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Page 43
The primary landmarks of common knowledge and common sense , are , in view
of many , lost , in the blaze of light , shed upon our country , by the luminaries of
newly invented systems of science . The under current of practical intelligence , fit
...
The primary landmarks of common knowledge and common sense , are , in view
of many , lost , in the blaze of light , shed upon our country , by the luminaries of
newly invented systems of science . The under current of practical intelligence , fit
...
Page 59
He may have a large fund of fine sense , but if he lacks common sense , he is like
a ship without a rudder . Let boys and girls be taught , first and last , all that is
necessary to prepare them for the common duties of life — if the classics and
polite ...
He may have a large fund of fine sense , but if he lacks common sense , he is like
a ship without a rudder . Let boys and girls be taught , first and last , all that is
necessary to prepare them for the common duties of life — if the classics and
polite ...
Page 74
They are rarely founded in reason , usually violate common sense , sometimes
common decency , and uniformly common comfort . FASHION , unlike Custom ,
never looks at the past , as a precedent for the present or future . She imposes ...
They are rarely founded in reason , usually violate common sense , sometimes
common decency , and uniformly common comfort . FASHION , unlike Custom ,
never looks at the past , as a precedent for the present or future . She imposes ...
Page 133
All nature struggling in the pangs of death ! Our God in grandeur , and a world on
fire !! " LABOR . The man and woman who is above labor , and despises the
laborer , show a want of common sense , and forget that every article that is used
, is ...
All nature struggling in the pangs of death ! Our God in grandeur , and a world on
fire !! " LABOR . The man and woman who is above labor , and despises the
laborer , show a want of common sense , and forget that every article that is used
, is ...
Page 254
Sense is our helmet - wit is but a plume ; The plume exposes — tis our helmet
saves . - Young , cases . GENUINE Wit may be compared to a kaleidoscope ;
every time it is shook , it presents new and beautiful figures . The latter please the
eye ...
Sense is our helmet - wit is but a plume ; The plume exposes — tis our helmet
saves . - Young , cases . GENUINE Wit may be compared to a kaleidoscope ;
every time it is shook , it presents new and beautiful figures . The latter please the
eye ...
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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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