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To know what , how , and when to advise ; is a matter too little understood , and less practised . If we wish the seed sown to take root , we must mellow the soil by proper cultivation . So in giving advice , we must first gain the ...
To know what , how , and when to advise ; is a matter too little understood , and less practised . If we wish the seed sown to take root , we must mellow the soil by proper cultivation . So in giving advice , we must first gain the ...
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In his retired domicil , he is less exposed to the baneful influence of that cor rupt and corrupting party spirit , which is raised by the whirlwind of selfish ambition , and rides on the tornado of faction .
In his retired domicil , he is less exposed to the baneful influence of that cor rupt and corrupting party spirit , which is raised by the whirlwind of selfish ambition , and rides on the tornado of faction .
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Beware of partiality . It is an incubus upon good government , and is as quickly perceived , and more keenly felt by children , than by adults . If one child is less amiable , docile , and gifted , than another in the same CHILDREN .
Beware of partiality . It is an incubus upon good government , and is as quickly perceived , and more keenly felt by children , than by adults . If one child is less amiable , docile , and gifted , than another in the same CHILDREN .
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Instead of advising with each other , and profiting by mutual counsel , husbands and wives too often seek the advice of others , who have no interest , and perhaps less capacity , in giving safe counsel . Many a husband would have been ...
Instead of advising with each other , and profiting by mutual counsel , husbands and wives too often seek the advice of others , who have no interest , and perhaps less capacity , in giving safe counsel . Many a husband would have been ...
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The officers of the law close the farce , by playing upon the rags and carcase with sundry paper implements , with results less curious and more expensive , than those of the galvanic battery upon a corpse . The consumer is the swivel ...
The officers of the law close the farce , by playing upon the rags and carcase with sundry paper implements , with results less curious and more expensive , than those of the galvanic battery upon a corpse . The consumer is the swivel ...
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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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