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 : with an Appendix ... |
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... dangers of 163 .... PAUPERISM , causes and remedy ..... PERSPECTIVE , a glance at human nature PILLOW , place for reflection ..... PRESENCE OF MIND , advantages of PRESS , responsibility of editors .... PROCRASTINATION , evils of ...
... dangers of 163 .... PAUPERISM , causes and remedy ..... PERSPECTIVE , a glance at human nature PILLOW , place for reflection ..... PRESENCE OF MIND , advantages of PRESS , responsibility of editors .... PROCRASTINATION , evils of ...
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... danger of being exploded , by the very element that causes its elevation . It eschews charity , and deals largely in the corrosive sublimate of falsehood , the aquafortis of envy , the elixir vitriol of revenge , and the asafœtida of du ...
... danger of being exploded , by the very element that causes its elevation . It eschews charity , and deals largely in the corrosive sublimate of falsehood , the aquafortis of envy , the elixir vitriol of revenge , and the asafœtida of du ...
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... dangerous enemies , and should be repulsed at the threshold of our minds . Fill the head and heart with good thoughts , that there be no room for bad ones . Drinking water , neither makes a man sick nor in debt , or his wife a widow ...
... dangerous enemies , and should be repulsed at the threshold of our minds . Fill the head and heart with good thoughts , that there be no room for bad ones . Drinking water , neither makes a man sick nor in debt , or his wife a widow ...
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... danger's fright , Be thou my guide mid passion's way , My moon by night - my sun by day . - Milman . THE highest eulogy we can pronounce upon this book of all books , is , to take it for the man of our counsel , and the polar star of ...
... danger's fright , Be thou my guide mid passion's way , My moon by night - my sun by day . - Milman . THE highest eulogy we can pronounce upon this book of all books , is , to take it for the man of our counsel , and the polar star of ...
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... danger of falling off , and one very courteously laid down , and permitted the other to walk , not harshly , but gently over him , and both passed on in safety . This is not the first wise lesson I have learned from brute ani- mals ...
... danger of falling off , and one very courteously laid down , and permitted the other to walk , not harshly , but gently over him , and both passed on in safety . This is not the first wise lesson I have learned from brute ani- mals ...
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