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Page 106
... temper of men of the most different constitutions , as well as of those strong and active spirits which can make their way into perverse and obstinate dispositions ; and because discretion is always pre- dominant in it , it works and ...
... temper of men of the most different constitutions , as well as of those strong and active spirits which can make their way into perverse and obstinate dispositions ; and because discretion is always pre- dominant in it , it works and ...
Page 110
... tempered metal is most flexible ; so the truly generous are most pliant and courteous in their behavior to their inferi- . ors . - Fuller . GENEROSITY AND JUSTICE . - The generous who is always just , and the just who is always generous ...
... tempered metal is most flexible ; so the truly generous are most pliant and courteous in their behavior to their inferi- . ors . - Fuller . GENEROSITY AND JUSTICE . - The generous who is always just , and the just who is always generous ...
Page 122
... tempered steel , binding a deathless being to eternal felicity or woe . - Sigourney . HABITS . There are habits , not only of drinking , swearing . and lying , and of some other things which are commonly ac- knowledged to be habits ...
... tempered steel , binding a deathless being to eternal felicity or woe . - Sigourney . HABITS . There are habits , not only of drinking , swearing . and lying , and of some other things which are commonly ac- knowledged to be habits ...
Page 126
... temper- ance in all things are necessary branches of the regimen of health -- Sigourney . HEALTH .-- If men gave three times as much attention as they now do to ventilation , ablution , and exercise in the open air , and only one third ...
... temper- ance in all things are necessary branches of the regimen of health -- Sigourney . HEALTH .-- If men gave three times as much attention as they now do to ventilation , ablution , and exercise in the open air , and only one third ...
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... temper and confined views . People will not look forward to posterity , who never look backward to their an- cestors . - Burke . INNUENDOS . - How frequently is the honesty and integrity of a man disposed of , by a smile or a shrug ...
... temper and confined views . People will not look forward to posterity , who never look backward to their an- cestors . - Burke . INNUENDOS . - How frequently is the honesty and integrity of a man disposed of , by a smile or a shrug ...
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