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... HOPE , its operations on the mind .. 108 IDLENESS , leads to crime 109 INCONSISTENCY , evils of 111 INGRATITUDE , baseness of .. 119 INEQUALITIES OF LIFE , Agrarianism examined ... 121 JEALOUSY , produces misery . . . . . 124 JUDGMENT ...
... HOPE , its operations on the mind .. 108 IDLENESS , leads to crime 109 INCONSISTENCY , evils of 111 INGRATITUDE , baseness of .. 119 INEQUALITIES OF LIFE , Agrarianism examined ... 121 JEALOUSY , produces misery . . . . . 124 JUDGMENT ...
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... hope revives , " Lays the rough paths of nature " smooth and even And opens in each breast a little heaven . - Prior . " " PURE benevolence is one of those amiable qualities of the human breast , that imparts pleasure to its pos- sessor ...
... hope revives , " Lays the rough paths of nature " smooth and even And opens in each breast a little heaven . - Prior . " " PURE benevolence is one of those amiable qualities of the human breast , that imparts pleasure to its pos- sessor ...
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... HOPE and FEAR , in children is a matter of high importance , and of rare attain ment . Hope , without fear , engenders rashness — fear , without hope , destroys mental and physical energy . The former is the motive - power , the latter ...
... HOPE and FEAR , in children is a matter of high importance , and of rare attain ment . Hope , without fear , engenders rashness — fear , without hope , destroys mental and physical energy . The former is the motive - power , the latter ...
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... hope is not sel- fish such fear is not slavish . Let them have a reason- able share of rational , innocent , and healthful recrea- tion , and a fixed time for receiving instruction , either from oral lessons or books . Impress on their ...
... hope is not sel- fish such fear is not slavish . Let them have a reason- able share of rational , innocent , and healthful recrea- tion , and a fixed time for receiving instruction , either from oral lessons or books . Impress on their ...
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... hope , happiness , and peace . Let us all , in matters of domestic , political , moral , and religious economy ; beware of the upper current . Let us fasten the lead of reason , and buoy of Revelation to the line of consistency , and ...
... hope , happiness , and peace . Let us all , in matters of domestic , political , moral , and religious economy ; beware of the upper current . Let us fasten the lead of reason , and buoy of Revelation to the line of consistency , and ...
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