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That knowledge is of most importance , that leads us in the shortest road to truth .
This is the kind that best answers the old definition of the term , Knowledge is
power . Small draughts , if they are from the foaming top of the fountain ,
intoxicate ...
That knowledge is of most importance , that leads us in the shortest road to truth .
This is the kind that best answers the old definition of the term , Knowledge is
power . Small draughts , if they are from the foaming top of the fountain ,
intoxicate ...
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4 Law , as defined in the elementary books , is the clear , translucent stream of
justice , flowing freely and smoothly between the banks of wisdom and truth ,
purified by mercy and equity . As found upon our statute books , this highway of
justice ...
4 Law , as defined in the elementary books , is the clear , translucent stream of
justice , flowing freely and smoothly between the banks of wisdom and truth ,
purified by mercy and equity . As found upon our statute books , this highway of
justice ...
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Finally , this is a free , as well as a great country , and those who have Quack
minds , will live and die under the potent influence of quackery , in spite of truth
and science , QUARRELS . Dissension , like small streams , at first begun ...
Finally , this is a free , as well as a great country , and those who have Quack
minds , will live and die under the potent influence of quackery , in spite of truth
and science , QUARRELS . Dissension , like small streams , at first begun ...
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We are apt to shut our eyes against a painful truth , and listen to the song of that
syren , till she transforms us into beasts . Is this the part of wise men engaged in a
great and arduous struggle for liberty ? Are we disposed to be of the number of ...
We are apt to shut our eyes against a painful truth , and listen to the song of that
syren , till she transforms us into beasts . Is this the part of wise men engaged in a
great and arduous struggle for liberty ? Are we disposed to be of the number of ...
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Mr. Judson has embodied much excellent precept in his pages , and conveyed
truth in a pleasing and attractive form ... We hope this work will have a great sale
among the working classes , who will be much benefited by its many home truths
.
Mr. Judson has embodied much excellent precept in his pages , and conveyed
truth in a pleasing and attractive form ... We hope this work will have a great sale
among the working classes , who will be much benefited by its many home truths
.
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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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