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... all discourage me , for I want not sufficient resolution to bear testimony to the truth . " - PLINY , B. V. L. 8 . PHILADELPHIA : GETZ & BUCK , No. 3 HART'S BUILDING . Entered according to the Act of Congress , in the 1851 .
... all discourage me , for I want not sufficient resolution to bear testimony to the truth . " - PLINY , B. V. L. 8 . PHILADELPHIA : GETZ & BUCK , No. 3 HART'S BUILDING . Entered according to the Act of Congress , in the 1851 .
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... or be they bad , are brought about not by a single cause or act , but by a combination of circum- stances , or a series of acts and causes , all concurring to produce them . Truth will bear repetition , and often requires it to.
... or be they bad , are brought about not by a single cause or act , but by a combination of circum- stances , or a series of acts and causes , all concurring to produce them . Truth will bear repetition , and often requires it to.
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Francis E. Brewster. Truth will bear repetition , and often requires it to be heard and understood . The causes and acts which tend to destroy the peace and safety of society ought to be repeated often enough , and in language ...
Francis E. Brewster. Truth will bear repetition , and often requires it to be heard and understood . The causes and acts which tend to destroy the peace and safety of society ought to be repeated often enough , and in language ...
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... truth by plausible and sympathetic appeals to excuse , and not to justify the abuse . The test of the constitution for admission to these schools , to wit : " the poor , " is never put . The result of its application would be a ...
... truth by plausible and sympathetic appeals to excuse , and not to justify the abuse . The test of the constitution for admission to these schools , to wit : " the poor , " is never put . The result of its application would be a ...
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... truth . Humble men , who begin the world with limited intercourse with it , and whose children have been encouraged to press themselves into the company of those above them , adopt the mistaken notion that the criterion of ...
... truth . Humble men , who begin the world with limited intercourse with it , and whose children have been encouraged to press themselves into the company of those above them , adopt the mistaken notion that the criterion of ...
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