Lacon: Or Many Things in Few Words Addressed to Those who Think, Volume 2M. Sherman, 1828 |
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... greatest general good , by the smallest individual sacrifice ; and there are others where he may make the greatest indi- vidual sacrifice , and yet produce but little general good . If indeed the moral philoso- pher is determined to do ...
... greatest general good , by the smallest individual sacrifice ; and there are others where he may make the greatest indi- vidual sacrifice , and yet produce but little general good . If indeed the moral philoso- pher is determined to do ...
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... greatest wit , but sometimes of the greatest beauty , and sometimes of the greatest sublimity . Mil- ton , in his moral description of hell , says that it was a place which God " created evil , for evil only good ; it , as I conceive ...
... greatest wit , but sometimes of the greatest beauty , and sometimes of the greatest sublimity . Mil- ton , in his moral description of hell , says that it was a place which God " created evil , for evil only good ; it , as I conceive ...
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... greatest beauty , will be seen by the following trans- lation from an Arabic poet , on the birth of a child : " When born , in tears we saw thee drown'd , " While thine assembled friends around " With smiles their joy confest . " So ...
... greatest beauty , will be seen by the following trans- lation from an Arabic poet , on the birth of a child : " When born , in tears we saw thee drown'd , " While thine assembled friends around " With smiles their joy confest . " So ...
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... greatest things are diminished by distance , and they become evanescent , if to that distance be ad ded doubt . But should the doubt of futurity introduce the denial of it , what must then be the result ? all that endears us to our ...
... greatest things are diminished by distance , and they become evanescent , if to that distance be ad ded doubt . But should the doubt of futurity introduce the denial of it , what must then be the result ? all that endears us to our ...
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... greatest part of beings ( by whom he after- wards gives us to understand he means im- pressions and ideas ) do and must exist after this manner . " A moral reflection ( says he ) cannot be placed either on the right or on the left hand ...
... greatest part of beings ( by whom he after- wards gives us to understand he means im- pressions and ideas ) do and must exist after this manner . " A moral reflection ( says he ) cannot be placed either on the right or on the left hand ...
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Page 108 - ... those who have finished by making all others think with them, have usually been those who began by daring to think with themselves ; as he that leads a crowd, must begin by separating himself some little distance from it.
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Page 131 - Her eyes are dim with many a tear, That once were guiding stars to mine: Her fond heart throbs with many a fear — I cannot bear to see thee shine. For thee, for thee, vile yellow slave, I left a heart that lov'd me true!
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