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But its fiscal and commercial results would , perhaps , be of less importance than its moral effects . At present , a great part of the peasantry on our coasts , and , perhaps , nearly the " entire " of the " seven millions , " are more ...
But its fiscal and commercial results would , perhaps , be of less importance than its moral effects . At present , a great part of the peasantry on our coasts , and , perhaps , nearly the " entire " of the " seven millions , " are more ...
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May I deem myself right , then , in considering there are certain preachments and moral admonitions which , however hacknied , lose not their freshness , or their power of appealing to the human heart ?
May I deem myself right , then , in considering there are certain preachments and moral admonitions which , however hacknied , lose not their freshness , or their power of appealing to the human heart ?
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ON MORAL FICTIONS . MISS MARTINEAU'S ILLUSTRATIONS OF POLITICAL ECONOMY . THERE are two kinds of moral fictions - the one in which some decided end is inculcated ( the moral to the fable ) , as in certain of Miss Edgeworth's tales ...
ON MORAL FICTIONS . MISS MARTINEAU'S ILLUSTRATIONS OF POLITICAL ECONOMY . THERE are two kinds of moral fictions - the one in which some decided end is inculcated ( the moral to the fable ) , as in certain of Miss Edgeworth's tales ...
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