As long as there is sense of self, therefore, there will be a need to inculcate morality just as infants need training wheels on their bicycles. From LearnThat.org.
inculcate values into the young generation. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
In a roundabout way Hernández teaches upper-middle-class kids a lesson that refined mothers used to inculcate from the cradle onward: If you've got it, don't flaunt it. From Wordnik.com. [Confessions of a Prep School College Counselor] Reference
Baqwa told Sapa the essence of the day was to "inculcate" a culture of human rights. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
But all these religions inculcate in fact one and the same. From Wordnik.com. [Notes on Islam] Reference
This I most readily grant; it is the doctrine I wish to inculcate. From Wordnik.com. [The American Practical Brewer and Tanner] Reference
Such is the lesson which these "follies of the wise" ought to inculcate. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 379, May, 1847] Reference
Was it his duty to inculcate a proper respect for his betters into this boy?. From Wordnik.com. [Wikkey A Scrap] Reference
But, there was no official policy to inculcate students with a political viewpoint. From Wordnik.com. [Brooklyn College Alum Cuts School Out Of Will Over Reading Assignment] Reference
This novel is admirably calculated to inculcate refined moral and religious sentiments. From Wordnik.com. [Captain Canot or, Twenty Years of an African Slaver] Reference
Those who recommend a contempt of mankind, and those who inculcate a reverence for humanity?. From Wordnik.com. [A Handbook of Ethical Theory] Reference
Some are philosophical, or inculcate moral precepts or good habits, in a simple or amusing way. From Wordnik.com. [Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 10 The Guide] Reference
They must not inculcate suspicion and fear, but they must not present our security in a false light. From Wordnik.com. [The Psychology of Nations A Contribution to the Philosophy of History] Reference
It's a chance to make up for previous months, to inculcate new habits and hopefully end negative ones. From Wordnik.com. [Haroon Moghul: This Ramadan, Myself and God, Before I Was Born] Reference
L'Hospital had been at so much pains to inculcate had found little welcome in the breast of the prelates. From Wordnik.com. [The Rise of the Hugenots, Vol. 1 (of 2)] Reference
Their leading men inculcate them with great care, -- perhaps to perpetuate unity of tradition and purpose. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 105, July 1866] Reference
It may be thought that the moral they most clearly inculcate would point to our fellow countrymen in Ireland. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 58, Number 358, August 1845] Reference
Eleusinian Mysteries, begin to inculcate the doctrine of the future reward and punishment of good and bad deeds. From Wordnik.com. [Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome] Reference
Let us extricate our country from the dangers which surround it and learn wisdom from the lessons they inculcate. From Wordnik.com. [US Presidential Inaugural Addresses] Reference
"They do inculcate a certain lawfulness and discipline in their members, which is admirable," the mayor once said. From Wordnik.com. [Busting The Prince Of Love] Reference
For more than a generation the important thing was to advertise Socialism and to inculcate a few doctrinal truths. From Wordnik.com. [Socialism As It Is A Survey of The World-Wide Revolutionary Movement] Reference
Less obvious is the cost in lost motivation for learning when we fail to inculcate decent serf-images in our children. From Wordnik.com. [Building A Better Self-Image] Reference
It is true that these unselfish women inculcate a system of selfishness in their families which often works their ruin. From Wordnik.com. [The Love Affairs of an Old Maid] Reference
In the process, they inculcate the false impression that this project is a monument to the radicals who attacked us on 9/11. From Wordnik.com. [Embodying The Values We Cherish Most] Reference
To be always on the watch and notice the first indication is a very safe maxim, more easy to inculcate than to put in practice. From Wordnik.com. [Amateur Fish Culture] Reference
We have grouped together here two classes of selections which inculcate patriotism or devotion to one's fatherland and devotion to. From Wordnik.com. [Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 10 The Guide] Reference
The Rule is a living document used daily to foster, nurture and inculcate the values outlined above into the life of the monastery. From Wordnik.com. [Business Secrets Of The Trappists, Part 4] Reference
Such journals thus inculcate the vilest pessimism, instead of a wholesome and honest belief in the average decency of human nature. From Wordnik.com. [A Book for All Readers An Aid to the Collection, Use, and Preservation of Books and the Formation of Public and Private Libraries] Reference
Education, however, may not only transmit existing standards, but can be used to inculcate newer and better expectations and ideals. From Wordnik.com. [Human Traits and their Social Significance] Reference
Arrangement and discipline with him take the place of everything else, and they inculcate in him the spirit of dependence and of servility. From Wordnik.com. [New York Times Current History; The European War, Vol 2, No. 4, July, 1915 April-September, 1915] Reference
But, in the meanwhile, she did not neglect the duty which the belief she had abandoned serves to inculcate -- "She set her house in order.". From Wordnik.com. [The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 1, April, 1851] Reference
"The reason I started on welfare reform was not to induce shame in a recipient but rather to inculcate responsibility," says Wisconsin GOP Gov. From Wordnik.com. [The Return Of Shame] Reference
Many departments inculcate that message through rigorous training exercises designed to prepare for just the sort of scene that unfolded in Miami on Thursday. From Wordnik.com. [‘Oh Christ, Not Again’] Reference
He says the real problem is "the absence of leaders who embody and can inculcate the institutional pride that once was the hallmark of membership in the Senate.". From Wordnik.com. [A question for David Broder: Who's to blame?] Reference
Even with foreign help, it will take years to inculcate a sober understanding of such basic concepts as the role of profit, cost accounting and money as a commodity. From Wordnik.com. [To Help Or Not To Help?] Reference
It is a necessary cultural belief for any society seeking to inculcate the values of respect, sacrifice, bonding, self-transcendence, strong marriages and strong societies. From Wordnik.com. [The Spiritual State: Deep Gidget] Reference
This is the ethic instructors strive to inculcate at Tokyo's elite Tsuji Culinary Institute — whether the cuisine at hand is elegant classical kaiseki or contemporary European. From Wordnik.com. [The New Food Capital Of The World] Reference
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