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The begetting in them pleasure or pain in consequence of such actions as tend to their weal or ruin , is the great means of God's maintaining this his moral government over them , and all things or actions are to be considered as ...
The begetting in them pleasure or pain in consequence of such actions as tend to their weal or ruin , is the great means of God's maintaining this his moral government over them , and all things or actions are to be considered as ...
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A primary and essential means of the improvement of our literature is , that , as a people , we should feel its value ... We say that we must call for it ; by which we mean not merely that we must invite it by good wishes and kind words ...
A primary and essential means of the improvement of our literature is , that , as a people , we should feel its value ... We say that we must call for it ; by which we mean not merely that we must invite it by good wishes and kind words ...
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To say , however , that the last supposes this competition will lead to nothing , is an assumption that means are employed without any reference to an end . He is the purest democrat who best maintains his rights , and no rights can be ...
To say , however , that the last supposes this competition will lead to nothing , is an assumption that means are employed without any reference to an end . He is the purest democrat who best maintains his rights , and no rights can be ...
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Colonial and Federalist American Writing Odyssey surveys of American writing |
| Authors | George F. Horner, Robert A. Bain |
| Editors | George F. Horner, Robert A. Bain |
| Publisher | Odyssey Press, 1966 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 28 Feb 2008 |
| Length | 946 pages |
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