Lacon; Or, Many Things in a Few Words: Addressed to Those who Think, Volume 1Sherman, 1824 |
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... serve the worst ; -in an age when mo- desty herself is more ashamed of detection than of delinquency ; when independence of principle consists in having no principle on which to depend ; and free - thinking , not in thinking freely ...
... serve the worst ; -in an age when mo- desty herself is more ashamed of detection than of delinquency ; when independence of principle consists in having no principle on which to depend ; and free - thinking , not in thinking freely ...
Page xiii
... served it . In the article of rejection and abridg- ment , we must be severe for ourselves , if we wish for mercy ... serves the name of life ; and that portion of our life is most rationally employed , which is occu- pied in enlarging ...
... served it . In the article of rejection and abridg- ment , we must be severe for ourselves , if we wish for mercy ... serves the name of life ; and that portion of our life is most rationally employed , which is occu- pied in enlarging ...
Page xiv
... such measures as would eventually serve both . I have , however , neither the hope nor the fear , that my opinions on politics , or any other subject , will attract much attention . The approbation of a few dis- cerning Xiv PREFACE .
... such measures as would eventually serve both . I have , however , neither the hope nor the fear , that my opinions on politics , or any other subject , will attract much attention . The approbation of a few dis- cerning Xiv PREFACE .
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... serves the worst master more faithfully than some Christians do the best , and will take nothing for it . He falls down and worships the god of this world , but will have neither its pomps , its vanities , nor its pleasures for his ...
... serves the worst master more faithfully than some Christians do the best , and will take nothing for it . He falls down and worships the god of this world , but will have neither its pomps , its vanities , nor its pleasures for his ...
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... serve only to augment and to consolidate the s rength of their purse . XXV . Men will wrangle for religion ; write for it ; fight for it ; die for it ; any thing but - live for it . XXVI . Honour is unstable , and seldom the same ; for ...
... serve only to augment and to consolidate the s rength of their purse . XXV . Men will wrangle for religion ; write for it ; fight for it ; die for it ; any thing but - live for it . XXVI . Honour is unstable , and seldom the same ; for ...
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