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... nature than to intellectual superiority or preeminence . In one respect especially the child and the man were identical . From his earliest years , the desire to afford pleasure to others , to be the means of conferring happiness on ...
... nature than to intellectual superiority or preeminence . In one respect especially the child and the man were identical . From his earliest years , the desire to afford pleasure to others , to be the means of conferring happiness on ...
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... natural right , and how they yielded to him and obeyed him quite as a matter of course . His brothers seemed to feel as if he were different from themselves ; and in more respects than one this difference really existed . He never ...
... natural right , and how they yielded to him and obeyed him quite as a matter of course . His brothers seemed to feel as if he were different from themselves ; and in more respects than one this difference really existed . He never ...
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... nature of the child is considered— when it is remembered that he was always striving , with kindly ingenuity , to procure some indulgence or gratification for others - for his brothers , who looked up to and obeyed him — for the ...
... nature of the child is considered— when it is remembered that he was always striving , with kindly ingenuity , to procure some indulgence or gratification for others - for his brothers , who looked up to and obeyed him — for the ...
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... nature for something different from other boys . His kindness , gentleness , and unselfishness ; his sweet and cheerful gravity ; his tender compassion for the poor , the lame , the blind , and the sick - including a liberal proportion ...
... nature for something different from other boys . His kindness , gentleness , and unselfishness ; his sweet and cheerful gravity ; his tender compassion for the poor , the lame , the blind , and the sick - including a liberal proportion ...
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... natural pride at her little army of handsome healthy boys , almost involuntarily exclaimed - ' Is it not unfortunate ... nature . This feel- ing was nurtured and strengthened in the bosom of a happy home . It was warmed into early vigour ...
... natural pride at her little army of handsome healthy boys , almost involuntarily exclaimed - ' Is it not unfortunate ... nature . This feel- ing was nurtured and strengthened in the bosom of a happy home . It was warmed into early vigour ...
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