The Moral Probe: Or, One Hundred and Two Essays on the Nature of Men and Things |
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Page 18
... friends by prudence , deserve the esteem of all by goodness . The road ambition travels , is too narrow for friend- ship , too crooked for love , too rugged for honesty , too dark for science , and too hilly for happiness . Evil ...
... friends by prudence , deserve the esteem of all by goodness . The road ambition travels , is too narrow for friend- ship , too crooked for love , too rugged for honesty , too dark for science , and too hilly for happiness . Evil ...
Page 19
... friend . green flies of society . Sunshine friends are the Instruction by precept is tedious , by example , more effectual and short . Life consists not in mere existence , but in spending our time in doing good here , that we may be ...
... friend . green flies of society . Sunshine friends are the Instruction by precept is tedious , by example , more effectual and short . Life consists not in mere existence , but in spending our time in doing good here , that we may be ...
Page 20
... friendship , the delights of social intercourse , or the comforts of a good repast , unless the latter is got by invitation , when abroad . The first voluntary expenditure upon his body , during his manhood , and the first welcome visit ...
... friendship , the delights of social intercourse , or the comforts of a good repast , unless the latter is got by invitation , when abroad . The first voluntary expenditure upon his body , during his manhood , and the first welcome visit ...
Page 46
... friends . In short , vice and immorality , in all their deceptive forms , are combined to swell the upper current , and would gladly sink the under current of wisdom and virtue , below the reach of mind ; and waft the family of man , on ...
... friends . In short , vice and immorality , in all their deceptive forms , are combined to swell the upper current , and would gladly sink the under current of wisdom and virtue , below the reach of mind ; and waft the family of man , on ...
Page 47
... friend . We should all make the acquaintance of this , our final deliverer , volunta- rily and at once . Treat death as an enemy , and un- kindly leave him to force himself upon us at the last hour ! How cruel . Treat death as an enemy ...
... friend . We should all make the acquaintance of this , our final deliverer , volunta- rily and at once . Treat death as an enemy , and un- kindly leave him to force himself upon us at the last hour ! How cruel . Treat death as an enemy ...
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