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 75
... kind of re- muneration rather paradoxical , but most graciously received . Semblance and shade are among her attri- butes . It is of more importance for her worshippers to appear happy , than to be so . She makes Folly originator and ...
... kind of re- muneration rather paradoxical , but most graciously received . Semblance and shade are among her attri- butes . It is of more importance for her worshippers to appear happy , than to be so . She makes Folly originator and ...
Page 100
... kind of hearts , we have three kinds of men in community - those with good hearts , those with bad ones , and those without hearts . With all the multifarious machinery of the physical heart , its intri- cacies bear no comparison with ...
... kind of hearts , we have three kinds of men in community - those with good hearts , those with bad ones , and those without hearts . With all the multifarious machinery of the physical heart , its intri- cacies bear no comparison with ...
Page 105
... kind , that would disgrace a savage , and forfeit his case . Charity and forgiveness are paralyzed by cold - hearted selfishness , and the victim is sacrificed in the house of his professed friends . HONOR . AN attempt to define this ...
... kind , that would disgrace a savage , and forfeit his case . Charity and forgiveness are paralyzed by cold - hearted selfishness , and the victim is sacrificed in the house of his professed friends . HONOR . AN attempt to define this ...
Page 107
... kind of honor , like our gold coin , made under the law , is nearest the Simon Pure , and , like that , is small in quantity , compared with the man- ufactured , soulless paper of our country , and as hard to be obtained . Fame , like ...
... kind of honor , like our gold coin , made under the law , is nearest the Simon Pure , and , like that , is small in quantity , compared with the man- ufactured , soulless paper of our country , and as hard to be obtained . Fame , like ...
Page 128
... kind , fit for every - day use . So numerous have the manufactures become , and so much are the prices reduced , that by far the greatest numbers of the community have ceased to use home- made articles , and have put the machinery of ...
... kind , fit for every - day use . So numerous have the manufactures become , and so much are the prices reduced , that by far the greatest numbers of the community have ceased to use home- made articles , and have put the machinery of ...
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