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... happiness . Great wealth in the possession of one stagnates , and extreme poverty with another keeps him in unambitious indigence ; but the moderately rich are generally active : not too far re- moved from poverty to fear its calamities ...
... happiness . Great wealth in the possession of one stagnates , and extreme poverty with another keeps him in unambitious indigence ; but the moderately rich are generally active : not too far re- moved from poverty to fear its calamities ...
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... happiness in long perspective still beckons me to pursue , and like a losing gamester , every new disappointment in- creases my ardour to continue the game . Whence , my friend , this increased love of life , which grows upon us with ...
... happiness in long perspective still beckons me to pursue , and like a losing gamester , every new disappointment in- creases my ardour to continue the game . Whence , my friend , this increased love of life , which grows upon us with ...
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... happiness . He came , tasted of the entertainment , but was disgusted even in the beginning . He profess- ed an aversion to living , was tired of walking round the same circle ; had tried every enjoyment , and found them all grow weaker ...
... happiness . He came , tasted of the entertainment , but was disgusted even in the beginning . He profess- ed an aversion to living , was tired of walking round the same circle ; had tried every enjoyment , and found them all grow weaker ...
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... happiness and innocence of those uncultivated nations who live without learning ; urge the nume- rous vices which are to be found only in polished so- ciety , enlarge upon the oppression , the cruelty , and the blood which must ...
... happiness and innocence of those uncultivated nations who live without learning ; urge the nume- rous vices which are to be found only in polished so- ciety , enlarge upon the oppression , the cruelty , and the blood which must ...
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... happiness of a refined European , would be a torment to the precari- ous tenant of an Asiatic wild . Let me , to prove this , transport the imagination for a moment to the midst of a forest in Siberia . There we behold the inhabitant ...
... happiness of a refined European , would be a torment to the precari- ous tenant of an Asiatic wild . Let me , to prove this , transport the imagination for a moment to the midst of a forest in Siberia . There we behold the inhabitant ...
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