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They inculcate sterling integrity , unyielding virtue , ardent patriotism , active philanthropy , pure benevolence , and universal charity . If my arduous efforts to alleviate the miseries of my fellow creatures , produced by moral ...
They inculcate sterling integrity , unyielding virtue , ardent patriotism , active philanthropy , pure benevolence , and universal charity . If my arduous efforts to alleviate the miseries of my fellow creatures , produced by moral ...
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255 260 XANTIPPE , on scolding XENIADES , patriotism 262 YAW , 264 an essay for seamen . Youth , how to instruct them — Appeal to . 266 269 ZEAL , without and with knowledge . Zeno , silence a virtue 270 APPENDIX .
255 260 XANTIPPE , on scolding XENIADES , patriotism 262 YAW , 264 an essay for seamen . Youth , how to instruct them — Appeal to . 266 269 ZEAL , without and with knowledge . Zeno , silence a virtue 270 APPENDIX .
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True , we have much of the paper currency of inconsistency in circulation , but I flatter myself , we have a sufficient quantity of the genuine coin in the vault of patriotism , to redeem enough of this paper , should a pressure come ...
True , we have much of the paper currency of inconsistency in circulation , but I flatter myself , we have a sufficient quantity of the genuine coin in the vault of patriotism , to redeem enough of this paper , should a pressure come ...
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rope of patriotism snaps , the hook of integrity is broken , the car of government and social order is plunged into the awful gulf of revolution , and often injured , beyond the possibility of repair . When the death knell of our ...
rope of patriotism snaps , the hook of integrity is broken , the car of government and social order is plunged into the awful gulf of revolution , and often injured , beyond the possibility of repair . When the death knell of our ...
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Formerly , the political car was moved by the motive power of reason , patriotism , and love of country - now , it is rushed forward by the locomotive of party spirit — and no one can tell how soon we shall be run off the track , and be ...
Formerly , the political car was moved by the motive power of reason , patriotism , and love of country - now , it is rushed forward by the locomotive of party spirit — and no one can tell how soon we shall be run off the track , and be ...
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