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EXPERIENCE has been called the mother of science , but , like most other
mothers , has many disobedient , and some very unruly children . More lessons
are learned in the school of this thorough matron , than are practised . They are of
the ...
EXPERIENCE has been called the mother of science , but , like most other
mothers , has many disobedient , and some very unruly children . More lessons
are learned in the school of this thorough matron , than are practised . They are of
the ...
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It would save much trouble and disappointment , if this numerous class would
petition Congress , and obtain the passage of a law , as general , and more
permanent than was the Bankrupt law , to have all notes they shall hereafter be
called ...
It would save much trouble and disappointment , if this numerous class would
petition Congress , and obtain the passage of a law , as general , and more
permanent than was the Bankrupt law , to have all notes they shall hereafter be
called ...
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Unconnected with the army , called to protect the new settlements in a confined
interior , their names were not entered upon the public roll , and have not
appeared upon the historic page . Their services and fame were known , and
highly ...
Unconnected with the army , called to protect the new settlements in a confined
interior , their names were not entered upon the public roll , and have not
appeared upon the historic page . Their services and fame were known , and
highly ...
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As these were the leading men of the settlement , it was decided to take them
down the Delaware about sixty miles , to an Indian station , then called Aquago ,
now Deposit . They were put in charge of eleven warriors , who started with their
...
As these were the leading men of the settlement , it was decided to take them
down the Delaware about sixty miles , to an Indian station , then called Aquago ,
now Deposit . They were put in charge of eleven warriors , who started with their
...
Page 267
... on the great theatre of life ; teach them to think and act like men and women ;
this will strengthen them and press upon them the vast importance of becoming
thoroughly prepared to act well their part , when called on the stage of action .
... on the great theatre of life ; teach them to think and act like men and women ;
this will strengthen them and press upon them the vast importance of becoming
thoroughly prepared to act well their part , when called on the stage of action .
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| Title | The Moral Probe: Or One Hundred and Two Common Sense Essays on the Nature of Men and Things: Interspersed with Scraps of Science and History |
| Author | Levi Carroll Judson |
| Edition | 2 |
| Publisher | The author, 1848 |
| Original from | the New York Public Library |
| Digitized | 17 Sep 2007 |
| Length | 336 pages |
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