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... must effect an equilibrium in themselves , and pursue a consistent , uniform course , in precept and example . Excessive indulgence one day , and chilling severity the next , will soon cause a vibration in the best balanced mind ...
... must effect an equilibrium in themselves , and pursue a consistent , uniform course , in precept and example . Excessive indulgence one day , and chilling severity the next , will soon cause a vibration in the best balanced mind ...
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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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... by too much pressure and friction , the derangement commences . The links may be keyed together by delay , as the farmer keys his chain with wood , but the key soon wears out , and the last failure may be at a worse time and place ...
... by too much pressure and friction , the derangement commences . The links may be keyed together by delay , as the farmer keys his chain with wood , but the key soon wears out , and the last failure may be at a worse time and place ...
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There is hope in the first ; the patient would soon become weary of the last , and die of ennui . Reader , if envy is rankling in your bosom , declare war against it at once ; a war of extermination ; no truce , no treaty ...
There is hope in the first ; the patient would soon become weary of the last , and die of ennui . Reader , if envy is rankling in your bosom , declare war against it at once ; a war of extermination ; no truce , no treaty ...
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The fire soon crossed Second street - communicated to the cotton manufactory of James Woods , which , in a few minutes , was enveloped in flames , with all the stock and machinery . A desperate effort was made by the firemen to arrest ...
The fire soon crossed Second street - communicated to the cotton manufactory of James Woods , which , in a few minutes , was enveloped in flames , with all the stock and machinery . A desperate effort was made by the firemen to arrest ...
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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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