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... state of a beggar is more delightful than my envied monarchy - awake , he sees no conspirators — asleep , he dreams of no assassins . " Ambition , like the gold of the miser , is the sepulchre of all the other passions of the man .
... state of a beggar is more delightful than my envied monarchy - awake , he sees no conspirators — asleep , he dreams of no assassins . " Ambition , like the gold of the miser , is the sepulchre of all the other passions of the man .
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In moments of cool reflection , the man who indulges it , views , with deep regret , the desolations produced by a summer storm of passion . Friendship , domestic happiness , self - respect , the esteem of others , and sometimes ...
In moments of cool reflection , the man who indulges it , views , with deep regret , the desolations produced by a summer storm of passion . Friendship , domestic happiness , self - respect , the esteem of others , and sometimes ...
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Fight against a hasty temper ; a spark may set a house on fire ; a fit of passion may cause you to mourn long and bitterly . Govern your passions , or they will govern you . Conquer your enemies by kindness , preserve your friends by ...
Fight against a hasty temper ; a spark may set a house on fire ; a fit of passion may cause you to mourn long and bitterly . Govern your passions , or they will govern you . Conquer your enemies by kindness , preserve your friends by ...
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He is his own and the poor man's enemy , money is the tomb of all his passions and desires , -his mind is never ... He covets the wealth of others , revels in extortion , stops at nothing to gratify his ruling passion , that will ...
He is his own and the poor man's enemy , money is the tomb of all his passions and desires , -his mind is never ... He covets the wealth of others , revels in extortion , stops at nothing to gratify his ruling passion , that will ...
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Be thou my star in reason's night , Be thou my rock in danger's fright , Be thou my guide mid passion's way , My moon by night - my sun by day . - Milman . THE highest eulogy we can pronounce upon this book of all books , is , to take ...
Be thou my star in reason's night , Be thou my rock in danger's fright , Be thou my guide mid passion's way , My moon by night - my sun by day . - Milman . THE highest eulogy we can pronounce upon this book of all books , is , to take ...
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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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