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109 111 119 121 124 JEALOUSY , produces misery .... JUDGMENT , to be cautiously exercised . 125 128 KNOWLEDGE , of common things most necessary Kings , number of modern , in Europe . 129 133 136 LABOR , benefits of Law , keep out ...
109 111 119 121 124 JEALOUSY , produces misery .... JUDGMENT , to be cautiously exercised . 125 128 KNOWLEDGE , of common things most necessary Kings , number of modern , in Europe . 129 133 136 LABOR , benefits of Law , keep out ...
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Lawyers can , and should be the promoters of social order ; peace - makers in community , keeping people out , instead of leading them into the labyrinth of law . If no lawyers were patronized , but those who are emphatically peace ...
Lawyers can , and should be the promoters of social order ; peace - makers in community , keeping people out , instead of leading them into the labyrinth of law . If no lawyers were patronized , but those who are emphatically peace ...
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It is folly not to control our anger and keep it in subjection - long indulgence gives it a nastery over us - it then becomes a confirmed disease , and calls for our pity . It is one of the misfortunes of our fallen nature , and can ...
It is folly not to control our anger and keep it in subjection - long indulgence gives it a nastery over us - it then becomes a confirmed disease , and calls for our pity . It is one of the misfortunes of our fallen nature , and can ...
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If the man who has , for years , been a confirmed drunkard , can form , and religiously keep , a resolution to refrain from the fatal poison , the man who has often been intoxicated with anger , should go and do likewise .
If the man who has , for years , been a confirmed drunkard , can form , and religiously keep , a resolution to refrain from the fatal poison , the man who has often been intoxicated with anger , should go and do likewise .
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Fear nọt troubles , keep up your spirits , the darkness will pass away . ... Mind what you run after ; avoid bubbles that will burst , and fire - works that end in smoke ; get that which is worth keeping , and can be kept .
Fear nọt troubles , keep up your spirits , the darkness will pass away . ... Mind what you run after ; avoid bubbles that will burst , and fire - works that end in smoke ; get that which is worth keeping , and can be kept .
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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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