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AMBITION , not productive of happiness . ANGER , should be suppressed and regulated APCTHEGMS , useful maxims AVARICE , miseries of 16 17 19 21 BIBLE , its superiority over all books ... BENEVOLENCE , pure and false .
AMBITION , not productive of happiness . ANGER , should be suppressed and regulated APCTHEGMS , useful maxims AVARICE , miseries of 16 17 19 21 BIBLE , its superiority over all books ... BENEVOLENCE , pure and false .
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95 96 98 99 103 105 108 HAPPINESS , what is true .... HEART , description of natural and moral Honesty , the true standard of Honor , each caste has its code Hope , its operations on the mind . IDLENESS , leads to crime INCONSISTENCY ...
95 96 98 99 103 105 108 HAPPINESS , what is true .... HEART , description of natural and moral Honesty , the true standard of Honor , each caste has its code Hope , its operations on the mind . IDLENESS , leads to crime INCONSISTENCY ...
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No profession is more honourable , none as conducive to health , peace , tranquillity , and happiness . More independent than any other calling , it is calculated to produce an innate love of liberty . The farmer stands upon a lofty ...
No profession is more honourable , none as conducive to health , peace , tranquillity , and happiness . More independent than any other calling , it is calculated to produce an innate love of liberty . The farmer stands upon a lofty ...
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If multitudes , who are hard run to get bread , would leave our pent up cities , and occupy and improve the millions of fine land in our country , yet unlocated , it would greatly enhance individual happiness and public good .
If multitudes , who are hard run to get bread , would leave our pent up cities , and occupy and improve the millions of fine land in our country , yet unlocated , it would greatly enhance individual happiness and public good .
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... and requires a constant wind to preserve its upward course . The fulcrum of ignorance , and the lever of party spirit , form its magic power . An astute writer has well 14 : THE PROBE . AMBITION, not productive of happiness.
... and requires a constant wind to preserve its upward course . The fulcrum of ignorance , and the lever of party spirit , form its magic power . An astute writer has well 14 : THE PROBE . AMBITION, not productive of happiness.
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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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