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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... duty to ad- vise , and then look to God for success . AGRICULTURE . WHAT I have said on this subject in a former publi- cation , I here repeat . Of all occupations , that of agriculture is best calculated to induce love of country , and ...
... duty to ad- vise , and then look to God for success . AGRICULTURE . WHAT I have said on this subject in a former publi- cation , I here repeat . Of all occupations , that of agriculture is best calculated to induce love of country , and ...
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... duties we owe to our God , ourselves , our families , our parents , our children , and our fellow men . It teaches us how to live and how to die . It points the finally impenitent to their awful doom - it arms the Christian in panoply ...
... duties we owe to our God , ourselves , our families , our parents , our children , and our fellow men . It teaches us how to live and how to die . It points the finally impenitent to their awful doom - it arms the Christian in panoply ...
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... duties of life , and derange the design of our crea- tion . Was this Heaven - born , soul - cheering principle , the mainspring of human action , the all pervading mo- tive - power , that impelled mankind in their onward course to ...
... duties of life , and derange the design of our crea- tion . Was this Heaven - born , soul - cheering principle , the mainspring of human action , the all pervading mo- tive - power , that impelled mankind in their onward course to ...
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... duty , imposed by her marriage vows . The father , if not trans- formed from a man to a brute , feels , more deeply , his obligations as a protector , and nobly discharges them . A social compact is thus formed , and becomes one of the ...
... duty , imposed by her marriage vows . The father , if not trans- formed from a man to a brute , feels , more deeply , his obligations as a protector , and nobly discharges them . A social compact is thus formed , and becomes one of the ...
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... duties of juve- nile government , which is the first and important duty in the nursery . Laws must be enacted - few in num- ber at the commencement - simple , plain , reasonable , and absolute . Too much governing and legislation ...
... duties of juve- nile government , which is the first and important duty in the nursery . Laws must be enacted - few in num- ber at the commencement - simple , plain , reasonable , and absolute . Too much governing and legislation ...
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