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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 , evils of INGRATITUDE , baseness of .
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 , evils of INGRATITUDE , baseness of .
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2 Soft peace it brings wherever it arrives , It builds our quiet— " latent 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 ...
2 Soft peace it brings wherever it arrives , It builds our quiet— " latent 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 ...
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The more delicate it is , the more readily will a rough hand destroy it To balance , properly , HOPE and FEAR , in children is a matter of high importance , and of rare attain ment . Hope , without fear , engenders rashness - fear ...
The more delicate it is , the more readily will a rough hand destroy it To balance , properly , HOPE and FEAR , in children is a matter of high importance , and of rare attain ment . Hope , without fear , engenders rashness - fear ...
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Such hope is not selfish - such fear is not slavish . Let them have a reasonable share of rational , innocent , and healthful recreation , and a fixed time for receiving instruction , either from oral lessons or books .
Such hope is not selfish - such fear is not slavish . Let them have a reasonable share of rational , innocent , and healthful recreation , and a fixed time for receiving instruction , either from oral lessons or books .
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of inan , on the fiery billows of sin and corruption , beyond the reach of hope , happiness , and peace . Let us . all , in matters of domestic , political , moral , and religious economy ; beware of the upper current .
of inan , on the fiery billows of sin and corruption , beyond the reach of hope , happiness , and peace . Let us . all , in matters of domestic , political , moral , and religious economy ; beware of the upper current .
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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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