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So in giving advice , we must first gain the confidence of those we deem it a duty
to advise , and then look to God for success . AGRICULTURE . What I have said
on this subject in a former publication , I here repeat . Of all occupations , that of ...
So in giving advice , we must first gain the confidence of those we deem it a duty
to advise , and then look to God for success . AGRICULTURE . What I have said
on this subject in a former publication , I here repeat . Of all occupations , that of ...
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If the sun is going down , look at the stars ; if they are hid by clouds , still look up
to heaven , rely upon the promises of God , and be cheerful . Never yield to
misfortunes . Mind what you run after ; avoid bubbles that will burst , and fire -
works ...
If the sun is going down , look at the stars ; if they are hid by clouds , still look up
to heaven , rely upon the promises of God , and be cheerful . Never yield to
misfortunes . Mind what you run after ; avoid bubbles that will burst , and fire -
works ...
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To silence this continual murmuring , Jove ordered Mercury to place upon each a
pair of invisible Spectacles , with false lens , that should make pain assume the
appearance of pleasure , and to the devotees of pleasure , happiness would look
...
To silence this continual murmuring , Jove ordered Mercury to place upon each a
pair of invisible Spectacles , with false lens , that should make pain assume the
appearance of pleasure , and to the devotees of pleasure , happiness would look
...
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Reader , look around , and see what multitudes are Yawing on the billows of life .
See that young man , endowed with towering talent , polished by an expensive
and refined education ; the hope of indulgent parents , and the pride of admiring
...
Reader , look around , and see what multitudes are Yawing on the billows of life .
See that young man , endowed with towering talent , polished by an expensive
and refined education ; the hope of indulgent parents , and the pride of admiring
...
Page 265
Look at the multitudes , whose flimsy barks are constructed of the light materials
of sensual pleasure ; their vessels cannot live on a rough sea for a moment .
Look at those in the low black schooner , water logged with crime in all its varied
...
Look at the multitudes , whose flimsy barks are constructed of the light materials
of sensual pleasure ; their vessels cannot live on a rough sea for a moment .
Look at those in the low black schooner , water logged with crime in all its varied
...
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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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