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It would be but charitable to sympathize with those who are ignorant of the
political machinery of party politics — and have been led there by the promise of
some member for whom they voted - a promise , probably made to scores of
others ...
It would be but charitable to sympathize with those who are ignorant of the
political machinery of party politics — and have been led there by the promise of
some member for whom they voted - a promise , probably made to scores of
others ...
Page 180
They know not how soon it may come — and if unprepared when it arrives , their
dismal fate is irrevocably fixed . Reader , lay this to heart - prepare to meet thy
God . PROMISES . Custom and fashion have combined to legalize promise 180 ...
They know not how soon it may come — and if unprepared when it arrives , their
dismal fate is irrevocably fixed . Reader , lay this to heart - prepare to meet thy
God . PROMISES . Custom and fashion have combined to legalize promise 180 ...
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PROMISES . Custom and fashion have combined to legalize promise breaking .
Some men , like bad boys , promise , to avoid , and pass over an unpleasant
emergency , without an intention of performing ; nay more , they often make
promises ...
PROMISES . Custom and fashion have combined to legalize promise breaking .
Some men , like bad boys , promise , to avoid , and pass over an unpleasant
emergency , without an intention of performing ; nay more , they often make
promises ...
Page 182
of those who promise , knowing they cannot perform , or , that the performance
will at least be problematical . We have a large and increasing number of this
class of bipeds in the labyrinth of life — cancers upon our body politic . Not a few
pass ...
of those who promise , knowing they cannot perform , or , that the performance
will at least be problematical . We have a large and increasing number of this
class of bipeds in the labyrinth of life — cancers upon our body politic . Not a few
pass ...
Page 183
One family promises to visit another on a certain day ; extra money and time are
expended to give the entertainment — the promise is broken , and , perhaps ,
their friendship too . But the vilest , most brutal , and most hellish promise
breakers ...
One family promises to visit another on a certain day ; extra money and time are
expended to give the entertainment — the promise is broken , and , perhaps ,
their friendship too . But the vilest , most brutal , and most hellish promise
breakers ...
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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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