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... look go to sort- ing them out . She cries , " Don't thee trouble thy- self , neighbour . Let them play a little ; I'll put all to rights before I go . " But things are never so put to rights but that I find a great deal of work to do ...
... look go to sort- ing them out . She cries , " Don't thee trouble thy- self , neighbour . Let them play a little ; I'll put all to rights before I go . " But things are never so put to rights but that I find a great deal of work to do ...
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... look with com- passion upon my conduct ; show me , then , the path which leads up to that constant and invariable good , which I have heard you so beautifully de- scribe , and which you seem so fully to possess . Phil . There are few ...
... look with com- passion upon my conduct ; show me , then , the path which leads up to that constant and invariable good , which I have heard you so beautifully de- scribe , and which you seem so fully to possess . Phil . There are few ...
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... looks , as absolutely necessary to produce even your own dar- ling sole good , pleasure ; for self - denial is never a duty , or a reasonable action , but as it is a natural means of procuring more pleasure than you can taste without it ...
... looks , as absolutely necessary to produce even your own dar- ling sole good , pleasure ; for self - denial is never a duty , or a reasonable action , but as it is a natural means of procuring more pleasure than you can taste without it ...
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... future as our present happiness , and not build one upon the ruins of the other ; that we should look to the end , and regard consequences ; and if , through want of attention , we had erred , and MORAL AND PHILOSOPHICAL . - 43.
... future as our present happiness , and not build one upon the ruins of the other ; that we should look to the end , and regard consequences ; and if , through want of attention , we had erred , and MORAL AND PHILOSOPHICAL . - 43.
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... is right and wrong in life ? Phil . As easily as you distinguish a circle from a square , or light from darkness . Look , Horatio , into the sacred book of nature , read your own nature 48 FRANKLIN'S ESSAYS AND LETTERS ,
... is right and wrong in life ? Phil . As easily as you distinguish a circle from a square , or light from darkness . Look , Horatio , into the sacred book of nature , read your own nature 48 FRANKLIN'S ESSAYS AND LETTERS ,
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