Herself the supreme type of vice, she is ultimately the most efficient guardian of virtue. But for her, the unchallenged purity of countless happy homes would be polluted... The Book of Life - Page 8by Upton Sinclair - 1922 - 426 pagesFull view - About this book
| Theophilus Parvin - Medicine - 1869 - 824 pages
...ultimately the moat efficient guardian of virtue. But for her, the unchallenged purity of counties; happy homes would be polluted, and not a few who, in the pride of their uutcmpted chastity, think of her with an indignant shudder, would have known the agony of remorse and... | |
| Jurisprudence - 1869 - 844 pages
...early death, appears in every age as the perpetual symbol of the degradation and the sinfulness of man. Herself the supreme type of vice, 'she is ultimately the most efficient guardian of virtue. Bat for her, the unchallenged purity of counties* happy homes would be polluted, and not a few, who... | |
| Medicine - 1870 - 614 pages
...early death, appears in every age as the perpetual symbol of the degradation and sinfulness of man. Herself the supreme type of vice, she is ultimately...unchallenged purity of countless happy homes would he polluted, and not a few, who in the pride of their untempted chastity, think of her with an indignant... | |
| William Edward Hartpole Lecky - Ethics - 1870 - 440 pages
...appears in every age as the perpetual symbol of the degradation and the sinfulness of man. JBerself the supreme type of vice, she is ultimately the most...guardian of virtue. But for her, the unchallenged purity ~U? countless happy homes would be polluted, and not a few who, in the pride of their untempted chastity,... | |
| T L. Townsend - 1881 - 282 pages
...this type of woman as being a necessary institution, and indeed the saviour of society at large : " Herself the supreme type of vice, she is ultimately the most efficient guardian of virtue." This horrible theory forms the reductio ad absurdutn, if one were needed, of the system which exalts... | |
| Medicine - 1882 - 934 pages
...death, — appears in every age as the perpetual symbol of the degradation and the sin fulness of man. Herself the supreme type of vice, she is ultimately...countless happy homes would be polluted, and not a 238 MEDICAL TIMES. 239 few who, in the pride of their untempted chastity, think of her with an indignant... | |
| Elizabeth Kingsbury - 1882 - 144 pages
...Of this specimen of perverted womanhood, Mr. Lecky, in his ' History of European Morals,' says : ' Herself the supreme type of vice, she is ultimately...; but for her the unchallenged purity of countless homes would be polluted, and not a few who in the pride of their untempted chastity think of her with... | |
| Harry Thurston Peck - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1898 - 982 pages
...early death, appears in every age as the perpetual symbol of the degradation and the sinfulness of man. Herself the supreme type of vice, she is ultimately...guardian of virtue. But for her, the 'unchallenged purily of counties happy homes would be polluted, and not a few who, in the pride of their untempted... | |
| Oscar Wilde - Imprisonment - 1901 - 40 pages
...the full degenerate type which early grace had concealed. Nevertheless (in Lecky'a tremendous words), "herself the supreme type of vice, she is ultimately...most efficient guardian of virtue. But for her, the un-88 challenged purity of countless happy homes would be polluted, and not a few who, in the pride... | |
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