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 |
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Like the kite , it cannot rise in a calm , and requires a constant wind to preserve its upward course . The fulcrum of ignorance , and the lever of party spirit , form its magic power . An astute writer has well 14 : THE PROBE .
Like the kite , it cannot rise in a calm , and requires a constant wind to preserve its upward course . The fulcrum of ignorance , and the lever of party spirit , form its magic power . An astute writer has well 14 : THE PROBE .
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Was this Heaven - born , soul - cheering principle , the mainspring of human action , the all pervading motive - power , that impelled mankind in their onward course to eternity , the polar star to guide them through this world of sin ...
Was this Heaven - born , soul - cheering principle , the mainspring of human action , the all pervading motive - power , that impelled mankind in their onward course to eternity , the polar star to guide them through this world of sin ...
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A contrary course has blasted many a promising bud , like a killing frost , the tender vine . Curiosity in children , is the grand lever of nature , to raise them from the quarry of ignorance , and needs the fulcrum of a - patient ...
A contrary course has blasted many a promising bud , like a killing frost , the tender vine . Curiosity in children , is the grand lever of nature , to raise them from the quarry of ignorance , and needs the fulcrum of a - patient ...
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Parents and teachers , before they are prepared to balance these two great principles in children , must effect an equilibrium in themselves , and pursue a consistent , uniform course , in precept and example .
Parents and teachers , before they are prepared to balance these two great principles in children , must effect an equilibrium in themselves , and pursue a consistent , uniform course , in precept and example .
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Another , “ Sir , I am opposed to murder in any form of course I cannot consent to shoot you , or volunteer to be shot myself . To gratify your strong desire for burning powder , mark out my full length portrait on a barn - if you can 8 ...
Another , “ Sir , I am opposed to murder in any form of course I cannot consent to shoot you , or volunteer to be shot myself . To gratify your strong desire for burning powder , mark out my full length portrait on a barn - if you can 8 ...
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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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