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... lost . It is that undying worm , that unquenchable fire , so graphically described in Holy Writ . Reader , if you desire an insurance against the iron grasp of despair , you can obtain it without money and without price , by applying to ...
... lost . It is that undying worm , that unquenchable fire , so graphically described in Holy Writ . Reader , if you desire an insurance against the iron grasp of despair , you can obtain it without money and without price , by applying to ...
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... lost their power ; rhetoric is vain , and all elaborate oratory contemptible . Then , even genius feels rebuked and subdued , as if in the pre- sence of higher qualities . Then , patriotism is eloquent ; then , self devotion is eloquent ...
... lost their power ; rhetoric is vain , and all elaborate oratory contemptible . Then , even genius feels rebuked and subdued , as if in the pre- sence of higher qualities . Then , patriotism is eloquent ; then , self devotion is eloquent ...
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... lost in the opinion of the world . " Washington fre- quently observed , towards the close of life , that he would not repass it , were it in his power to do so . The happiness of a contented hod carrier , far sur- passes that of the ...
... lost in the opinion of the world . " Washington fre- quently observed , towards the close of life , that he would not repass it , were it in his power to do so . The happiness of a contented hod carrier , far sur- passes that of the ...
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... 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 mother may warn ...
... 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 mother may warn ...
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... lost none of its original features . The Turk would consider the sacred cities of Mecca and Medina polluted , was a Christian to step his foot in either . The Tartar be- lieves the lama to be immortal , and to eat certain parts of him ...
... lost none of its original features . The Turk would consider the sacred cities of Mecca and Medina polluted , was a Christian to step his foot in either . The Tartar be- lieves the lama to be immortal , and to eat certain parts of him ...
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