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Conquer your enemies by kindness , preserve your friends by prudence ,
deserve the esteem of all by goodness . The road ambition travels , is too narrow
for friendship , too crooked for love , too rugged for honesty , too dark for science ,
and ...
Conquer your enemies by kindness , preserve your friends by prudence ,
deserve the esteem of all by goodness . The road ambition travels , is too narrow
for friendship , too crooked for love , too rugged for honesty , too dark for science ,
and ...
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Is he an enemy , who delivers us from pains , follies , disappointments , miseries
and wo ? Is he an enemy , who transfers us from delusive dreams , from the
region of bubbles and corroding cares ; to a region where all is pure , substantial
...
Is he an enemy , who delivers us from pains , follies , disappointments , miseries
and wo ? Is he an enemy , who transfers us from delusive dreams , from the
region of bubbles and corroding cares ; to a region where all is pure , substantial
...
Page 57
He who can calmly make up his mind to take the life of his fellow man , on the
field of false honor , is an enemy to God and the human race , and , if he
succeeds in his ' cowardly purpose , should be treated as an outlaw , and have
the mark of ...
He who can calmly make up his mind to take the life of his fellow man , on the
field of false honor , is an enemy to God and the human race , and , if he
succeeds in his ' cowardly purpose , should be treated as an outlaw , and have
the mark of ...
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He passed through the midst of the enemy , as a tory named Rose . In the
evening , he stopped at a public house for refreshment , where were several men
, whose actions were rather suspicious . He went into another room and locked
the ...
He passed through the midst of the enemy , as a tory named Rose . In the
evening , he stopped at a public house for refreshment , where were several men
, whose actions were rather suspicious . He went into another room and locked
the ...
Page 223
... is said to have carried destruction into the ranks of the enemies of the
Scythians , but spared some , to tell the sad fate of the rest . Scorn rouses all the
bitter feelings of the scorned , and converts them into the most implacable
enemies .
... is said to have carried destruction into the ranks of the enemies of the
Scythians , but spared some , to tell the sad fate of the rest . Scorn rouses all the
bitter feelings of the scorned , and converts them into the most implacable
enemies .
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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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