| › Chapter 1 - Pride - Seven Deadly Sins
by
James Stalker,
1902
PRIDE
IN war it is a great advantage to possess a thorough knowledge of the country. Soldiers fig ...read |
| › Chapter 2 - Avarice - I. No one who has pondered much on the course of human life will be astonished at avarice holding a high place on the roll of the deadly sins, for it ...read |
| › Chapter 3 - Luxury - The Latin name given by the old writers to the third of the Seven Deadly Sins is luxuria, and I have translated it literally by the English word luxur ...read |
| › Chapter 4 - Envy - Four hundred years ago a Scottish poet-the greatest of all our Scots bards, in my opinion, with the single exception of Burns-wrote a famous poem, ent ...read |
| › Chapter 5 - Appetite - There are three appetites, which inhere in the flesh of man-the appetite of hunger, the appetite of thirst, and the appetite of sex. Of the third of t ...read |
| › Chapter 6 - Anger - Anger is a sudden heating of the blood, which flushes the face with color, while it makes speech forcible and action swift and sure. It is, in fact, a ...read |
| › Chapter 7 - Sloth - I. Some of my readers may have felt a doubt now and then whether the sins traditionally recognized as the Seven Deadly Sins are really the most danger ...read |
