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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... PURE benevolence is one of those amiable qualities of the human breast , that imparts pleasure to its pos- sessor , and those who receive the benefits bestowed . It is of a modest and retiring nature , and renders its gifts more ...
... PURE benevolence is one of those amiable qualities of the human breast , that imparts pleasure to its pos- sessor , and those who receive the benefits bestowed . It is of a modest and retiring nature , and renders its gifts more ...
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... do not contrib- ute one cent , like too many who make pretensions to piety , but produce no more fruit than a hemlock tree , that has been seared with lightning . Pure benevolence , like the dew from heaven , falls BENEVOLENCE . 23.
... do not contrib- ute one cent , like too many who make pretensions to piety , but produce no more fruit than a hemlock tree , that has been seared with lightning . Pure benevolence , like the dew from heaven , falls BENEVOLENCE . 23.
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... Pure benevolence , like the dew from heaven , falls gently on the drooping flower , not at the blaze of noon - day , but in the stillness of night . Its refreshing and reviving effects are felt , seen , and admired — not the hand that ...
... Pure benevolence , like the dew from heaven , falls gently on the drooping flower , not at the blaze of noon - day , but in the stillness of night . Its refreshing and reviving effects are felt , seen , and admired — not the hand that ...
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... pure , simple , and short . Let the impenitent sinner turn from his sins at once no delay , life is uncertain and short . This night thy soul may be required - a notice dreadful and short . Let authors be clear , concise , pointed ...
... pure , simple , and short . Let the impenitent sinner turn from his sins at once no delay , life is uncertain and short . This night thy soul may be required - a notice dreadful and short . Let authors be clear , concise , pointed ...
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... 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 majesty of its native loveliness - -the victories of the cross would be ...
... 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 majesty of its native loveliness - -the victories of the cross would be ...
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