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 ...The author, 1848 - 328 pages |
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... body killing literature ; with feelings of personal free- dom , peculiarly his own . He delights in the pros- perity of the city as his market place , acknowledges the usefulness of the mechanic , admires the enterprize of the ...
... body killing literature ; with feelings of personal free- dom , peculiarly his own . He delights in the pros- perity of the city as his market place , acknowledges the usefulness of the mechanic , admires the enterprize of the ...
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... body and soul , for time and eternity . Reader , if you desire peace of mind , shun ambition and the ambitious man . He will use you as some men do their horses , ride you all day without food , and give you post meat for supper . He ...
... body and soul , for time and eternity . Reader , if you desire peace of mind , shun ambition and the ambitious man . He will use you as some men do their horses , ride you all day without food , and give you post meat for supper . He ...
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... body , during his manhood , and the first welcome visit of his neighbours , both passive on his part , are at his funeral . If we would enjoy the comforts of life rationally , we must avoid the miseries of avarice , and the evils of ...
... body , during his manhood , and the first welcome visit of his neighbours , both passive on his part , are at his funeral . If we would enjoy the comforts of life rationally , we must avoid the miseries of avarice , and the evils of ...
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... body has mould- ered in the tomb over two hundred years , has lost none of its strong features by modern improvements in human society . Calumny is the same blighting Siroc- co , the same envenomed scorpion , the same damning miasma ...
... body has mould- ered in the tomb over two hundred years , has lost none of its strong features by modern improvements in human society . Calumny is the same blighting Siroc- co , the same envenomed scorpion , the same damning miasma ...
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... body without a 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 ...
... body without a 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 ...
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