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It has exercised its baneful influence over the human family , in every age ,
country , and clime . It rose , like a phænix from ashes , in the blooming bowers of
Eden , and planted its standard , emblazoned with the insignia of curses , on the
...
It has exercised its baneful influence over the human family , in every age ,
country , and clime . It rose , like a phænix from ashes , in the blooming bowers of
Eden , and planted its standard , emblazoned with the insignia of curses , on the
...
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JEALOUSY affects the human mind , much after the same manner , that the ague
does the body ; and has often been cured by the same medicine -- arsenic . Like
the Bohon Upas , it poisons the atmosphere around it , and endangers all who ...
JEALOUSY affects the human mind , much after the same manner , that the ague
does the body ; and has often been cured by the same medicine -- arsenic . Like
the Bohon Upas , it poisons the atmosphere around it , and endangers all who ...
Page 154
When the love of money , which has been long considered the root of evil ,
pervades a community , all that is noble , generous , and that adorns human
nature ; is blighted , as by a Sirocco . Money the standard of reputation ! Money
placed ...
When the love of money , which has been long considered the root of evil ,
pervades a community , all that is noble , generous , and that adorns human
nature ; is blighted , as by a Sirocco . Money the standard of reputation ! Money
placed ...
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The intricacies and complexity of the machinery of human nature , as far exceed
those of Fulton's steam engine , as they did those of a jack knife . To understand
fully , the philosophy of the human mind , is an acquisition , as rare , as it is ...
The intricacies and complexity of the machinery of human nature , as far exceed
those of Fulton's steam engine , as they did those of a jack knife . To understand
fully , the philosophy of the human mind , is an acquisition , as rare , as it is ...
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From his childhood he had been a close observer of human nature ; the only
remarkable trait in favor of his juvenile character . He had always cultivated and
improved this advantageous propensity , which was of great use to him in after
life .
From his childhood he had been a close observer of human nature ; the only
remarkable trait in favor of his juvenile character . He had always cultivated and
improved this advantageous propensity , which was of great use to him in after
life .
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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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