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... themselves wronged . He believes , however , that a delicate regard to private feelings and personal worth will be found pervading every succeeding page . E. L. M. CONTENTS . PAGE . DANIEL WEBSTER , THE LOGICIAN EDWARD viii PREFACE .
... themselves wronged . He believes , however , that a delicate regard to private feelings and personal worth will be found pervading every succeeding page . E. L. M. CONTENTS . PAGE . DANIEL WEBSTER , THE LOGICIAN EDWARD viii PREFACE .
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... feeling of respectability , and a sense of character , by enlarging the capacity , and in- creasing the sphere of intellectual enjoyment . By general instruction , we seek , as far as possible , to purify the whole moral atmosphere ; to ...
... feeling of respectability , and a sense of character , by enlarging the capacity , and in- creasing the sphere of intellectual enjoyment . By general instruction , we seek , as far as possible , to purify the whole moral atmosphere ; to ...
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... feeling . Concentration is essential to profitable acquisition . The stream , divided into many channels , ceases to flow either deep or strong . To waste one's strength in frivolous endeavours is to covet the transient dazzle of an ...
... feeling . Concentration is essential to profitable acquisition . The stream , divided into many channels , ceases to flow either deep or strong . To waste one's strength in frivolous endeavours is to covet the transient dazzle of an ...
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... feeling . Its possessor will seek knowledge and in- fluence , not for personal aggrandizement , but for the public good . He is not of that dry , phlegmatic and miserable class of professed scholars , " plunged to the hilt in musty ...
... feeling . Its possessor will seek knowledge and in- fluence , not for personal aggrandizement , but for the public good . He is not of that dry , phlegmatic and miserable class of professed scholars , " plunged to the hilt in musty ...
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... feelings , that had grown old with his best affec- tions , rose unbidden to his lips . He remembered that the institution he was defending , was the one where his own youth had been matured ; and the moral tenderness and beauty this ...
... feelings , that had grown old with his best affec- tions , rose unbidden to his lips . He remembered that the institution he was defending , was the one where his own youth had been matured ; and the moral tenderness and beauty this ...
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