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... minds of its numerous in- habitants . Your conduct has proved your conviction , that , in order to promote virtue and multiply the sources of social bliss , wise magistrates will direct the people to laudable pursuits , and impressing ...
... minds of its numerous in- habitants . Your conduct has proved your conviction , that , in order to promote virtue and multiply the sources of social bliss , wise magistrates will direct the people to laudable pursuits , and impressing ...
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... mind's eye is bereft of distinct vision . But reason , pausing and collecting her powers , raises a great preli ... minds disdain to tell their own good deeds : it seems , moreover , to those who have managed public business , almost ...
... mind's eye is bereft of distinct vision . But reason , pausing and collecting her powers , raises a great preli ... minds disdain to tell their own good deeds : it seems , moreover , to those who have managed public business , almost ...
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... mind , and instead of pu- rifying , corrupt the heart . Neither is it certain that wholesome nourishment will always be extracted even from truth . Like other food , it may be so mixed and manipulated as to nauseate , or so seasoned as ...
... mind , and instead of pu- rifying , corrupt the heart . Neither is it certain that wholesome nourishment will always be extracted even from truth . Like other food , it may be so mixed and manipulated as to nauseate , or so seasoned as ...
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... mind em- braced all science . With a rare power of intuition , he not only pointed out the means by which knowledge might be enlarged , but seems to have perceived the re- mote bound to which it could extend . And yet that wonderful man ...
... mind em- braced all science . With a rare power of intuition , he not only pointed out the means by which knowledge might be enlarged , but seems to have perceived the re- mote bound to which it could extend . And yet that wonderful man ...
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... mind re- coils with horror from the scene of carnage and devas- tation with which the mighty drama of American his- tory opens . The genius and power of civilized man have scarce ever been displayed to his weaker and un- taught brethren ...
... mind re- coils with horror from the scene of carnage and devas- tation with which the mighty drama of American his- tory opens . The genius and power of civilized man have scarce ever been displayed to his weaker and un- taught brethren ...
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