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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Page vii
... evil consequences of 199 217 .... SCANDAL , mischiefs of .. SCORN , offal of pride ... SELFISHNESS , miseries of .... SPECTACLES , with false lens 220 223 224 227 SUNDAY , advantages of SUSPICION , evils of ..... TONGUE CONTENTS . vii.
... evil consequences of 199 217 .... SCANDAL , mischiefs of .. SCORN , offal of pride ... SELFISHNESS , miseries of .... SPECTACLES , with false lens 220 223 224 227 SUNDAY , advantages of SUSPICION , evils of ..... TONGUE CONTENTS . vii.
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... Evil thoughts are dangerous enemies , and should be repulsed at the threshold of our minds . Fill the head and heart with good thoughts , that there be no room for bad ones . Drinking water , neither makes a man sick nor in debt , or ...
... Evil thoughts are dangerous enemies , and should be repulsed at the threshold of our minds . Fill the head and heart with good thoughts , that there be no room for bad ones . Drinking water , neither makes a man sick nor in debt , or ...
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... evil . Some parents and teachers injure their children and pupils , by blunting their sense of shame , a power- ful principle of human nature , that requires the most delicate and skilful hand to manage it to advantage . It is the hair ...
... evil . Some parents and teachers injure their children and pupils , by blunting their sense of shame , a power- ful principle of human nature , that requires the most delicate and skilful hand to manage it to advantage . It is the hair ...
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... evil because it is sin , and to do right for the sake of righteousness . Such hope is not sel- fish such fear is not slavish . Let them have a reason- able share of rational , innocent , and healthful recrea- tion , and a fixed time for ...
... evil because it is sin , and to do right for the sake of righteousness . Such hope is not sel- fish such fear is not slavish . Let them have a reason- able share of rational , innocent , and healthful recrea- tion , and a fixed time for ...
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... evil to your fellow men , and BE CONSISTENT TO THE LAST . CONTENTMENT . ' Tis better to be lowly born And range with humble livers in content , Than to be perk'd up in a glistening grief , And wear a golden sorrow . - Shakespeare ...
... evil to your fellow men , and BE CONSISTENT TO THE LAST . CONTENTMENT . ' Tis better to be lowly born And range with humble livers in content , Than to be perk'd up in a glistening grief , And wear a golden sorrow . - Shakespeare ...
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