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Page 53
... wrong it out of its ac- quired means and stock for the public supply . Society has the right , and it is its duty to compel every one who is able to support himself to do so by some honest and useful employment ; because , if he will ...
... wrong it out of its ac- quired means and stock for the public supply . Society has the right , and it is its duty to compel every one who is able to support himself to do so by some honest and useful employment ; because , if he will ...
Page 57
... wrong . Persons under age are too much in- dulged , and allowed to be in the streets by day and night , chew- ing tobacco , smoking cigars , drinking , swearing , and bullying about at corners , engine - houses , whooping in the ...
... wrong . Persons under age are too much in- dulged , and allowed to be in the streets by day and night , chew- ing tobacco , smoking cigars , drinking , swearing , and bullying about at corners , engine - houses , whooping in the ...
Page 63
... wrong are then made upon the un- polluted soul of a child , which no temptation can overcome . They enter into , and are engrafted upon , his nature . It is very seldom that a child who has had a proper domes- tic , moral , and ...
... wrong are then made upon the un- polluted soul of a child , which no temptation can overcome . They enter into , and are engrafted upon , his nature . It is very seldom that a child who has had a proper domes- tic , moral , and ...
Page 66
... Wrong to speculate in trade , or live on it - No law can excuse from paying debts without explanation - Or force creditors to allow debtors tools , furniture , and $ 300 worth of property - If this should be so , let the public do it ...
... Wrong to speculate in trade , or live on it - No law can excuse from paying debts without explanation - Or force creditors to allow debtors tools , furniture , and $ 300 worth of property - If this should be so , let the public do it ...
Page 73
... wrong , because they are done by others , and are fashionable . To live expensively or carelessly , because others do so , and to say that it is uncomfortable to live with dry and stringent economy , when the means are at hand for free ...
... wrong , because they are done by others , and are fashionable . To live expensively or carelessly , because others do so , and to say that it is uncomfortable to live with dry and stringent economy , when the means are at hand for free ...
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