The Moral Probe: Or, One Hundred and Two Essays on the Nature of Men and Things |
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My object has been , to probe the festering wounds of 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 ...
My object has been , to probe the festering wounds of 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 ...
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PERSPECTIVE , a glance at human nature PILLOW , place for reflection ..... PRESENCE OF MIND , advantages of Press , responsibility of editors .. PROCRASTINATION , evils of . PROMISES , evils of breaking ... PRUDENCE , defined .
PERSPECTIVE , a glance at human nature PILLOW , place for reflection ..... PRESENCE OF MIND , advantages of Press , responsibility of editors .. PROCRASTINATION , evils of . PROMISES , evils of breaking ... PRUDENCE , defined .
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... that would amaze Æsculapius , are proclaimed to the wide world by trumpet - tongued newspapers , each of which is a certain cure for all the diseases flesh is heir to , and promises to restore the Methuselah age to the human race .
... that would amaze Æsculapius , are proclaimed to the wide world by trumpet - tongued newspapers , each of which is a certain cure for all the diseases flesh is heir to , and promises to restore the Methuselah age to the human race .
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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 , ambition , aiming to strip the monster of its deformity , that they may use it , as the livery of ...
SOME conceited wights , who study party politics more than philosophy or ethics , call all the laudable desires of the human heart , ambition , aiming to strip the monster of its deformity , that they may use it , as the livery of ...
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He is the cocoon of 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 the cocoon of 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 .
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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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