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... mind , Thou'st reach'd at once both life and virtue's goal . Flown from thy weeping mother's breast , From blessing - to be blest . " And all shall mourn for him , for he only shall come to the grave , because in him there is found some ...
... mind , Thou'st reach'd at once both life and virtue's goal . Flown from thy weeping mother's breast , From blessing - to be blest . " And all shall mourn for him , for he only shall come to the grave , because in him there is found some ...
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... wheel , by incessant circumi- tion , is propelled forward to the most distant goal : So persistency of labour , be it of mind or of body , shall insure success - shall : conduct to the attainment of all wisdom and of all 16 THE PLEASURES.
... wheel , by incessant circumi- tion , is propelled forward to the most distant goal : So persistency of labour , be it of mind or of body , shall insure success - shall : conduct to the attainment of all wisdom and of all 16 THE PLEASURES.
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... mind , as it advances in the course of knowledge , recedes from the point of ignorance . Have you marked with what imper- ceptible , yet certain progress , the light of day steals on the darkness of the night ? How to black shades ...
... mind , as it advances in the course of knowledge , recedes from the point of ignorance . Have you marked with what imper- ceptible , yet certain progress , the light of day steals on the darkness of the night ? How to black shades ...
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... mind , oh man ! Shall the great Lord of Nature revive the worm from its apparent grave , revi- vify the death - struck reptile , and call it again into life , not only in a new , but an improved form . And shall he not , can he not ...
... mind , oh man ! Shall the great Lord of Nature revive the worm from its apparent grave , revi- vify the death - struck reptile , and call it again into life , not only in a new , but an improved form . And shall he not , can he not ...
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... minds expand to receive these facts , let our hearts as frankly open to accept the blessed truth of immorta- lity . Then shall we not fear to resign our earthly existence : then shall we not fear to resign our earthly form . The turf ...
... minds expand to receive these facts , let our hearts as frankly open to accept the blessed truth of immorta- lity . Then shall we not fear to resign our earthly existence : then shall we not fear to resign our earthly form . The turf ...
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