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... active scenes of the world , and from those vigorous exertions which dis- play to advantage the human abilities , they incline totally to exclude it . It may soothe the timid or the sad : But they consider it as having no connection ...
... active scenes of the world , and from those vigorous exertions which dis- play to advantage the human abilities , they incline totally to exclude it . It may soothe the timid or the sad : But they consider it as having no connection ...
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... active exertions are over ; and to the last stage of life he is followed by public esteem and respect . Whereas , if genuine worth be wanting , the applause which may have attended a man for a while , by degrees dies away . Though for a ...
... active exertions are over ; and to the last stage of life he is followed by public esteem and respect . Whereas , if genuine worth be wanting , the applause which may have attended a man for a while , by degrees dies away . Though for a ...
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... active virtue . On the contrary , the religious principle , rightly understood , not only unites with all such virtues , but supports , fortifies , and confirms them . It is so far from obscuring the lustre of a character , that it ...
... active virtue . On the contrary , the religious principle , rightly understood , not only unites with all such virtues , but supports , fortifies , and confirms them . It is so far from obscuring the lustre of a character , that it ...
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... active instinct . This self - love , if he had been a being who stood solitary and alone , might have proved sufficient for the purpose both of his preservation and his welfare . not the situation of man . among multitudes , of the same ...
... active instinct . This self - love , if he had been a being who stood solitary and alone , might have proved sufficient for the purpose both of his preservation and his welfare . not the situation of man . among multitudes , of the same ...
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... for wise pur- poscs , implanted in the human breast . It serves to give proper occupation to the active powers of the mind , and to quicken all its exertions , ; III . exertions . But it is too often 54 On the Improvement of Time .
... for wise pur- poscs , implanted in the human breast . It serves to give proper occupation to the active powers of the mind , and to quicken all its exertions , ; III . exertions . But it is too often 54 On the Improvement of Time .
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