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I have seen anger make wives unhappy , alienate husbands , spoil children , derange all harmony , and disturb the quiet of a whole neighbourhood . Anger , like too much wine , hides us from ourselves , but exposes us to others .
I have seen anger make wives unhappy , alienate husbands , spoil children , derange all harmony , and disturb the quiet of a whole neighbourhood . Anger , like too much wine , hides us from ourselves , but exposes us to others .
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Confined to no age or country , its unholy leaven , once introduced into the mass , may suddenly pollute the whole lump , and produce fearful and rapid destruction . Its march is onward ; it gains force and velocity , and the moment it ...
Confined to no age or country , its unholy leaven , once introduced into the mass , may suddenly pollute the whole lump , and produce fearful and rapid destruction . Its march is onward ; it gains force and velocity , and the moment it ...
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... furrowing his cheeks , stealing his ivory , weakening his nerves , paralyzing his muscles , poisoning his blood , battering his whole citadel , deranging the whole machinery of life , and wasting his mental powers ; until he becomes ...
... furrowing his cheeks , stealing his ivory , weakening his nerves , paralyzing his muscles , poisoning his blood , battering his whole citadel , deranging the whole machinery of life , and wasting his mental powers ; until he becomes ...
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It is an endless chain , and if one link breaks in a particular community , it deranges the whole . The concussion may break many more , create a panic , and the chain become useless . If this misfortune would cure the evil , it would ...
It is an endless chain , and if one link breaks in a particular community , it deranges the whole . The concussion may break many more , create a panic , and the chain become useless . If this misfortune would cure the evil , it would ...
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The clear conception , outrunning the deductions of logic ; the high purpose , the firm resolve , the dauntless spirit , speaking on the tongue , beaming from the eye , informing every feature , and urging the whole man onward - right ...
The clear conception , outrunning the deductions of logic ; the high purpose , the firm resolve , the dauntless spirit , speaking on the tongue , beaming from the eye , informing every feature , and urging the whole man onward - right ...
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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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