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... mind it may afford consolation under the distresses of life : but from the 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 ...
... mind it may afford consolation under the distresses of life : but from the 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 ...
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... mind , the religion of the multitude has always been tinctured with too much of this spirit . They serve God as they would serve a proud master , who may be flattered by their prostrations , appeased by their gifts , and gained by loud ...
... mind , the religion of the multitude has always been tinctured with too much of this spirit . They serve God as they would serve a proud master , who may be flattered by their prostrations , appeased by their gifts , and gained by loud ...
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... mind , a generous and affectionate heart ; accompanied with temperance , self- government , and a perpetual regard in all our actions to conscience and to the law of God . A religious , and a thoroughly virtuous character , therefore ...
... mind , a generous and affectionate heart ; accompanied with temperance , self- government , and a perpetual regard in all our actions to conscience and to the law of God . A religious , and a thoroughly virtuous character , therefore ...
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... mind . The laurels of the warrior must at all times be dyed in blood , and bedewed with the tears of the widow and the orphan . But if they have been stained by rapine and in- humanity ; if sordid avarice has marked his character , or ...
... mind . The laurels of the warrior must at all times be dyed in blood , and bedewed with the tears of the widow and the orphan . But if they have been stained by rapine and in- humanity ; if sordid avarice has marked his character , or ...
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... mind and the soul . A mind superior to fear , to selfish interest and corruption ; a mind governed by the principles of uni- form rectitude and integrity ; the same in prosperity and adversity ; which no bribe can seduce , or terror ...
... mind and the soul . A mind superior to fear , to selfish interest and corruption ; a mind governed by the principles of uni- form rectitude and integrity ; the same in prosperity and adversity ; which no bribe can seduce , or terror ...
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