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GOVERNMENT , its proper foundation GRATITUDE , defined — its influence on the heart .. 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 ...
GOVERNMENT , its proper foundation GRATITUDE , defined — its influence on the heart .. 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 ...
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ADVICE , to prove beneficial , depends upon these grand requisites ; honest persons , with capacity and discretion to give that which is salutary ; and honest hearts , willing to receive and be guided by it . It is as abundant as spring ...
ADVICE , to prove beneficial , depends upon these grand requisites ; honest persons , with capacity and discretion to give that which is salutary ; and honest hearts , willing to receive and be guided by it . It is as abundant as spring ...
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Of all occupations , that of agriculture is best calculated to induce love of country , and rivet it firmly on the heart . No profession is more honourable , none as conducive to health , peace , tranquillity , and happiness .
Of all occupations , that of agriculture is best calculated to induce love of country , and rivet it firmly on the heart . No profession is more honourable , none as conducive to health , peace , tranquillity , and happiness .
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Some conceited wights , who study party politics more than philosophy or ethics , call all the laudable desires of the human heart , ambition , aiming to strip the monster of its deformity , that they may use it , as the livery of ...
Some conceited wights , who study party politics more than philosophy or ethics , call all the laudable desires of the human heart , ambition , aiming to strip the monster of its deformity , that they may use it , as the livery of ...
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Those hearts that start at once into a blaze , And open all their rage , like summer storms , At once discharg'd , grow cool again , and calm . — Johnson . BYRON seems to have viewed anger with contemptJohnson , with compassion .
Those hearts that start at once into a blaze , And open all their rage , like summer storms , At once discharg'd , grow cool again , and calm . — Johnson . BYRON seems to have viewed anger with contemptJohnson , with compassion .
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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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