The Moral Probe: Or, One Hundred and Two Essays on the Nature of Men and Things |
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Page 20
... render to Him that gratitude which is His due . Banish all in- ordinate desires after wealth - if you gain an abund- ance , be discreetly liberal - judiciously benevolent , and , if your children have arrived at their majority , die ...
... render to Him that gratitude which is His due . Banish all in- ordinate desires after wealth - if you gain an abund- ance , be discreetly liberal - judiciously benevolent , and , if your children have arrived at their majority , die ...
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... human breast , that imparts pleasure to its pos- sessor , and those who receive the benefits bestowed . It is of a modest and retiring nature , and renders its gifts more valuable , by the delicacy with which they 22 THE PROBE ,
... human breast , that imparts pleasure to its pos- sessor , and those who receive the benefits bestowed . It is of a modest and retiring nature , and renders its gifts more valuable , by the delicacy with which they 22 THE PROBE ,
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... rendered desperate , but has rarely softened a morose disposition . It has sometimes prostrated the energies of a child , but never gives them a healthy vigor . Too much pruning endangers a shrub , more than the shade of a dense forest ...
... rendered desperate , but has rarely softened a morose disposition . It has sometimes prostrated the energies of a child , but never gives them a healthy vigor . Too much pruning endangers a shrub , more than the shade of a dense forest ...
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... killing frost , the tender vine . Curiosity in chil- dren , is the grand lever of nature , to raise them from the quarry of ignorance , and needs the fulcrum of a patient teacher , to render it efficient . It is 5 CHILDREN . 33.
... killing frost , the tender vine . Curiosity in chil- dren , is the grand lever of nature , to raise them from the quarry of ignorance , and needs the fulcrum of a patient teacher , to render it efficient . It is 5 CHILDREN . 33.
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... render it efficient . It is the main- spring of improvement , and if suffered to rust from neglect , impairs the motion of the machinery of the mind . Indifference or rebuke , destroys its elasticity— to answer all inquiries , is to ...
... render it efficient . It is the main- spring of improvement , and if suffered to rust from neglect , impairs the motion of the machinery of the mind . Indifference or rebuke , destroys its elasticity— to answer all inquiries , is to ...
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