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... contact with anger , it is like the meeting of two fires — the conflagration and damage are increased . As water extinguishes the one , so will gentleness the other . A soft answer tur neth away wrath . Be angry and sin not .
... contact with anger , it is like the meeting of two fires — the conflagration and damage are increased . As water extinguishes the one , so will gentleness the other . A soft answer tur neth away wrath . Be angry and sin not .
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Nothing binds so firmly the union of hearts , as the increasing love of parents to their children , enhanced by the arduous and protracted care , necessary to sustain and bring them up . The mother , who is worthy of that endearing name ...
Nothing binds so firmly the union of hearts , as the increasing love of parents to their children , enhanced by the arduous and protracted care , necessary to sustain and bring them up . The mother , who is worthy of that endearing name ...
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docile , and gifted , than another in the same family neglect will increase these qualities fearfully . A favorite child among children , is made unhappy by mistaken favoritism - arousing in the others one of the basest passions — envy ...
docile , and gifted , than another in the same family neglect will increase these qualities fearfully . A favorite child among children , is made unhappy by mistaken favoritism - arousing in the others one of the basest passions — envy ...
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The arrangements of a social compact , are a consolidation of personal liberty , like the consolidation of money in a co - partnership , for the purpose of increasing , not of diminishing strength . This consolidation of personal ...
The arrangements of a social compact , are a consolidation of personal liberty , like the consolidation of money in a co - partnership , for the purpose of increasing , not of diminishing strength . This consolidation of personal ...
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If this misfortune would cure the evil , it would be a blessing in disguise ; but so deeply rooted is this system among us , that no sooner is one chain destroyed , than another is manufactured ; an increasing weight is put upon it ...
If this misfortune would cure the evil , it would be a blessing in disguise ; but so deeply rooted is this system among us , that no sooner is one chain destroyed , than another is manufactured ; an increasing weight is put upon it ...
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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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