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... live ; and to contempt and disgrace , none are insensible . Among the advantages which attend re- ligion and virtue , the honour which they confer on man is frequently mentioned in Scripture as one of the most considerable . Wisdom is ...
... live ; and to contempt and disgrace , none are insensible . Among the advantages which attend re- ligion and virtue , the honour which they confer on man is frequently mentioned in Scripture as one of the most considerable . Wisdom is ...
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... lives in the remembrance of succeeding generations . It is their union which forms that wisdom which is from above ; that wisdom to which the text ascribes such high effects ; and to which belongs the sublime encomium given of it by an ...
... lives in the remembrance of succeeding generations . It is their union which forms that wisdom which is from above ; that wisdom to which the text ascribes such high effects ; and to which belongs the sublime encomium given of it by an ...
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... be not the object of it . Among a circle of friends , enjoying one another , he is as happy as the happiest . In a word , he lives in a different sort of ΙΟ world II . world from what the selfish man inhabits . 32 On Sensibility .
... be not the object of it . Among a circle of friends , enjoying one another , he is as happy as the happiest . In a word , he lives in a different sort of ΙΟ world II . world from what the selfish man inhabits . 32 On Sensibility .
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... live and to feel as brethren ! How long will ye continue to estrange yourselves from one another by competitions and jealousies , when in cordial union ye might be so much more blest ? How long will ye seek your happiness in selfish ...
... live and to feel as brethren ! How long will ye continue to estrange yourselves from one another by competitions and jealousies , when in cordial union ye might be so much more blest ? How long will ye seek your happiness in selfish ...
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... live to enjoy it , you must not overload it with a burden not its own . Sufficient for the day will prove the duty ... lives much in little space . Whereas he who neglects order in the arrangement of his occupations , is always losing ...
... live to enjoy it , you must not overload it with a burden not its own . Sufficient for the day will prove the duty ... lives much in little space . Whereas he who neglects order in the arrangement of his occupations , is always losing ...
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