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Page 61
Rhetoric , as taught in our seminaries , and by itinerant elocutionists , is one thing
; genuine , heart - thrilling , soul - stirring eloquence , is a very different thing . The
one is like the rose in wax , without odor ; the other , like the rose on its native ...
Rhetoric , as taught in our seminaries , and by itinerant elocutionists , is one thing
; genuine , heart - thrilling , soul - stirring eloquence , is a very different thing . The
one is like the rose in wax , without odor ; the other , like the rose on its native ...
Page 99
The great secret of substantial happiness , consists in contentment , and a
constant communion with God , and a full reliance on him at all times . THE
HEART . They little know Man's heart , and the intenseness of its passions , Who
judge from ...
The great secret of substantial happiness , consists in contentment , and a
constant communion with God , and a full reliance on him at all times . THE
HEART . They little know Man's heart , and the intenseness of its passions , Who
judge from ...
Page 100
Anatomists suppose each ventricle of the heart to contain from one and a half to
two ounces of blood , and that the heart pulsates over four thousand times in an
hour , passing over four hundred pounds of blood every sixty minutes . Twenty ...
Anatomists suppose each ventricle of the heart to contain from one and a half to
two ounces of blood , and that the heart pulsates over four thousand times in an
hour , passing over four hundred pounds of blood every sixty minutes . Twenty ...
Page 101
More especially are we unwilling to discover and correct the bad qualities of our
hearts . If the heart has yielded to the control of the gross passions , we are too
apt to permit them to run riot , and lead the whole man astray . Instead of keeping
it ...
More especially are we unwilling to discover and correct the bad qualities of our
hearts . If the heart has yielded to the control of the gross passions , we are too
apt to permit them to run riot , and lead the whole man astray . Instead of keeping
it ...
Page 102
In judging from actions , men will vary in their opinions , as physiologists have in
the action of the material heart . The resistance to be overcome by each pulsation
of the heart , in forcing the blood from the ventricle into the aorta , has been ...
In judging from actions , men will vary in their opinions , as physiologists have in
the action of the material heart . The resistance to be overcome by each pulsation
of the heart , in forcing the blood from the ventricle into the aorta , has been ...
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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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