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... reason , if health could be purchased with gold ? who not ambitious , if it were at the command of power , or re- stored by honor ? But alas ! a white staff will not help gouty feet to walk better than a common cane ; nor a blue ribbon ...
... reason , if health could be purchased with gold ? who not ambitious , if it were at the command of power , or re- stored by honor ? But alas ! a white staff will not help gouty feet to walk better than a common cane ; nor a blue ribbon ...
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... reason , form their opinion of you , upon that which they have of your friends ; and there is a Spanish proverb which says , very justly , “ Tell me with whom you live , and I will you who you are . " tell ASSOCIATES . - You may depend ...
... reason , form their opinion of you , upon that which they have of your friends ; and there is a Spanish proverb which says , very justly , “ Tell me with whom you live , and I will you who you are . " tell ASSOCIATES . - You may depend ...
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... reason , that he must be a beast in his understanding who can believe in them . The thing formed , says that nothing formed it ; and that which is made , is , while that which made it is not ! finite . Jeremy Taylor . This folly is in ...
... reason , that he must be a beast in his understanding who can believe in them . The thing formed , says that nothing formed it ; and that which is made , is , while that which made it is not ! finite . Jeremy Taylor . This folly is in ...
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... reason , doth grow contin- ually by his generously thinking of it and remembering it.— Rabelais . BENEFITS JUDGED BY THE INTENTION . - There needs no greater subtlety to prove that both benefits and injuries re- ceive their value from ...
... reason , doth grow contin- ually by his generously thinking of it and remembering it.— Rabelais . BENEFITS JUDGED BY THE INTENTION . - There needs no greater subtlety to prove that both benefits and injuries re- ceive their value from ...
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... reason itself , kills the image of God , as it were in the eye . Many a man lives a burden to the earth ; but a good book is the precious life - blood of a master spirit , embalmed and treasured up on purpose to a life beyond life ...
... reason itself , kills the image of God , as it were in the eye . Many a man lives a burden to the earth ; but a good book is the precious life - blood of a master spirit , embalmed and treasured up on purpose to a life beyond life ...
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