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Friendship , domestic happiness , self - respect , the esteem of others , and sometimes property ; are swept away by a whirlwind - perhaps a tornado of anger . I have more than once seen the furniture of a house in a mass of ruin ...
Friendship , domestic happiness , self - respect , the esteem of others , and sometimes property ; are swept away by a whirlwind - perhaps a tornado of anger . I have more than once seen the furniture of a house in a mass of ruin ...
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This inspires respect , and these , more than any other thing , will induce obedience . Tenderness and firmness are the fulcrum and lever with which to operate . Anger should be manifested never — displeasure and tender regret ...
This inspires respect , and these , more than any other thing , will induce obedience . Tenderness and firmness are the fulcrum and lever with which to operate . Anger should be manifested never — displeasure and tender regret ...
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They will then better fulfil the design of their creation , induce self respect , and secure the esteem of those around them . FRIENDSHIP . Friendship , like love , is but a name , Unless to one you stint the flame . those who depend On ...
They will then better fulfil the design of their creation , induce self respect , and secure the esteem of those around them . FRIENDSHIP . Friendship , like love , is but a name , Unless to one you stint the flame . those who depend On ...
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Finally , beware of all those who do not respect the Bible and the Christian religion , the firmest basis on which the superstructure of friendship can be erected . GAMBLING . The gathering number , as it moves along , Involves a vast ...
Finally , beware of all those who do not respect the Bible and the Christian religion , the firmest basis on which the superstructure of friendship can be erected . GAMBLING . The gathering number , as it moves along , Involves a vast ...
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... our prosperous career speedily arrested , and the nations that now respect and fear us , will cease to pay us deference ; laugh at our calamity ; mock at our dissolution , and hug their crowns and chains with new delight .
... our prosperous career speedily arrested , and the nations that now respect and fear us , will cease to pay us deference ; laugh at our calamity ; mock at our dissolution , and hug their crowns and chains with new delight .
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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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