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... minds to the all - important fact , that Religion is a practical affair of the deepest concern to all , and that there is no situ- ation or circumstance of life that ... mind . On submitting the manuscript to the perusal of friends , A 2.
... minds to the all - important fact , that Religion is a practical affair of the deepest concern to all , and that there is no situ- ation or circumstance of life that ... mind . On submitting the manuscript to the perusal of friends , A 2.
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... aged man , but of rather an eccentric turn of mind , and strange notions on religious subjects , had exerted himself bravely until the ship struck . He had then carefully sounded the well , found that 32 SKETCHES BY A SAILOR .
... aged man , but of rather an eccentric turn of mind , and strange notions on religious subjects , had exerted himself bravely until the ship struck . He had then carefully sounded the well , found that 32 SKETCHES BY A SAILOR .
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... mind was in a dreamy state , and crowded with thick - coming fancies . Sometimes I was on the wreck- times in the little town , watching the pious crowds issuing from the different places of worship- sometimes I was listening to the ...
... mind was in a dreamy state , and crowded with thick - coming fancies . Sometimes I was on the wreck- times in the little town , watching the pious crowds issuing from the different places of worship- sometimes I was listening to the ...
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... . Others are for juvenile scoundrels , whose early initiation in crime , and the aptitude they evince for such studies , prompts the philanthropic desire to bring them together in numbers , that mind may act CHAP II THE MODEL PRISON.
... . Others are for juvenile scoundrels , whose early initiation in crime , and the aptitude they evince for such studies , prompts the philanthropic desire to bring them together in numbers , that mind may act CHAP II THE MODEL PRISON.
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Commander in the Navy, Sketches. bring them together in numbers , that mind may act upon mind and the whole body be leavened into one harmonious mass . Certain it is that , some hundreds of years hence , people will look back to the ...
Commander in the Navy, Sketches. bring them together in numbers , that mind may act upon mind and the whole body be leavened into one harmonious mass . Certain it is that , some hundreds of years hence , people will look back to the ...
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