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... firft is by laying down one or two fimple principles , which feem fcarcely to be exposed to the hazard of refutation ; and then developing them , applying them to a number of points , and following them into a variety of inferences ...
... firft is by laying down one or two fimple principles , which feem fcarcely to be exposed to the hazard of refutation ; and then developing them , applying them to a number of points , and following them into a variety of inferences ...
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... firft communication . It is very poffible , in thefe inftances , that the public may efpoufe the party of the ori- ginal auditor , and not of the author . Wherever that shall be ftrikingly the case , the complacence he mentions will be ...
... firft communication . It is very poffible , in thefe inftances , that the public may efpoufe the party of the ori- ginal auditor , and not of the author . Wherever that shall be ftrikingly the case , the complacence he mentions will be ...
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... affift each other . The firft object fhould be to train a man to be happy ; the second to train him to be useful , that is , to be virtuous . B There There is a further reafon for this . Virtue is PART Effay Page I OF Awakening the Mind.
... affift each other . The firft object fhould be to train a man to be happy ; the second to train him to be useful , that is , to be virtuous . B There There is a further reafon for this . Virtue is PART Effay Page I OF Awakening the Mind.
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... , it would be a grofs miftake to fuppofe , that the fole object to be attended to in the firft part of education , is to provide for the prefent 6 eafe ፡ cafe and happiness of the individual . An awak- · Of Awakening the Mind . Part I.
... , it would be a grofs miftake to fuppofe , that the fole object to be attended to in the firft part of education , is to provide for the prefent 6 eafe ፡ cafe and happiness of the individual . An awak- · Of Awakening the Mind . Part I.
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... firft inftance than a fpirit of prying obfervation and inceffant curiofity . But it is reafonable to fuppofe that these qualities are capable of being generated . Incidents of a certain fort in early infancy will produce them ; nay ...
... firft inftance than a fpirit of prying obfervation and inceffant curiofity . But it is reafonable to fuppofe that these qualities are capable of being generated . Incidents of a certain fort in early infancy will produce them ; nay ...
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