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out of time , fortune , and happiness ; repaying them with the consolation of being
ridiculed by the wise , endangering health , and wasting means ; a kind of
remuneration rather paradoxical , but most graciously received . Semblance and
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out of time , fortune , and happiness ; repaying them with the consolation of being
ridiculed by the wise , endangering health , and wasting means ; a kind of
remuneration rather paradoxical , but most graciously received . Semblance and
...
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By these remarks , I mean not , that one man shall treat those with contempt or
indifference , who differ with him in opinion — but the reverse — they should be
respected because they have an independence of mind , without which man is a
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By these remarks , I mean not , that one man shall treat those with contempt or
indifference , who differ with him in opinion — but the reverse — they should be
respected because they have an independence of mind , without which man is a
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As a day of rest from labor , devoted to the more immediate means of grace , it
invigorates our physical powers , and points to heavenpromoting the health and
preserving the strength of our bodies , leading our souls to God ; and , if properly
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As a day of rest from labor , devoted to the more immediate means of grace , it
invigorates our physical powers , and points to heavenpromoting the health and
preserving the strength of our bodies , leading our souls to God ; and , if properly
...
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It is our true policy to steer clear of permanent alliances , with any portion of the
foreign world ; so far , I mean , as we are ... diffusing and diversifying by gentle
means the streams of commerce , but forcing nothing : establishing , with powers
so ...
It is our true policy to steer clear of permanent alliances , with any portion of the
foreign world ; so far , I mean , as we are ... diffusing and diversifying by gentle
means the streams of commerce , but forcing nothing : establishing , with powers
so ...
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If we wish to be free - if we mean to preserve in violate those inestimable
privileges for which we have been so long contending - if we mean not basely to
abandon the noble struggle in which we have been so long engaged , and which
we ...
If we wish to be free - if we mean to preserve in violate those inestimable
privileges for which we have been so long contending - if we mean not basely to
abandon the noble struggle in which we have been so long engaged , and which
we ...
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