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... greater than Cato ? I happened but the other day to be at a house in town , where , among others , were met men of the most note in this place ; Cato had business with some of them , and knocked at the door . The most trifling actions ...
... greater than Cato ? I happened but the other day to be at a house in town , where , among others , were met men of the most note in this place ; Cato had business with some of them , and knocked at the door . The most trifling actions ...
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... greater lustre to me than it had shined in through several generations , I will not here discuss . But so it is , that I am possessed largely of it , and design , if you encourage the proposal , to take this oppor- tunity of doing good ...
... greater lustre to me than it had shined in through several generations , I will not here discuss . But so it is , that I am possessed largely of it , and design , if you encourage the proposal , to take this oppor- tunity of doing good ...
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... greater in the reflection than in the act itself ? Is there a pleasure upon earth to be compared with that which arises from the sense of making others happy ? Can this pleasure ever be absent , or ever end , but with your being ? Does ...
... greater in the reflection than in the act itself ? Is there a pleasure upon earth to be compared with that which arises from the sense of making others happy ? Can this pleasure ever be absent , or ever end , but with your being ? Does ...
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... greater than the sensual , perhaps the reason is the same as in all other creatures ; that their happiness or chief good consists in acting up to their chief faculty , or that faculty which distinguishes them from all creatures of a ...
... greater than the sensual , perhaps the reason is the same as in all other creatures ; that their happiness or chief good consists in acting up to their chief faculty , or that faculty which distinguishes them from all creatures of a ...
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... greater trust upon you . But now , when you find yourself incapable of aiding a private man , how can you think of behaving yourself so as to be useful to a whole people ? Ought a man who has not strength to carry a hundred pound weight ...
... greater trust upon you . But now , when you find yourself incapable of aiding a private man , how can you think of behaving yourself so as to be useful to a whole people ? Ought a man who has not strength to carry a hundred pound weight ...
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