The Moral Probe: Or, One Hundred and Two Essays on the Nature of Men and Things |
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Page iii
... human nature , and point the afflicted patient to a healing remedy . I have aimed to present simple axioms and short propositions , calculated to rouse the mental powers of my readers ; and induce them to ex- amine ; impartially ...
... human nature , and point the afflicted patient to a healing remedy . I have aimed to present simple axioms and short propositions , calculated to rouse the mental powers of my readers ; and induce them to ex- amine ; impartially ...
Page vii
... human nature ...... PILLOW , place for reflection ... PRESENCE OF MIND , advantages of PRESS , responsibility of editors .. ..... 167 169 171 172 .... 175 PROCRASTINATION , evils of ..... PROMISES , evils of breaking ... PRUDENCE ...
... human nature ...... PILLOW , place for reflection ... PRESENCE OF MIND , advantages of PRESS , responsibility of editors .. ..... 167 169 171 172 .... 175 PROCRASTINATION , evils of ..... PROMISES , evils of breaking ... PRUDENCE ...
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... human race . The patient can be accommodated with medicine , from the microscopic dose , to the pound or gallon . He may be par - boiled in the steam bath , or chilled with ice water ; he may be drenched with syrup , scoured with pills ...
... human race . The patient can be accommodated with medicine , from the microscopic dose , to the pound or gallon . He may be par - boiled in the steam bath , or chilled with ice water ; he may be drenched with syrup , scoured with pills ...
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... human heart , ambition , aiming to strip the monster of its deformity , that they may use it , as the livery of heaven to serve the devil in . The former are based on philanthropy , the latter , on selfishness . Lexicographers define ...
... human heart , ambition , aiming to strip the monster of its deformity , that they may use it , as the livery of heaven to serve the devil in . The former are based on philanthropy , the latter , on selfishness . Lexicographers define ...
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... human race - death ends his toils , and others reel off the glossy product of his labors . He is the father of more miseries than the prodigal - whilst he lives , he heaps them on himself and those around him . He is his own and the ...
... human race - death ends his toils , and others reel off the glossy product of his labors . He is the father of more miseries than the prodigal - whilst he lives , he heaps them on himself and those around him . He is his own and the ...
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