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Surely , nothing can be plainer , for example , than that he , who is the happy instrument of saving twenty persons from contracting vicious habits , does more good , than if he could reclaim twenty or even forty , who are already ...
Surely , nothing can be plainer , for example , than that he , who is the happy instrument of saving twenty persons from contracting vicious habits , does more good , than if he could reclaim twenty or even forty , who are already ...
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How momentous the inquiry - What can be done to prepare them for the stations which they will occupy : -to preserve them from the contagion of immorality : -0 form them to good habits : —10 inspire them with the love of truth , justice ...
How momentous the inquiry - What can be done to prepare them for the stations which they will occupy : -to preserve them from the contagion of immorality : -0 form them to good habits : —10 inspire them with the love of truth , justice ...
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They should give ' line upon line , and precept upon precept ' - should nip the bud ' of every vicious propensity , and cherish every virtuous habit . a few Now let the co - operation which I have thus hastily sketched take place — let ...
They should give ' line upon line , and precept upon precept ' - should nip the bud ' of every vicious propensity , and cherish every virtuous habit . a few Now let the co - operation which I have thus hastily sketched take place — let ...
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It is all the effect of habit , principle , and necessity . Take any number of human beings you please , in a state of nature , and not one of them will betake himself to any regular employment so long as he can subsist without it .
It is all the effect of habit , principle , and necessity . Take any number of human beings you please , in a state of nature , and not one of them will betake himself to any regular employment so long as he can subsist without it .
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First , make every allowance for the power of habit , the sense of shame , and influence of principle upon the minds of men , and how many still , if they find they can be maintained , or but half maintained , in idleness and tippling ...
First , make every allowance for the power of habit , the sense of shame , and influence of principle upon the minds of men , and how many still , if they find they can be maintained , or but half maintained , in idleness and tippling ...
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| Title | Miscellaneous Discourses and Reviews |
| Author | Heman Humphrey |
| Publisher | J. S. and C. Adams, 1834 |
| Original from | the New York Public Library |
| Digitized | 22 Nov 2006 |
| Length | 415 pages |
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