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... prudence and indus- try , deservedly perpetuates the names of the great and good . We have a species of spurious fame , some call it glory , that either dies with the incumbent , or is ungrateful to the memory . Genuine fame is a better ...
... prudence and indus- try , deservedly perpetuates the names of the great and good . We have a species of spurious fame , some call it glory , that either dies with the incumbent , or is ungrateful to the memory . Genuine fame is a better ...
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... the heart . There are but few , if any , who have not sacrificed at its altar . It is the hot bed of human misery - the uncompromising foe of reason , wisdom , discretion , and prudence . INCONSISTENCY . 111 INCONSISTENCY, evils of.
... the heart . There are but few , if any , who have not sacrificed at its altar . It is the hot bed of human misery - the uncompromising foe of reason , wisdom , discretion , and prudence . INCONSISTENCY . 111 INCONSISTENCY, evils of.
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... prudence . Its at- tendants are ignorance , superstition , bigotry , fanaticism , faction ; and the rank and file of all the evil passions . Its first shout of victory grated harshly through the air , when the forbidden fruit was ...
... prudence . Its at- tendants are ignorance , superstition , bigotry , fanaticism , faction ; and the rank and file of all the evil passions . Its first shout of victory grated harshly through the air , when the forbidden fruit was ...
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... prudence , sound dis- cretion , and rigid justice to all . As they are now con- stituted , for one to correct the faults of the other , would be like Satan rebuking sin . There are good traits and good men in each party , but good men ...
... prudence , sound dis- cretion , and rigid justice to all . As they are now con- stituted , for one to correct the faults of the other , would be like Satan rebuking sin . There are good traits and good men in each party , but good men ...
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... prudence , check the onward career of PARTY SPIRIT , daily accumulating force in our midst , our country is doomed - our union dissolved our LIBERTY lost - our FREEDOM gone . PAUPERISM . THIS growing evil of our country , like 166 THE ...
... prudence , check the onward career of PARTY SPIRIT , daily accumulating force in our midst , our country is doomed - our union dissolved our LIBERTY lost - our FREEDOM gone . PAUPERISM . THIS growing evil of our country , like 166 THE ...
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