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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The style of novels , some of them festooned with the gayest flowers of language ,
is calculated to give a disrelish for more solid and useful books ; for habit is as
quick to seize power , as an ambitious demagogue , and holds on with as much ...
The style of novels , some of them festooned with the gayest flowers of language ,
is calculated to give a disrelish for more solid and useful books ; for habit is as
quick to seize power , as an ambitious demagogue , and holds on with as much ...
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are more expansive ; healthiest , because they give exercise to the physical
powers ; most independent because less exposed to the whims and caprice of
public opinion . The two great professions , Law and Physic , are fearfully
overstocked ...
are more expansive ; healthiest , because they give exercise to the physical
powers ; most independent because less exposed to the whims and caprice of
public opinion . The two great professions , Law and Physic , are fearfully
overstocked ...
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As in dealing , if you know a man expects the penny in change , or the half -
penny , give it to him if in your power ; so in the kind offices of intercourse , give
every one the small W change as well as the large . Nothing promotes this
VARIETY .
As in dealing , if you know a man expects the penny in change , or the half -
penny , give it to him if in your power ; so in the kind offices of intercourse , give
every one the small W change as well as the large . Nothing promotes this
VARIETY .
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XANTIPPE was the wife of the great Philosopher Socrates , and the greatest
scold of which history gives any account . To use an illustration — She could
scold at a target for hours together , hit the nail every shot , keep her own tally ,
and , like ...
XANTIPPE was the wife of the great Philosopher Socrates , and the greatest
scold of which history gives any account . To use an illustration — She could
scold at a target for hours together , hit the nail every shot , keep her own tally ,
and , like ...
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I know not what course others may take , but as for me , give me liberty or death !
” The effect of this speech was electrical . The cry , “ To arms , ” burst from every
quarter ; “ Liberty or death , ” resounded and rang through every ear , and was ...
I know not what course others may take , but as for me , give me liberty or death !
” The effect of this speech was electrical . The cry , “ To arms , ” burst from every
quarter ; “ Liberty or death , ” resounded and rang through every ear , and was ...
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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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