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GOVERNMENT . VIRTUE affords the only safe foundation for a peaceful , happy ,
and prosperous government . When the wicked rule , the nation mourns . Not that
rulers must necessarily profess religion , by being members of some Christian ...
GOVERNMENT . VIRTUE affords the only safe foundation for a peaceful , happy ,
and prosperous government . When the wicked rule , the nation mourns . Not that
rulers must necessarily profess religion , by being members of some Christian ...
Page 177
Our bond of union has been put at issue by demagogues — the virtue and
intelligence of the people at large , can alone preserve it . A little more steam
upon the locomotive of DIVISION-a little more fuel from the north , and fire from
the south ...
Our bond of union has been put at issue by demagogues — the virtue and
intelligence of the people at large , can alone preserve it . A little more steam
upon the locomotive of DIVISION-a little more fuel from the north , and fire from
the south ...
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Montesquieu truly observed , “ The safety of a State depends on the virtue of
Women , ” and I will add , the virtue of Women depends on their being properly
treated by men . By elevating them in the scale of being and intelligence , their
virtue is ...
Montesquieu truly observed , “ The safety of a State depends on the virtue of
Women , ” and I will add , the virtue of Women depends on their being properly
treated by men . By elevating them in the scale of being and intelligence , their
virtue is ...
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See the gay multitudes putting to sea in their light canoes of fashionthey are
tossed to and fro , like squirrels on a strip of bark ; and sometimes are driven back
on shore , and apply to Virtue and Wisdom , to construct them something more ...
See the gay multitudes putting to sea in their light canoes of fashionthey are
tossed to and fro , like squirrels on a strip of bark ; and sometimes are driven back
on shore , and apply to Virtue and Wisdom , to construct them something more ...
Page 270
ZENO , the great philosopher , born at Cyprus , considered silence one of the
cardinal virtues . In a qua fied sense this is true . It would be a virtue in those who
never say a good thing , to be silent . It would be well to observe silence , rather ...
ZENO , the great philosopher , born at Cyprus , considered silence one of the
cardinal virtues . In a qua fied sense this is true . It would be a virtue in those who
never say a good thing , to be silent . It would be well to observe silence , rather ...
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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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