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... mind . None of these great orators undervalued instruction ; and one of the most distinguished of them searched the ... minds of his fellow - men , for sympathy and mutual benefit , for intellectual and moral progress , and associa- ted ...
... mind . None of these great orators undervalued instruction ; and one of the most distinguished of them searched the ... minds of his fellow - men , for sympathy and mutual benefit , for intellectual and moral progress , and associa- ted ...
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... minds , and applicable everywhere . The rules of gesture submitted in subsequent paragraphs , are all , even when carried into the closest details of application , founded on the great principles which have been indicated un- der the ...
... minds , and applicable everywhere . The rules of gesture submitted in subsequent paragraphs , are all , even when carried into the closest details of application , founded on the great principles which have been indicated un- der the ...
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... mind affect , chiefly , the invisible organ of brain . But feeling and will naturally impel the nervous and muscular systems to visible and effective motion , which tends to excite sympathy and thought in the beholder . The character of ...
... mind affect , chiefly , the invisible organ of brain . But feeling and will naturally impel the nervous and muscular systems to visible and effective motion , which tends to excite sympathy and thought in the beholder . The character of ...
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... Minds are of celestial birth ; Make we , then , a heaven of earth . Closer , closer , let us knit Hearts and hands together , Where our fireside comforts sit , In the wildest weather ; O , they wander wide who roam For the joys of life ...
... Minds are of celestial birth ; Make we , then , a heaven of earth . Closer , closer , let us knit Hearts and hands together , Where our fireside comforts sit , In the wildest weather ; O , they wander wide who roam For the joys of life ...
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... mind - had he stood to execute efficiently the com- mander's will - we may believe that we should not have had to blush for the cowardice and recreancy of the crew , nor weep for the untimely dead . But , apparently , each subor- dinate ...
... mind - had he stood to execute efficiently the com- mander's will - we may believe that we should not have had to blush for the cowardice and recreancy of the crew , nor weep for the untimely dead . But , apparently , each subor- dinate ...
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