World's Laconics Being Choice Thoughts of Best Authors in Prose and PoetryDodd, 1871 - 432 pages |
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... appear to be ; and if we observe , we shall find , that all humane vir- tues increase and strengthen themselves , by the practice and experience of them . - Socrates . ARGUMENT . - Argument , as usually managed , is the worst sort of ...
... appear to be ; and if we observe , we shall find , that all humane vir- tues increase and strengthen themselves , by the practice and experience of them . - Socrates . ARGUMENT . - Argument , as usually managed , is the worst sort of ...
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... appear well , but are fruitless ; so rich persons have the means to be gen- erous , yet some are not so , but they should consider they are only trustees for what they possess , and should show their wealth to be more in doing good ...
... appear well , but are fruitless ; so rich persons have the means to be gen- erous , yet some are not so , but they should consider they are only trustees for what they possess , and should show their wealth to be more in doing good ...
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... way . Every fear and hope will forward it ; and then they who persist in opposing this mighty current in human affairs , will appear rather to 12 . 2 d + resist the decrees of Providence itself , than the mere 36 THE WORLD'S LACONICS .
... way . Every fear and hope will forward it ; and then they who persist in opposing this mighty current in human affairs , will appear rather to 12 . 2 d + resist the decrees of Providence itself , than the mere 36 THE WORLD'S LACONICS .
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... appear as white as before . One wrong step often stains the character for life . It is much easier to form a good character at first , than it is to do it after we have acquired a bad one ; to preserve the character pure , than to ...
... appear as white as before . One wrong step often stains the character for life . It is much easier to form a good character at first , than it is to do it after we have acquired a bad one ; to preserve the character pure , than to ...
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... appears in its power , it is when it erects its trophies upon the tomb ; when it takes up its votaries where the world leaves them ; and fills the breast with immortal hope in dying moments . - R . Hall . CHRISTIAN , THE REAL ONE . - No ...
... appears in its power , it is when it erects its trophies upon the tomb ; when it takes up its votaries where the world leaves them ; and fills the breast with immortal hope in dying moments . - R . Hall . CHRISTIAN , THE REAL ONE . - No ...
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