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... manner , the moral evil or vice is as the degree of misery , and number of sufferers ; so that that action is best which procures the greatest happiness for the greatest numbers ; and that worst , which in like manner occasions misery ...
... manner , the moral evil or vice is as the degree of misery , and number of sufferers ; so that that action is best which procures the greatest happiness for the greatest numbers ; and that worst , which in like manner occasions misery ...
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... manner of doing all these things opens the way to the heart , and facilitates , or rather insures , their effects . From your own observa- tion , reflect what a disagreeable impression an awkward address , a slovenly figure , an ...
... manner of doing all these things opens the way to the heart , and facilitates , or rather insures , their effects . From your own observa- tion , reflect what a disagreeable impression an awkward address , a slovenly figure , an ...
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... manner of maintaining your own opinion and possibly of bringing other people to it . The manner of doing things is often more important than the things themselves , and the very same thing may become either pleasing or offensive by the ...
... manner of maintaining your own opinion and possibly of bringing other people to it . The manner of doing things is often more important than the things themselves , and the very same thing may become either pleasing or offensive by the ...
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Daniel Defoe | 11 |
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