The Moral Probe: Or, One Hundred and Two Essays on the Nature of Men and Things |
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38 41 42 47 48 • • • DEATH , our best friend DEBTS , credit system injurious .. DESPAIR , causes of .... DISCRETION , defined ...... DUELLING , a cowardly practice 52 54 56 58 EDUCATION , the kind most useful ELOQUENCE , artificial and ...
38 41 42 47 48 • • • DEATH , our best friend DEBTS , credit system injurious .. DESPAIR , causes of .... DISCRETION , defined ...... DUELLING , a cowardly practice 52 54 56 58 EDUCATION , the kind most useful ELOQUENCE , artificial and ...
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If all these should fail , he may throw himself into the arms of Mesmerism , triumph over all diseases , and attempt to deceive death , as the man in the fable did the bear , by pretending to be dead , as the only means of saving his ...
If all these should fail , he may throw himself into the arms of Mesmerism , triumph over all diseases , and attempt to deceive death , as the man in the fable did the bear , by pretending to be dead , as the only means of saving his ...
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So ended the onward and upward career of Napoleon_his life , a modern wonder - his fate , a fearful warning - his death , a scene of gloom . Power is gained as a means of enjoyment , but oftener than otherwise , is its fell destroyer .
So ended the onward and upward career of Napoleon_his life , a modern wonder - his fate , a fearful warning - his death , a scene of gloom . Power is gained as a means of enjoyment , but oftener than otherwise , is its fell destroyer .
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Life , to youth , is a fairy tale just opened ; to old age , a tale read through , ending in death . Be wise in time , that you may be happy in eternity . Happiness , like a snail , is never found from 3 B2 APOTHEGMS .
Life , to youth , is a fairy tale just opened ; to old age , a tale read through , ending in death . Be wise in time , that you may be happy in eternity . Happiness , like a snail , is never found from 3 B2 APOTHEGMS .
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Beauty belongs to youth , and dies with it , but the odour of piety survives death , and perfumes the tomb . Never be cast down by trifles . If a spider breaks his thread twenty times in a day , he patiently mends it each time .
Beauty belongs to youth , and dies with it , but the odour of piety survives death , and perfumes the tomb . Never be cast down by trifles . If a spider breaks his thread twenty times in a day , he patiently mends it each 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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