Elements of Moral Science: 2, Volumes 1-2W. Creech, 1807 - 416 pages |
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... matter of very great importance ; being , indeed , the ground - work , not only of all decency and domestic virtue , but of all good government and regular society . Were we to hear of a nation in which there is no such thing as ...
... matter of very great importance ; being , indeed , the ground - work , not only of all decency and domestic virtue , but of all good government and regular society . Were we to hear of a nation in which there is no such thing as ...
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... matter , will depend on human laws . That the matrimonial union should be for , life , appears from the very nature of friendship , which men never enter into with a view that it shall last only for a limited time . And the education of ...
... matter , will depend on human laws . That the matrimonial union should be for , life , appears from the very nature of friendship , which men never enter into with a view that it shall last only for a limited time . And the education of ...
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... marriages within what is called the fourth degree : but their way of considering this matter is not the same with ours ; for cousins - german , or even se- cond cousins , of the Romish religion , cannot mar- ELEMENTS OF PART II .
... marriages within what is called the fourth degree : but their way of considering this matter is not the same with ours ; for cousins - german , or even se- cond cousins , of the Romish religion , cannot mar- ELEMENTS OF PART II .
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... matter on positive laws , than to attempt to settle it by general reasoning . That men should not be allowed to marry very near relations , an- swers many excellent purposes , and this in par- ticular , ( for the rest I do not care to ...
... matter on positive laws , than to attempt to settle it by general reasoning . That men should not be allowed to marry very near relations , an- swers many excellent purposes , and this in par- ticular , ( for the rest I do not care to ...
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... matter abstractly , we should say , that in the management of a family , that person ought to be superior , who has most prudence and virtue . But the exact degree of virtue and pru- dence it might be difficult to ascertain ; and con ...
... matter abstractly , we should say , that in the management of a family , that person ought to be superior , who has most prudence and virtue . But the exact degree of virtue and pru- dence it might be difficult to ascertain ; and con ...
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