the will to think and toil, and to associate facts in a firm base on which to rear a sound superstructure. Man did not gain his means of rapid locomotion by panting for wings, but by discovering and exercising the various natural laws, which he has now enlisted in his service. The snow-white lily is not of necessity grown on milky chalk, but on what it requires, however dissimilar to itself in colour or aroma; and the gardener who would refuse to handle those necessary substances gravely, earnestly, and intelligently would not be a successful cultivator. Man is but a flower; and if we would see him a noble plant, we must not fear to delve in the harsh and often unpleasant regions of human facts, bodily and mental. And, delving thus, we find evidence of what man has been, of what he is, and of what he may become. But, in making this investigation, and in arriving at these deductions, we must be guided by natural laws, and not be led aside by the hope of a miracle. I have ventured to frame an outline of such an investigation, and of its results. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
