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 51
... 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.
... 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.
Page 66
... ruin - an end that no man aims at , when he spreads his sails to the breeze of time , and embarks on the ocean of life . Had he paused - become acquainted with himself , and weighed results - he might have seen the end , and avoided ...
... ruin - an end that no man aims at , when he spreads his sails to the breeze of time , and embarks on the ocean of life . Had he paused - become acquainted with himself , and weighed results - he might have seen the end , and avoided ...
Page 69
... ruined adventurers ; yet other multitudes follow in their wakes , regardless of the les- sons of experience , posted up in hand bills by the con- stable , sheriff , and auctioneer ; at every corner , in glaring capitals . A thirst for ...
... ruined adventurers ; yet other multitudes follow in their wakes , regardless of the les- sons of experience , posted up in hand bills by the con- stable , sheriff , and auctioneer ; at every corner , in glaring capitals . A thirst for ...
Page 70
... ruin , wealth , health , reputation , and all the sources of human hap- piness , and endanger , perhaps may ruin , the soul . - Do you ask the remedy ! -RELIGION . FAME AND GLORY . Though fame is smoke , Its fumes are frankincense to ...
... ruin , wealth , health , reputation , and all the sources of human hap- piness , and endanger , perhaps may ruin , the soul . - Do you ask the remedy ! -RELIGION . FAME AND GLORY . Though fame is smoke , Its fumes are frankincense to ...
Page 79
... ruin of the army and the downfall of Bonaparte . Thirty thousand sick and wounded perished in the flames . At Brest , in France , on the 4th of December , 1776 , the marine hospital was consumed , with a large num- ber of sick persons ...
... ruin of the army and the downfall of Bonaparte . Thirty thousand sick and wounded perished in the flames . At Brest , in France , on the 4th of December , 1776 , the marine hospital was consumed , with a large num- ber of sick persons ...
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