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mals , who act much more consistently than some men , who claim reason for a
guide , but seldom follow its directions . In passing over the highway of life , it is
often necessary to condescend to accommodate our fellow travellers , and put ...
mals , who act much more consistently than some men , who claim reason for a
guide , but seldom follow its directions . In passing over the highway of life , it is
often necessary to condescend to accommodate our fellow travellers , and put ...
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The whirlpool of wild and precarious speculation has often been gorged with
ruined adventurers ; yet other multitudes follow in their wakes , regardless of the
lessons of experience , posted up in hand bills by the constable , sheriff , and ...
The whirlpool of wild and precarious speculation has often been gorged with
ruined adventurers ; yet other multitudes follow in their wakes , regardless of the
lessons of experience , posted up in hand bills by the constable , sheriff , and ...
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... want of rest , contracted disease , and premature death — and perhaps a
ruined estate , often follow . Those who support rank , are no less happy - both
classes violate the laws of nature , which impose a penalty , whenever
disregarded .
... want of rest , contracted disease , and premature death — and perhaps a
ruined estate , often follow . Those who support rank , are no less happy - both
classes violate the laws of nature , which impose a penalty , whenever
disregarded .
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If not , it is owing to a disposition so crooked , like the grain of some trees , that
lightning could not follow it . LUXURY . Like some vast flood , unbounded , fierce ,
and strong , His nature leads ungovern'd man along . - Crabbe . By some , this ...
If not , it is owing to a disposition so crooked , like the grain of some trees , that
lightning could not follow it . LUXURY . Like some vast flood , unbounded , fierce ,
and strong , His nature leads ungovern'd man along . - Crabbe . By some , this ...
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We also have Quack humbugs , yet too desultory to be classed , who endeavor to
follow in the wake of the Simon Pure , and effect a grand failure . A successful
humbug has three advantages — it puts money in the pocket of the humbugger ...
We also have Quack humbugs , yet too desultory to be classed , who endeavor to
follow in the wake of the Simon Pure , and effect a grand failure . A successful
humbug has three advantages — it puts money in the pocket of the humbugger ...
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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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