The Moral Probe: Or, One Hundred and Two Essays on the Nature of Men and Things |
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... soul of wit , perhaps , because it has a short soul , floating in volatile spirits . In his last public speech , which I heard , the cele- brated Red Jacket remarked - My speeches have one good quality - THEY ARE SHORT . Dr. Cotton ...
... soul of wit , perhaps , because it has a short soul , floating in volatile spirits . In his last public speech , which I heard , the cele- brated Red Jacket remarked - My speeches have one good quality - THEY ARE SHORT . Dr. Cotton ...
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... soul may be required - a notice dreadful and short . Let authors be clear , concise , pointed , comprehen- sive , independent , and short . Pardon me for feeding you , my reader , with shorts . Graham bread is heal- thy , and often made ...
... soul may be required - a notice dreadful and short . Let authors be clear , concise , pointed , comprehen- sive , independent , and short . Pardon me for feeding you , my reader , with shorts . Graham bread is heal- thy , and often made ...
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... soul is too deeply stained for hell , and should be driven to that imaginary , elementless blank , beyond the confines of all worlds , shrouded in the darkness of nonentity , there to roam alone , through the ceaseless ages of eternity ...
... soul is too deeply stained for hell , and should be driven to that imaginary , elementless blank , beyond the confines of all worlds , shrouded in the darkness of nonentity , there to roam alone , through the ceaseless ages of eternity ...
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... soul - our friendships , shadows of a shadow - our alms , the offsprings of pride , or , what is more detest- able , the offerings of hypocrisy - our humanity , a mere iceberg on the ocean of time - we are unfit to discharge the duties ...
... soul - our friendships , shadows of a shadow - our alms , the offsprings of pride , or , what is more detest- able , the offerings of hypocrisy - our humanity , a mere iceberg on the ocean of time - we are unfit to discharge the duties ...
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... souls from perdition . CONDESCENSION . THIS is an amiable , and , discreetly used , an advan- tageous quality . I have somewhere read of two goats that met midway , on a narrow pass , over a deep gulf . Neither could turn round to go ...
... souls from perdition . CONDESCENSION . THIS is an amiable , and , discreetly used , an advan- tageous quality . I have somewhere read of two goats that met midway , on a narrow pass , over a deep gulf . Neither could turn round to go ...
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