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innocent amusements , " which often lead to the broad road of ruin . Beware of
the man who despises the old fashioned customs of frugality and economy —
they are the basis of earthly prosperity . Beware of the man who suddenly ...
innocent amusements , " which often lead to the broad road of ruin . Beware of
the man who despises the old fashioned customs of frugality and economy —
they are the basis of earthly prosperity . Beware of the man who suddenly ...
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His base appetites and delirious desires first dethrone reasonconvert the man
into a brute — the animal leads him ... the serpentine coils that bind you — let
reason resume her throne - let common sense lead you back to duty and to safety
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His base appetites and delirious desires first dethrone reasonconvert the man
into a brute — the animal leads him ... the serpentine coils that bind you — let
reason resume her throne - let common sense lead you back to duty and to safety
.
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Idleness is the teeming hotbed of vice , from grossness , up to refinement - every
avenue of which , leads to Pauperism . Useless and criminal expenditures of
money lead to the same goal , from the unnecessary smoking of a cigar , drinking
...
Idleness is the teeming hotbed of vice , from grossness , up to refinement - every
avenue of which , leads to Pauperism . Useless and criminal expenditures of
money lead to the same goal , from the unnecessary smoking of a cigar , drinking
...
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It is not prudence for children and youth , to disregard the good counsel of their
parents and teachers ; contracting habits , calculated to lead them into crime ,
and destroy their future happiness and usefulness . It is not prudence in parents ,
to ...
It is not prudence for children and youth , to disregard the good counsel of their
parents and teachers ; contracting habits , calculated to lead them into crime ,
and destroy their future happiness and usefulness . It is not prudence in parents ,
to ...
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either of which is sufficient to lead it astray from its duty and its interest . Antipathy
in one nation against another , disposes each more readily to offer insult and
injury , to lay hold of slight causes of umbrage , and to be haughty and intractable
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either of which is sufficient to lead it astray from its duty and its interest . Antipathy
in one nation against another , disposes each more readily to offer insult and
injury , to lay hold of slight causes of umbrage , and to be haughty and intractable
...
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