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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... never expanded beyond the circumference of the al- mighty dollar . He thinks not of his immortal soul , his accountability to God , or of his final destiny . He covets the wealth of others , revels in extortion , stops at nothing to ...
... never expanded beyond the circumference of the al- mighty dollar . He thinks not of his immortal soul , his accountability to God , or of his final destiny . He covets the wealth of others , revels in extortion , stops at nothing to ...
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... never refuse to place their names very conspicu- ously upon paper subscriptions , especially if those sub- scriptions are to be published in some newspaper or printed document . They are like dorsiferous plants , that bear their seeds ...
... never refuse to place their names very conspicu- ously upon paper subscriptions , especially if those sub- scriptions are to be published in some newspaper or printed document . They are like dorsiferous plants , that bear their seeds ...
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... never opens , but seeks to heal the wounds inflicted by misfortune - it never harrows up , but strives to calm the troubled mind . Like their Lord and Master , the truly benevolent man and woman , go about doing good for the sake of ...
... never opens , but seeks to heal the wounds inflicted by misfortune - it never harrows up , but strives to calm the troubled mind . Like their Lord and Master , the truly benevolent man and woman , go about doing good for the sake of ...
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... never calumniate the name of another - sooner plunge a dagger through his or her heart . So deep does the calumniator sink in the murky waters of deg radation and infamy , that , could an angel apply an Archimedean moral lever to him ...
... never calumniate the name of another - sooner plunge a dagger through his or her heart . So deep does the calumniator sink in the murky waters of deg radation and infamy , that , could an angel apply an Archimedean moral lever to him ...
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... never - displeasure and tender regret , whenever the child violates any known rule of discipline . Rare and perverse is the disposition , that requires the rod , Solomon to the con- trary , notwithstanding . Obedience , based on fear ...
... never - displeasure and tender regret , whenever the child violates any known rule of discipline . Rare and perverse is the disposition , that requires the rod , Solomon to the con- trary , notwithstanding . Obedience , based on fear ...
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