The Moral Probe: Or, One Hundred and Two Essays on the Nature of Men and Things |
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... indulgence gives it a mastery over us - it then becomes a con- firmed disease , and calls for our pity . It is one of ... indulge this inflamma- ble , explosive propensity - the treatment of the disease is my object . The patient who has ...
... indulgence gives it a mastery over us - it then becomes a con- firmed disease , and calls for our pity . It is one of ... indulge this inflamma- ble , explosive propensity - the treatment of the disease is my object . The patient who has ...
Page 17
... indulges it , views , with deep regret , the desolations produced by a summer storm of pas- sion . Friendship , domestic happiness , self - respect , the esteem of others , and sometimes property ; are swept away by a whirlwind ...
... indulges it , views , with deep regret , the desolations produced by a summer storm of pas- sion . Friendship , domestic happiness , self - respect , the esteem of others , and sometimes property ; are swept away by a whirlwind ...
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... indulged by the parents , but this feeling should be judiciously suppress- ed , at least , until the children arrive ... indulgence , may contract a habit , lasting as life . An infant may be fed on food , poisoned with alcoholic liquors ...
... indulged by the parents , but this feeling should be judiciously suppress- ed , at least , until the children arrive ... indulgence , may contract a habit , lasting as life . An infant may be fed on food , poisoned with alcoholic liquors ...
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... indulges in wrongs , for which it would punish the lesser . Parents and teachers , before they are prepared to ... indulgence one day , and chilling severity the next , will soon cause a vibration in the best balanced mind of a child ...
... indulges in wrongs , for which it would punish the lesser . Parents and teachers , before they are prepared to ... indulgence one day , and chilling severity the next , will soon cause a vibration in the best balanced mind of a child ...
Page 49
... of this tax , and both contribute large sums to indulge those who cannot , and , what is worse , those who never intended to pay ; thus encouraging fraud , sometimes subsequent , but often original in its con ception 7 E DEBTS . 49.
... of this tax , and both contribute large sums to indulge those who cannot , and , what is worse , those who never intended to pay ; thus encouraging fraud , sometimes subsequent , but often original in its con ception 7 E DEBTS . 49.
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