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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... CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES , WASHINGTON'S FAREWELL ADDRESS , AND A MINIATURE BIOGRAPHY OF WASHINGTON , THE SIGNERS , AND PATRICK HENRY . SECOND EDITION . NEW YORK : PUBLISHED BY THE AUTHOR . mmB . Entered according to Act of ...
... CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES , WASHINGTON'S FAREWELL ADDRESS , AND A MINIATURE BIOGRAPHY OF WASHINGTON , THE SIGNERS , AND PATRICK HENRY . SECOND EDITION . NEW YORK : PUBLISHED BY THE AUTHOR . mmB . Entered according to Act of ...
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... OF INDEPENDENCE ... CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES .. WASHINGTON'S FAREWELL ADDRESS .. MINIATURE BIOGRAPHY OF THE SIGNERS WASHINGTON , And Patrick Henry . 7 25 42 THE PROBE ADVICE . ADVICE , to prove beneficial , viii CONTENTS .
... OF INDEPENDENCE ... CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES .. WASHINGTON'S FAREWELL ADDRESS .. MINIATURE BIOGRAPHY OF THE SIGNERS WASHINGTON , And Patrick Henry . 7 25 42 THE PROBE ADVICE . ADVICE , to prove beneficial , viii CONTENTS .
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... constitution . It may be well to determine what are the inequali- ties of life , the removal of which would produce a better state of society . It is a proposition admitted by all , that happiness is the pursuit of man . It is a truth ...
... constitution . It may be well to determine what are the inequali- ties of life , the removal of which would produce a better state of society . It is a proposition admitted by all , that happiness is the pursuit of man . It is a truth ...
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... constitution and nature of man . If all these changes , and more than would answer in wooing time , are anticipated , as they are by some analyzing minds , their happiness will not be em- bittered by them when they come . must be the ...
... constitution and nature of man . If all these changes , and more than would answer in wooing time , are anticipated , as they are by some analyzing minds , their happiness will not be em- bittered by them when they come . must be the ...
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... constitutional with some , and greatly improved in others , by frequent and repeated exposure to danger . This is strongly exhibit- ed by our Aborigines , who are trained to perils from childhood . Long familiarity with persons and ...
... constitutional with some , and greatly improved in others , by frequent and repeated exposure to danger . This is strongly exhibit- ed by our Aborigines , who are trained to perils from childhood . Long familiarity with persons and ...
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Page 8 - ... 2. Immediately after they shall be assembled, in consequence of the first election, they shall be divided, as equally as may be, into three classes. The seats of the senators of the first class, shall be vacated at the expiration of the second year, of the second class...
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