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... true the child should never be allowed to forget especial instances of kindness towards itself ; but in looking to these alone , a very narrow , partial , and uncertain kind of gratitude would be the result . The nurse knows perfectly ...
... true the child should never be allowed to forget especial instances of kindness towards itself ; but in looking to these alone , a very narrow , partial , and uncertain kind of gratitude would be the result . The nurse knows perfectly ...
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... true it may be the instrument of cruelty and wrong ; but it may - and let this fact never be forgotten - it may also arrest the stroke of the assassin , rend off the chain from the captive , or rescue the injured from oppression . The ...
... true it may be the instrument of cruelty and wrong ; but it may - and let this fact never be forgotten - it may also arrest the stroke of the assassin , rend off the chain from the captive , or rescue the injured from oppression . The ...
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... true these are in themselves only emotions , and if cultivated alone would be liable to lead to error and But they have their helps and guides in the other faculties ; in the sense of right , and in the reasoning powers , especially ...
... true these are in themselves only emotions , and if cultivated alone would be liable to lead to error and But they have their helps and guides in the other faculties ; in the sense of right , and in the reasoning powers , especially ...
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... true , that in the case of the child , physical force must be first used , because it will evince desire long be- fore it can either reason upon possibility , or conceive any emotion corresponding to a sense of right . But physi- cal ...
... true , that in the case of the child , physical force must be first used , because it will evince desire long be- fore it can either reason upon possibility , or conceive any emotion corresponding to a sense of right . But physi- cal ...
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... the times is , that this need is beginning to be felt , and recognised as such . It is true that we look both at the need and its supply too much amongst the lower walks of life , too CH . VII . ] GOVERNING MOTIVES- -CONSCIENTIOUSNESS .
... the times is , that this need is beginning to be felt , and recognised as such . It is true that we look both at the need and its supply too much amongst the lower walks of life , too CH . VII . ] GOVERNING MOTIVES- -CONSCIENTIOUSNESS .
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