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Page 68
... better that there should be no intercourse than that which makes trouble . The stringent exercise of these rules proceeds from the er- roneous and mistaken delusion that the standard of our merits is above that of others . Where there ...
... better that there should be no intercourse than that which makes trouble . The stringent exercise of these rules proceeds from the er- roneous and mistaken delusion that the standard of our merits is above that of others . Where there ...
Page 70
... better and improve our condition , it is as legitimate and laudable as to use harmless and lawful means to attract the public patronage to our occupations and pursuits . The careful and skillful employment of these judicious pre ...
... better and improve our condition , it is as legitimate and laudable as to use harmless and lawful means to attract the public patronage to our occupations and pursuits . The careful and skillful employment of these judicious pre ...
Page 85
... better schools and turn out more learned men , make wiser laws , and administer justice better , more quickly and quietly , than these things are now done by this noisy scrambling public ; would it not be an obvious saving to make a ...
... better schools and turn out more learned men , make wiser laws , and administer justice better , more quickly and quietly , than these things are now done by this noisy scrambling public ; would it not be an obvious saving to make a ...
Page 92
... better and prettier than their own things . We are also prone to imagine the pursuits of others prefer- able to ours . The laborer , mechanic , shopkeeper , and farmer fancies how superior to his are the occupations of professional life ...
... better and prettier than their own things . We are also prone to imagine the pursuits of others prefer- able to ours . The laborer , mechanic , shopkeeper , and farmer fancies how superior to his are the occupations of professional life ...
Page 98
... better than themselves , those whom they are by the laws of nature bound to relieve and help , as much as in them lies ; they will let them caterwaul , starve , beg , and hang , before they will anyways ( though it be in their power ) ...
... better than themselves , those whom they are by the laws of nature bound to relieve and help , as much as in them lies ; they will let them caterwaul , starve , beg , and hang , before they will anyways ( though it be in their power ) ...
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