The Moral Probe: Or, One Hundred and Two Essays on the Nature of Men and Things |
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... upon us ; millions of money would pass through a better channel , and thousands of friend- ships be saved from dissolution . In the Healing Art , our country is flooded with ad- visers , from those of science , judgment , and 2 9.
... upon us ; millions of money would pass through a better channel , and thousands of friend- ships be saved from dissolution . In the Healing Art , our country is flooded with ad- visers , from those of science , judgment , and 2 9.
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... better and ameliorate the condition of man , and a more obstinate resistance made to injus- tice , vice , and immorality ; peace and happiness would be promoted , and social order advanced . In the domestic circle , obstinacy , and a ...
... better and ameliorate the condition of man , and a more obstinate resistance made to injus- tice , vice , and immorality ; peace and happiness would be promoted , and social order advanced . In the domestic circle , obstinacy , and a ...
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... better to be lowly born And range with humble livers in content , Than to be perk'd up in a glistening grief , And wear a golden sorrow . - Shakespeare . CONTENTMENT is felicity . Few are the real wants of man . Like a majority of his ...
... better to be lowly born And range with humble livers in content , Than to be perk'd up in a glistening grief , And wear a golden sorrow . - Shakespeare . CONTENTMENT is felicity . Few are the real wants of man . Like a majority of his ...
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... better entitled to its benefits , than many who enjoyed them , did not apply for relief . Con- tracting debts , is not unlike the man who goes to sea without a compass - he may steer clear of rocks , sand- bars , a lee shore , and ...
... better entitled to its benefits , than many who enjoyed them , did not apply for relief . Con- tracting debts , is not unlike the man who goes to sea without a compass - he may steer clear of rocks , sand- bars , a lee shore , and ...
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... better prospect of success at the start , because he is much better stocked with common information , without which , a man is a poor helpless animal . ELOQUENCE . THAT I may not stand alone in my EDUCATION . 59.
... better prospect of success at the start , because he is much better stocked with common information , without which , a man is a poor helpless animal . ELOQUENCE . THAT I may not stand alone in my EDUCATION . 59.
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