The Moral Probe: Or One Hundred and Two Common Sense Essays on the Nature of Men and Things, Interspersed with Scraps of Science and History : with an Appendix ... |
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Page 67
... dangers of temptation - the proneness of human nature to turn from the highway that leads to pure happiness , and would make themselves ac- quainted with the inevitable results produced by fa- miliar causes - common sense , aside from ...
... dangers of temptation - the proneness of human nature to turn from the highway that leads to pure happiness , and would make themselves ac- quainted with the inevitable results produced by fa- miliar causes - common sense , aside from ...
Page 69
... danger , and are lost . Through all the multiform concerns of life , the hu- man family is constantly taking lessons in the school of experience , and paying dearly for them ; but obsti- nately refusing to profit by them . This fond ...
... danger , and are lost . Through all the multiform concerns of life , the hu- man family is constantly taking lessons in the school of experience , and paying dearly for them ; but obsti- nately refusing to profit by them . This fond ...
Page 90
... danger - reckless of consequences . To the fashionable of our country , who play cards and other games as an innocent amusement , we may trace the most aggravated injuries resulting from gam- bling . It is there that young men of ...
... danger - reckless of consequences . To the fashionable of our country , who play cards and other games as an innocent amusement , we may trace the most aggravated injuries resulting from gam- bling . It is there that young men of ...
Page 91
... dangerous to those few who have the means to sport in stocks , but , fortunately , the meshes of the net are so large , that the vast multitude of small fish are in no danger from this quarter . All the other seines will hold , even ...
... dangerous to those few who have the means to sport in stocks , but , fortunately , the meshes of the net are so large , that the vast multitude of small fish are in no danger from this quarter . All the other seines will hold , even ...
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... danger from internal foes , than from foreign enemies . If we would be truly great , we must be truly good . Virtue , wisdom , prudence , patriotism , and sterling integrity ; must actuate , guide , and fully control our leaders , and ...
... danger from internal foes , than from foreign enemies . If we would be truly great , we must be truly good . Virtue , wisdom , prudence , patriotism , and sterling integrity ; must actuate , guide , and fully control our leaders , and ...
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