entiments which cha-racterize the individualin whom it is powerful ;and hence, when com-bined with vigorousmoral sentiments andintellect, it contributesto true dignity and great-ness of mind;—the indi-vidual esteems himself forthose qualities which are really worthy of the esteem… … 10. Self-Esteem large. SELF-ESTEEM. 81 to ones self. It is only when possessed in an inordi-nate degree, and indulged without direction by thehigher faculties, that it occasions abuses. It may then,in children, shew itself in pettishness, and a wilful tem-per ; in adults, in arrogance, conceit,…
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