The Moral Probe: Or, One Hundred and Two Essays on the Nature of Men and Things |
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IDLENESS , leads to crime INCONSISTENCY , evils of .... INGRATITUDE , baseness of .. INEQUALITIES OF LIFE , Agrarianism examined . 108 109 111 119 121 124 JEALOUSY , produces misery ... JUDGMENT , to be cautiously exercised .
IDLENESS , leads to crime INCONSISTENCY , evils of .... INGRATITUDE , baseness of .. INEQUALITIES OF LIFE , Agrarianism examined . 108 109 111 119 121 124 JEALOUSY , produces misery ... JUDGMENT , to be cautiously exercised .
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It is less exposed to temptations , calculated to lead frail men from the paths of virtue . If multitudes , who are hard run to get bread , would leave our pent up cities , and occupy and improve the millions of fine land in our country ...
It is less exposed to temptations , calculated to lead frail men from the paths of virtue . If multitudes , who are hard run to get bread , would leave our pent up cities , and occupy and improve the millions of fine land in our country ...
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Indifference or rebuke , destroys its elasticityto answer all inquiries , is to lead the child up the hill of science , and prepare him for future usefulness . Impress , deeply , upon the minds of your children , the importance of ...
Indifference or rebuke , destroys its elasticityto answer all inquiries , is to lead the child up the hill of science , and prepare him for future usefulness . Impress , deeply , upon the minds of your children , the importance of ...
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Let us fasten the lead of reason , and buoy of Revelation to the line of consistency , and let our soundings be deep and often . > DEATH . > Death is the crown of life . Death wounds to cure ! we fall , we rise , we reign . — Young .
Let us fasten the lead of reason , and buoy of Revelation to the line of consistency , and let our soundings be deep and often . > DEATH . > Death is the crown of life . Death wounds to cure ! we fall , we rise , we reign . — Young .
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They both lead to destruction , and are deprecated by all good men . The one is a relic of the barbarous ages — the other is somewhat older , having first been imposed on old mother Eve , by the devil . That cool , deliberate murder ...
They both lead to destruction , and are deprecated by all good men . The one is a relic of the barbarous ages — the other is somewhat older , having first been imposed on old mother Eve , by the devil . That cool , deliberate murder ...
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