The World's Laconics: Or, The Best Thoughts of the Best AuthorsM. W.. Dodd, 1853 - 432 pages |
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... glory of a country ; but its real strength and stamina are to be looked for among the cultivators of the land . In their simplicity of life is found the simpleness of virtue - the integrity and courage of freedom . These true genuine ...
... glory of a country ; but its real strength and stamina are to be looked for among the cultivators of the land . In their simplicity of life is found the simpleness of virtue - the integrity and courage of freedom . These true genuine ...
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... glory and perfection of our natures , is the very principle and incentive of virtue ; but to be ambitious of titles , of place , of ceremonial respects and civil pageantry , is as vain and little as the things are which we court . — Sir ...
... glory and perfection of our natures , is the very principle and incentive of virtue ; but to be ambitious of titles , of place , of ceremonial respects and civil pageantry , is as vain and little as the things are which we court . — Sir ...
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... glory of the great Jehovah . - Hawes . • CHARACTER , HOW GAINED . - A good character is , in all cases , the fruit of personal exertion . It is not inherited from parents ; it is not created by external advantages ; it is no necessary ...
... glory of the great Jehovah . - Hawes . • CHARACTER , HOW GAINED . - A good character is , in all cases , the fruit of personal exertion . It is not inherited from parents ; it is not created by external advantages ; it is no necessary ...
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... glory which is to come . - Haller , ENTHUSIASM . — Truth is never to be expected from authors whose understandings are warped with enthusiasm for they judge all actions and their causes by their own perverse principles , and a crooked ...
... glory which is to come . - Haller , ENTHUSIASM . — Truth is never to be expected from authors whose understandings are warped with enthusiasm for they judge all actions and their causes by their own perverse principles , and a crooked ...
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... glory . Every man that hath this grace , is as certain there are glories for him , if he perseveres in duty , as if he had heard and sung the blessed thanksgiving song for the blessed sentence of doomsday . - Jeremy Taylor . FAITH ...
... glory . Every man that hath this grace , is as certain there are glories for him , if he perseveres in duty , as if he had heard and sung the blessed thanksgiving song for the blessed sentence of doomsday . - Jeremy Taylor . FAITH ...
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