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... an increasing weight is put upon it ; presently , some of its links snap , another
concussion is produced , and creates a ... car after car rushes down the inclined
plane of bankruptcy , increasing the mass of broken fragments and general ruin ...
... an increasing weight is put upon it ; presently , some of its links snap , another
concussion is produced , and creates a ... car after car rushes down the inclined
plane of bankruptcy , increasing the mass of broken fragments and general ruin ...
Page 82
A desperate effort was made by the firemen to arrest the fire at the brick house
adjoining this large building ; but all human effort was powerless — the flames
increased with the increasing wind , which now became a hurricane , blowing
from ...
A desperate effort was made by the firemen to arrest the fire at the brick house
adjoining this large building ; but all human effort was powerless — the flames
increased with the increasing wind , which now became a hurricane , blowing
from ...
Page 135
Immense tracts of land are yet uncultivated , our work shops are numerous , and
rapidly increasing , our commerce is courting the markets of every clime . Here ,
mental labor has an opportunity to expand and spread — and genius here finds a
...
Immense tracts of land are yet uncultivated , our work shops are numerous , and
rapidly increasing , our commerce is courting the markets of every clime . Here ,
mental labor has an opportunity to expand and spread — and genius here finds a
...
Page 148
The married man , if he performs his duty , is no longer a bird of passage , but
becomes a permanent citizen , and as his little responsibilities increase , feels an
increasing interest in the welfare of our common country . His comforts , interests
...
The married man , if he performs his duty , is no longer a bird of passage , but
becomes a permanent citizen , and as his little responsibilities increase , feels an
increasing interest in the welfare of our common country . His comforts , interests
...
Page 198
not for this wise provision of our Creator , we should have an increased and
increasing number of explosions in society , retaliation would increase
resentment , acts of violence would be multiplied , anarchy would mount its
discordant throne ...
not for this wise provision of our Creator , we should have an increased and
increasing number of explosions in society , retaliation would increase
resentment , acts of violence would be multiplied , anarchy would mount its
discordant throne ...
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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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