The Moral Probe: Or, One Hundred and Two Essays on the Nature of Men and Things |
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... becomes so intolerable , as to induce the farmers of a country to leave their ploughs and peaceful firesides , and draw the avenging sword - let them beware - the day of retribution is at hand . Above all other occupations , that of ...
... becomes so intolerable , as to induce the farmers of a country to leave their ploughs and peaceful firesides , and draw the avenging sword - let them beware - the day of retribution is at hand . Above all other occupations , that of ...
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... becomes a con- firmed disease , and calls for our pity . It is one of the misfortunes of our fallen nature , and can best be dis- armed by kindness . The bee seldom stings the hand that is covered with honey - the cross dog can be ap ...
... becomes a con- firmed disease , and calls for our pity . It is one of the misfortunes of our fallen nature , and can best be dis- armed by kindness . The bee seldom stings the hand that is covered with honey - the cross dog can be ap ...
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... become , what it should be - one united , harmonious family in Christ - infidelity , vice , and immorality would recede , and happiness , before unknown , would become the crowning glory of man . Pure and undefiled reli- gion would then ...
... become , what it should be - one united , harmonious family in Christ - infidelity , vice , and immorality would recede , and happiness , before unknown , would become the crowning glory of man . Pure and undefiled reli- gion would then ...
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... becomes one of the links of the great chain that forms a society , which increases to a state , and finally to a nation ... become obsolete , the waves of destruction would roll over us like a mighty flood . Its abuse , by some miscreant ...
... becomes one of the links of the great chain that forms a society , which increases to a state , and finally to a nation ... become obsolete , the waves of destruction would roll over us like a mighty flood . Its abuse , by some miscreant ...
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... become sick in good earnest -perhaps die under some patented nostrum . Some persons have wealth - they want more - enter into some new business they do not understand , or some wild speculation , and become poor indeed . Many who are ...
... become sick in good earnest -perhaps die under some patented nostrum . Some persons have wealth - they want more - enter into some new business they do not understand , or some wild speculation , and become poor indeed . Many who are ...
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