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... propensities , and animal passions of man are so blended and interwoven together , that it is sometimes difficult from his actions to detect the impulses , or nominate the emotions , by which he is incited or induced to act ; and that ...
... propensities , and animal passions of man are so blended and interwoven together , that it is sometimes difficult from his actions to detect the impulses , or nominate the emotions , by which he is incited or induced to act ; and that ...
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... PROPENSITIES. CONTENTS . CHAPTER I. EDUCATION , CHAPTER II . MANNERS , CHAPTER III . MENTAL HAPPINESS , CHAPTER IV . THE WOOF OF WOE , CHAPTER V. WOMAN , CHAPTER VI . MAN AND WOMAN , CHAPTER VII . BEFORE MARRIAGE , CHAPTER VIII . AFTER ...
... PROPENSITIES. CONTENTS . CHAPTER I. EDUCATION , CHAPTER II . MANNERS , CHAPTER III . MENTAL HAPPINESS , CHAPTER IV . THE WOOF OF WOE , CHAPTER V. WOMAN , CHAPTER VI . MAN AND WOMAN , CHAPTER VII . BEFORE MARRIAGE , CHAPTER VIII . AFTER ...
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Francis E. Brewster. CHAPTER X. INFLEXIBLE PREJUDICES , 239 CHAPTER XI . PROPENSITIES , 263 CHAPTER XII . ARISTOCRACY , 288 CHAPTER XIII . SLAVERY , 304 CHAPTER XIV . CITIES , · 337 CHAPTER XV .. THE WEN ANd the Knife , - - 358 CHAPTER ...
Francis E. Brewster. CHAPTER X. INFLEXIBLE PREJUDICES , 239 CHAPTER XI . PROPENSITIES , 263 CHAPTER XII . ARISTOCRACY , 288 CHAPTER XIII . SLAVERY , 304 CHAPTER XIV . CITIES , · 337 CHAPTER XV .. THE WEN ANd the Knife , - - 358 CHAPTER ...
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... of Manufactures , p . 212–13 . Man has ever shown an irrestrainable propensity for abori- ginal idleness , and lawless liberty . He rebels against the 1 sober dictates of wisdom , and reluctantly yields to EDUCATION . 33.
... of Manufactures , p . 212–13 . Man has ever shown an irrestrainable propensity for abori- ginal idleness , and lawless liberty . He rebels against the 1 sober dictates of wisdom , and reluctantly yields to EDUCATION . 33.
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... propensities are reformed ; it is an arduous and painful task ; it requires the appropriate knowledge obtained in schools , practical instruction in the business to be pursued for a living in after life , temper- ance and patient ...
... propensities are reformed ; it is an arduous and painful task ; it requires the appropriate knowledge obtained in schools , practical instruction in the business to be pursued for a living in after life , temper- ance and patient ...
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