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... like a vein of rich , shining ore ( that is not the nature of the material ) —but it might be plausibly objected that he had struck the whole mass of fancy , prejudice , passion , sense , whim , with his petrific , leaden mace ...
... like a vein of rich , shining ore ( that is not the nature of the material ) —but it might be plausibly objected that he had struck the whole mass of fancy , prejudice , passion , sense , whim , with his petrific , leaden mace ...
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tentions , cannot extend so much candour and courtesy to the antagonist principle of evil : virtue , to be sincere and practical , cannot be divested entirely of the blindness and impetuosity of passion ! It has been made a plea ( half ...
tentions , cannot extend so much candour and courtesy to the antagonist principle of evil : virtue , to be sincere and practical , cannot be divested entirely of the blindness and impetuosity of passion ! It has been made a plea ( half ...
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You may as well preach philosophy to a drunken man , or to the dead , as to those who are under the instigation of any mischievous passion . A man is a drunkard , and you tell him he ought to be sober ; he is debauched , and you ask him ...
You may as well preach philosophy to a drunken man , or to the dead , as to those who are under the instigation of any mischievous passion . A man is a drunkard , and you tell him he ought to be sober ; he is debauched , and you ask him ...
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Mr. Godwin's definition of morals was the same as the admired one of law , reason without passion ; but with the unlimited scope of private opinion , and in a boundless field of speculation ( for nothing less would satisfy the ...
Mr. Godwin's definition of morals was the same as the admired one of law , reason without passion ; but with the unlimited scope of private opinion , and in a boundless field of speculation ( for nothing less would satisfy the ...
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He is never hurried away by a deep or lofty enthusiasm , nor touches the highest point of genius or fanaticism , but “ in the very storm and whirlwind of his passion , he REV , MR . IRVING . 101.
He is never hurried away by a deep or lofty enthusiasm , nor touches the highest point of genius or fanaticism , but “ in the very storm and whirlwind of his passion , he REV , MR . IRVING . 101.
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