The Genius and Design of the Domestic Constitution, with Its Untransferable Obligations and Peculiar Advantages |
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Page vii
... human society , tell us that analogy has much in store for man ; because , though it is not infallible , it is that powerful engine or telescope of the mind , by which it is marvellously assisted in the discovery of both physical and ...
... human society , tell us that analogy has much in store for man ; because , though it is not infallible , it is that powerful engine or telescope of the mind , by which it is marvellously assisted in the discovery of both physical and ...
Page viii
... human vanity , and conducive to the comfort or convenience of this transitory life only . Morals , if they deserve the name , carry us above the starry firmament , and point beyond the grave ; and in morals , since man has thrown off ...
... human vanity , and conducive to the comfort or convenience of this transitory life only . Morals , if they deserve the name , carry us above the starry firmament , and point beyond the grave ; and in morals , since man has thrown off ...
Page ix
... human sagacity , it is not in me ; for , after all , perhaps he may find it within the narrow compass of a single human dwelling , where the Parent has lived from the beginning . And what if this parent idea should have been unfolded ...
... human sagacity , it is not in me ; for , after all , perhaps he may find it within the narrow compass of a single human dwelling , where the Parent has lived from the beginning . And what if this parent idea should have been unfolded ...
Page x
... human society , which no human legislation can supply , and for which human sagacity , at its full stretch , can devise no expedient , are , in such a case , loosened . What then , though every thing which can more speedily enlighten ...
... human society , which no human legislation can supply , and for which human sagacity , at its full stretch , can devise no expedient , are , in such a case , loosened . What then , though every thing which can more speedily enlighten ...
Page xi
... human things , from good to ill , From ill to worse , is fatal , never fails . Increase of power begets increase of wealth ; Wealth luxury , and luxury excess : Excess , the scrofulous and itchy plague That seizes first the opulent ...
... human things , from good to ill , From ill to worse , is fatal , never fails . Increase of power begets increase of wealth ; Wealth luxury , and luxury excess : Excess , the scrofulous and itchy plague That seizes first the opulent ...
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