The Moral Probe: Or, One Hundred and Two Essays on the Nature of Men and Things |
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... destroying worth , and immolating innocence . Lacon has justly remarked , " Calumny crosses oceans , scales mountains , and traverses deserts , with greater ease than the Scythian Abaris , and , like him , rides upon a poisoned arrow ...
... destroying worth , and immolating innocence . Lacon has justly remarked , " Calumny crosses oceans , scales mountains , and traverses deserts , with greater ease than the Scythian Abaris , and , like him , rides upon a poisoned arrow ...
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... destroying the former . Beware of par- tiality . It is an incubus upon good government , and is as quickly perceived , and more keenly felt by chil- dren , than by adults . If one child is less amiable , docile , and gifted , than ...
... destroying the former . Beware of par- tiality . It is an incubus upon good government , and is as quickly perceived , and more keenly felt by chil- dren , than by adults . If one child is less amiable , docile , and gifted , than ...
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... destroy it . To balance , properly , HOPE and FEAR , in children , is a matter of high importance , and of rare attain ment . Hope , without fear , engenders rashness - fear , without hope , destroys mental and physical energy . The ...
... destroy it . To balance , properly , HOPE and FEAR , in children , is a matter of high importance , and of rare attain ment . Hope , without fear , engenders rashness - fear , without hope , destroys mental and physical energy . The ...
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... destroy the repub- lican simplicity of '76 . Sectarianism , in matters of religion , has contributed to swell the upper current , and has often covered charity , humility , and forgiveness , with the waves of persecution and revenge ...
... destroy the repub- lican simplicity of '76 . Sectarianism , in matters of religion , has contributed to swell the upper current , and has often covered charity , humility , and forgiveness , with the waves of persecution and revenge ...
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... destroyed , than another is manufactured ; an increasing weight is put upon it ; presently , some of its links snap , another concussion is produced , and creates a new panic ; car after car rushes down the inclined plane of bankrupt ...
... destroyed , than another is manufactured ; an increasing weight is put upon it ; presently , some of its links snap , another concussion is produced , and creates a new panic ; car after car rushes down the inclined plane of bankrupt ...
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