The Moral Probe: Or, One Hundred and Two Essays on the Nature of Men and Things |
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The farmer stands upon a lofty eminence , and looks upon the bustle of cities , the intricacies of mechanism , the din of commerce , and brain confusing , body killing literature ; with feelings of personal freedom ...
The farmer stands upon a lofty eminence , and looks upon the bustle of cities , the intricacies of mechanism , the din of commerce , and brain confusing , body killing literature ; with feelings of personal freedom ...
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Its history is one of carnage and blood — it is the bane of substantial good it endangers body and soul , for time and eternity . Reader , if you desire peace of mind , shun ambition and the ambitious man . He will use you as some men ...
Its history is one of carnage and blood — it is the bane of substantial good it endangers body and soul , for time and eternity . Reader , if you desire peace of mind , shun ambition and the ambitious man . He will use you as some men ...
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The first voluntary expenditure upon his body , during his manhood , and the first welcome visit of his neighbours , both passive on his part , are at his ...
The first voluntary expenditure upon his body , during his manhood , and the first welcome visit of his neighbours , both passive on his part , are at his ...
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This picture of Shakespeare , whose body has mouldered in the tomb over two hundred years , has lost none of its strong features by modern improvements in human society . Calumny is the same blighting Sirocco , the same envenomed ...
This picture of Shakespeare , whose body has mouldered in the tomb over two hundred years , has lost none of its strong features by modern improvements in human society . Calumny is the same blighting Sirocco , the same envenomed ...
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... our religion is like a body without a soul - our friendships , shadows of a shadow - our alms , the offsprings of pride , or , what is more detestable , the offerings of hypocrisy — our humanity , a mere iceberg on the ocean of time ...
... our religion is like a body without a soul - our friendships , shadows of a shadow - our alms , the offsprings of pride , or , what is more detestable , the offerings of hypocrisy — our humanity , a mere iceberg on the ocean of time ...
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| Title | The Moral Probe: Or, One Hundred and Two Essays on the Nature of Men and Things |
| Author | Levi Carroll Judson |
| Edition | 2 |
| Publisher | L.C. Judson, 1849 |
| Original from | University of Chicago |
| Digitized | 19 Nov 2015 |
| Length | 336 pages |
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