The Moral Probe: Or, One Hundred and Two Essays on the Nature of Men and Things |
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... passions of the man . It is the grand centre around which they move , with centripetal force . Its history is one of carnage and blood - it is the bane of substantial good- it endangers body and soul , for time and eternity . Reader ...
... passions of the man . It is the grand centre around which they move , with centripetal force . Its history is one of carnage and blood - it is the bane of substantial good- it endangers body and soul , for time and eternity . Reader ...
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... passion may cause you to mourn long and bitterly . Govern your passions , or they will govern you . Conquer your enemies by kindness , pre- serve your friends by prudence , deserve the esteem of all by goodness . The road ambition ...
... passion may cause you to mourn long and bitterly . Govern your passions , or they will govern you . Conquer your enemies by kindness , pre- serve your friends by prudence , deserve the esteem of all by goodness . The road ambition ...
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... passions and desires , —his mind is never expanded beyond the circumference of the al- mighty dollar . He thinks not ... passion , that will not endanger his dear idol . He is an Ishmael in com- munity , he passes to the grave without ...
... passions and desires , —his mind is never expanded beyond the circumference of the al- mighty dollar . He thinks not ... passion , that will not endanger his dear idol . He is an Ishmael in com- munity , he passes to the grave without ...
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... passion's way , My moon by night - my sun by day . — Milman . THE highest eulogy we can pronounce upon this book of all books , is , to take it for the man of our counsel , and the polar star of our lives - not merely to admit and laud ...
... passion's way , My moon by night - my sun by day . — Milman . THE highest eulogy we can pronounce upon this book of all books , is , to take it for the man of our counsel , and the polar star of our lives - not merely to admit and laud ...
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... passions - envy , —which makes the latter worse and the former miserable . The merits of the favorite may justify the feelings of preference , indulged by the parents , but this feeling should be judiciously suppress- ed , at least ...
... passions - envy , —which makes the latter worse and the former miserable . The merits of the favorite may justify the feelings of preference , indulged by the parents , but this feeling should be judiciously suppress- ed , at least ...
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