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Page 133
... principles . When we do wrong our tendency is to make excuses . Therefore we are prone to adapt our ethics to our deeds . But there is always hope for an honest man . No matter how many mis- takes one has made , if he is sincere enough ...
... principles . When we do wrong our tendency is to make excuses . Therefore we are prone to adapt our ethics to our deeds . But there is always hope for an honest man . No matter how many mis- takes one has made , if he is sincere enough ...
Page 137
... principle to expediency . Disloyalty to truth opens the door for other sins . Each falsehood begets many of its species . A nameless individual in trying to justify certain questionable practices to Samuel Johnson said , " A man must ...
... principle to expediency . Disloyalty to truth opens the door for other sins . Each falsehood begets many of its species . A nameless individual in trying to justify certain questionable practices to Samuel Johnson said , " A man must ...
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... principle do not deal with any evanescent theme . More than one pungent stanza in these poems satirizes cant and insincerity . Lowell1 makes the self - seeking politician say : The selections from Lowell are used by permission of ...
... principle do not deal with any evanescent theme . More than one pungent stanza in these poems satirizes cant and insincerity . Lowell1 makes the self - seeking politician say : The selections from Lowell are used by permission of ...
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