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On the same principle , we intend to take advan- tage of the late interesting discovery , and , while this memorial of a great and good man is still in the hands of all , to say something of his moral and intellectual qualities .
On the same principle , we intend to take advan- tage of the late interesting discovery , and , while this memorial of a great and good man is still in the hands of all , to say something of his moral and intellectual qualities .
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He may believe in a moral sense , like Shaftesbury . He may refer all human actions to self- interest , like Helvetius , or he may never think about the matter at all . His creed on such subjects will no more VOL .
He may believe in a moral sense , like Shaftesbury . He may refer all human actions to self- interest , like Helvetius , or he may never think about the matter at all . His creed on such subjects will no more VOL .
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Another places us among the moral scenery and manners of a distant country . A third evokes all the dear classical recollections of childhood , the school - room , the dog - eared Virgil , the holiday , and the prize .
Another places us among the moral scenery and manners of a distant country . A third evokes all the dear classical recollections of childhood , the school - room , the dog - eared Virgil , the holiday , and the prize .
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To return for a moment to the parallel which we have been attempting to draw between Milton and Dante , we would add that the poetry of these great men has in a con- siderable degree taken its character from their moral qualities .
To return for a moment to the parallel which we have been attempting to draw between Milton and Dante , we would add that the poetry of these great men has in a con- siderable degree taken its character from their moral qualities .
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... he adorned it with all that is most lovely and de- lightful in the physical and in the moral world . Neither Theocritus nor Ariosto had a finer or a more healthful sense of the pleasantness of external objects , or loved better to ...
... he adorned it with all that is most lovely and de- lightful in the physical and in the moral world . Neither Theocritus nor Ariosto had a finer or a more healthful sense of the pleasantness of external objects , or loved better to ...
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