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If all these should fail , he may throw himself into the arms of Mesmerism , triumph over all diseases , and attempt to deceive death , as the man in the fable did the bear , by pretending to be dead , as the only means of saving his ...
If all these should fail , he may throw himself into the arms of Mesmerism , triumph over all diseases , and attempt to deceive death , as the man in the fable did the bear , by pretending to be dead , as the only means of saving his ...
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Power is gained as a means of enjoyment , but oftener than otherwise , is its fell destroyer . Like the viper in the fable , it is prone to sting those who warm it into life . History fully demonstrates these propositions .
Power is gained as a means of enjoyment , but oftener than otherwise , is its fell destroyer . Like the viper in the fable , it is prone to sting those who warm it into life . History fully demonstrates these propositions .
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Anger is a species of momentary insanity — all humane persons treat the unfortunate subjects of this disease , tenderly , as the best means of restoring them to their right mind .
Anger is a species of momentary insanity — all humane persons treat the unfortunate subjects of this disease , tenderly , as the best means of restoring them to their right mind .
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By condescension , I mean not that any one shall yield a single thing that is not clearly right , or submit to any thing clearly wrong — but if we meet another in straitened circumstances , when he can neither go back or forward ...
By condescension , I mean not that any one shall yield a single thing that is not clearly right , or submit to any thing clearly wrong — but if we meet another in straitened circumstances , when he can neither go back or forward ...
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Practise the golden rule - do not be content with the silver one - do as you are done by , and inost scrupulously avoid the iron rule , to gain the end regardless of means . Practise charity , love mercy 40 THE PROBE .
Practise the golden rule - do not be content with the silver one - do as you are done by , and inost scrupulously avoid the iron rule , to gain the end regardless of means . Practise charity , love mercy 40 THE PROBE .
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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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