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Definition of Selfward
1. toward oneself [adv]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Selfward
Literary usage of Selfward
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Methodist Review (1882)
"In raising the means for sustaining the Church at home it is hard to keep from
the predominance of the selfward educating element. ..."
2. Heaven and Its Wonders and Hell: From Things Heard and Seen by Emanuel Swedenborg, John Curtis Ager (1900)
"So, too, when turned heavenwards it is elevated; but when turned selfward it is
drawn down from heaven and immersed in what is corporeal ; and when turned ..."
3. Psychology and Psychic Culture by Reuben Post Halleck (1895)
"... can rarely get much aesthetic comfort from the world, because his thoughts
have become habituated to running selfward. ENJOYMENT AS A FINE ART. ..."
4. A Manual of Moral Philosophy: Designed for Colleges and High Schools by Andrew Preston Peabody (1873)
"In selfward duties, then, why may I not, as creditor, release myself as debtor?
Why may I not — so long as I violate no obligation to others — be, ..."
5. The Hebrew Literature of Wisdom in the Light of To-day: A Synthesis by John Franklin Genung (1906)
"It is not until the current of life has turned from passive to active, from
selfward to outward flowing, that like James we can breathe blessings on our ..."
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