 That any character — from the best to the worst, from the most ignorant to the most enlightened — may be given to any community, even to the world at large, by applying certain means, which are to a great extent at the command and under the control,...  The United States Literary Gazette - Page 601824Full view - About this book
 | Great Britain. Ministry of Reconstruction. Adult Education Committee - 1919 - 430 pages
...circumstances, and that human nature may be indefinitely modified for the better by improving its environment. " Any general character from the best to the worst, from the most ignorant to the most enlightened, can be given to any community, even to the world at large, by the application of proper means, which... | |
 | William Boyd - 1921 - 456 pages
...community may form the individuals of that community into the best or into the worst characters." " Any general character, from the best to the worst, from the most ignorant to the most enlightened," he declares with all the emphasis of capitals in the First Essay, " may be given to any community,... | |
 | Marie Hasbach - 1922 - 256 pages
...der übrigen Werke war mir nur aus zweiter Hand zugänglich. *) A New View of Society, p. 9: ,,Any character from the best to the worst from the most...given to any Community even to the world at large by applying certain means." ') An adress, p. n: „The human intellect must begin to be released from... | |
 | 1926 - 812 pages
...heredity. On the contrary, as Mr. Cole points out, what Owen said in his famous sentence was that "Any character, from the best to the worst, from the most...given to any community, even to the world at large, by applying certain means, which are to a great extent at the command, and under the control, or easily... | |
 | Alfred W. Briggs - 1924 - 328 pages
...by him, he is the creature of circumstance. Deform the circumstance and you have reformed the man. "Any general character, from the best to the worst,...even to the world at large, by the application of the proper means; which means are to a great extent at the command and under the control of those who... | |
 | Robert Owen - 1927 - 326 pages
...Your Royal Highness's faithful Servant, THE AUTHOR ESSAYS ON THE FORMATION OF CHARACTER FIRST ESSAY. " Any general character, from the best to the worst,...ignorant to the most enlightened, may be given to I any community, even to the world at large, by the application of proper means ; which means are to... | |
 | Robert Owen - 1817 - 206 pages
...which scarcely requires more than to be fairly stated to make it self-evident. This principle is, that "ANY GENERAL CHARACTER, FROM THE BEST TO THE WORST,...ENLIGHTENED, MAY BE GIVEN TO ANY COMMUNITY, EVEN TO THE WOULD AT \fvf vaLARGE, BY THE APPLICATION OF PROPER 7 MEANS; WHICH MEANS ARE TO A GREAT EXTENT AT THE... | |
 | Bruce Mazlish - 1989 - 348 pages
...engraven upon your hearts." Owen was to go even further in his "fatherly" concern. Convinced that "Any character, from the best to the worst, from the most...given to any community, even to the world at large, by applying certain means; which are to a great extent at the command and under the controul [sic], or... | |
 | Albert Fried - 1992 - 612 pages
...exhausting labor; and so we arrive regularly at the tree of life. CHAPTER III THE SECULAR COMMUNITARIANS Any character, from the best to the worst, from the most...given to any community, even to the world at large. ROBERT OWEN, Essay First, A New View of Society, 1813 And here we now are, as near perhaps as we can... | |
 | John Mahoney, Elizabeth Vallance - 1992 - 254 pages
...life, that: "Man's character is made for and not by him...Any character from the worst to the best, from the most ignorant to the most enlightened, may...given to any community, even to the world at large, by applying certain 3 OWEN, Observations on the Cotton Trade, 1815. 4 The Life of Owen by Himself, 1857.... | |
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