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This alarming evil , is as wide spread as our country . It is practised from the
humblest water craft that floats on our canals — up to the majestic steamboat on
our mighty rivers ; from the lowest groggeries that curse the community , up to the
...
This alarming evil , is as wide spread as our country . It is practised from the
humblest water craft that floats on our canals — up to the majestic steamboat on
our mighty rivers ; from the lowest groggeries that curse the community , up to the
...
Page 153
From their books , they learn that money has been treated with contempt by the
learned and wise , and are erroneously led to believe that money , instead of an
inordinate love of it , is the root of all evil . They have had no means of learning
the ...
From their books , they learn that money has been treated with contempt by the
learned and wise , and are erroneously led to believe that money , instead of an
inordinate love of it , is the root of all evil . They have had no means of learning
the ...
Page 219
Nor does the evil stop here . The printing press has become a trumpet - longued
instrument , and is often made to say quite too much . The organs of our political
parties , issued from this magic contrivance , say much more than is necessary ...
Nor does the evil stop here . The printing press has become a trumpet - longued
instrument , and is often made to say quite too much . The organs of our political
parties , issued from this magic contrivance , say much more than is necessary ...
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Evil speaking , from the inuendo to perjury , is a violation of the ninth article of the
decalogue . Petty scandal , practised , more or less , by almost every person ,
often produces more mischief than a false oath . The sly whisper , the mysterious
...
Evil speaking , from the inuendo to perjury , is a violation of the ninth article of the
decalogue . Petty scandal , practised , more or less , by almost every person ,
often produces more mischief than a false oath . The sly whisper , the mysterious
...
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... of Men and Things: Interspersed with Scraps of Science and History Levi
Carroll Judson. good . The original purity of human nature has been stained with
sin — but man is still endowed with full power to discern , and choose good or
evil .
... of Men and Things: Interspersed with Scraps of Science and History Levi
Carroll Judson. good . The original purity of human nature has been stained with
sin — but man is still endowed with full power to discern , and choose good or
evil .
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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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