Date: 1798
"Man has been defined to be a bundle of habits; till the bundle is made up we may continually increase or diminish it."
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Date: 1798
"In making observations upon subjects which are new to us, we must be content to use our memory unassisted at first by our reason; we must treasure up the ore and rubbish together, because we cannot immediately distinguish them from each other."
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Date: w. 1796, 1799
"Notwithstanding the law in my members, warring against the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity to the law of sin which is in my members."
preview | full record— Osborn, Sarah (1714-1796)