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... calculated to rouse the mental powers of my readers ; and induce them to examine ; impartially , faithfully , and minutely ; the vast circuit , the reaching powers , the lofty desires , and the native dignity of their immortal souls ...
... calculated to rouse the mental powers of my readers ; and induce them to examine ; impartially , faithfully , and minutely ; the vast circuit , the reaching powers , the lofty desires , and the native dignity of their immortal souls ...
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SOME conceited wights , who study party politics more than philosophy or ethics , call all the laudable desires of the human heart ... Lexicographers define ambition to be , an earnest desire of power , honour , preferment , pride .
SOME conceited wights , who study party politics more than philosophy or ethics , call all the laudable desires of the human heart ... Lexicographers define ambition to be , an earnest desire of power , honour , preferment , pride .
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Reader , if you desire peace of mind , shun ambition and the ambitious man . He will use you as some men do their horses , ride you all day without food , and give you post meat for supper . He will gladly make a bridge of you ...
Reader , if you desire peace of mind , shun ambition and the ambitious man . He will use you as some men do their horses , ride you all day without food , and give you post meat for supper . He will gladly make a bridge of you ...
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He is his own and the poor man's enemy , -- money is the tomb of all his passions and desires , -his mind is never expanded beyond the circumference of the almighty dollar . He thinks not of his immortal soul , his accountability to God ...
He is his own and the poor man's enemy , -- money is the tomb of all his passions and desires , -his mind is never expanded beyond the circumference of the almighty dollar . He thinks not of his immortal soul , his accountability to God ...
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mourning over some loss , which makes him miserable ; a restless mortal body , with an immortal soul , that requires something more than earth can give to satisfy its lofty desires ; the soul that hails death as the welcome messenger ...
mourning over some loss , which makes him miserable ; a restless mortal body , with an immortal soul , that requires something more than earth can give to satisfy its lofty desires ; the soul that hails death as the welcome messenger ...
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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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