The Moral Probe: Or, One Hundred and Two Essays on the Nature of Men and Things |
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... Happiness , like a snail , is never found from home , nor without a home . The rose is sweetest when it first opens ; the spike- nard root , when the herb dies . Beauty belongs to youth , and dies with it , but the odour of piety ...
... Happiness , like a snail , is never found from home , nor without a home . The rose is sweetest when it first opens ; the spike- nard root , when the herb dies . Beauty belongs to youth , and dies with it , but the odour of piety ...
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... happiness , reputation , and money may fall short . Let the prayers , exhortations , and admonitions of every Christian , be humble , meek , fervent , sincere , earnest , affectionate , and short . Let the sermons of ministers be ...
... happiness , reputation , and money may fall short . Let the prayers , exhortations , and admonitions of every Christian , be humble , meek , fervent , sincere , earnest , affectionate , and short . Let the sermons of ministers be ...
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... happiness , before unknown , would become the crowning glory of man . Pure and undefiled reli- gion would then be honored and glorified - primitive Christianity would stand forth , divested of the inven- tions of men , in all the ...
... happiness , before unknown , would become the crowning glory of man . Pure and undefiled reli- gion would then be honored and glorified - primitive Christianity would stand forth , divested of the inven- tions of men , in all the ...
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... happiness , and nothing refines this happiness so much , as a well regulated and skilfully cultivated juve- nile nursery . Here , the scion is reared that makes the tree - be it crooked or straight . As the mental powers of children are ...
... happiness , and nothing refines this happiness so much , as a well regulated and skilfully cultivated juve- nile nursery . Here , the scion is reared that makes the tree - be it crooked or straight . As the mental powers of children are ...
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... happiness would be promoted , and social order advanced . In the domestic circle , obstinacy , and a want of mutual confidence , do much mischief . Instead of ad- vising with each other , and profiting by mutual coun- sel , husbands and ...
... happiness would be promoted , and social order advanced . In the domestic circle , obstinacy , and a want of mutual confidence , do much mischief . Instead of ad- vising with each other , and profiting by mutual coun- sel , husbands and ...
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