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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Page 37
... peace 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 ...
... peace 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 ...
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... peace . Let us all , in matters of domestic , political , moral , and religious economy ; beware of the upper current . Let us fasten the lead of reason , and buoy of Revelation to the line of consistency , and let our soundings be deep ...
... peace . Let us all , in matters of domestic , political , moral , and religious economy ; beware of the upper current . Let us fasten the lead of reason , and buoy of Revelation to the line of consistency , and let our soundings be deep ...
Page 51
... - tress and ruin at each periodical return . Owe no man , is an injunction of Holy Writ , and , if not obeyed , like the violation of the other injunctions radiating from that polar star to guide man to happiness and peace DEBTS . 51.
... - tress and ruin at each periodical return . Owe no man , is an injunction of Holy Writ , and , if not obeyed , like the violation of the other injunctions radiating from that polar star to guide man to happiness and peace DEBTS . 51.
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... peace ; the other can ride upon the whirlwind , direct the tornado , and rule the storm . EMINENCE . MEN who anticipate the enjoyment of happiness from great eminence in any thing this world can bestow , are doomed to disappointment ...
... peace ; the other can ride upon the whirlwind , direct the tornado , and rule the storm . EMINENCE . MEN who anticipate the enjoyment of happiness from great eminence in any thing this world can bestow , are doomed to disappointment ...
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... peaceful retirement , amidst the domestic and social circle , she delights to take up her abode . With competence , she best associates , but smiles more propitiously on virtuous poverty , than on the pomp and show of wealth and high ...
... peaceful retirement , amidst the domestic and social circle , she delights to take up her abode . With competence , she best associates , but smiles more propitiously on virtuous poverty , than on the pomp and show of wealth and high ...
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