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Page 87
... happiness or misery . And with some , perhaps , this is no security . admitting that there is with the generality some concern for virtue at the bottom , there is ground to believe , that their opin- ion of virtue is rather forced by ...
... happiness or misery . And with some , perhaps , this is no security . admitting that there is with the generality some concern for virtue at the bottom , there is ground to believe , that their opin- ion of virtue is rather forced by ...
Page 98
... happiness and virtue consist . But then comes the specious considera- tion , that the crimes a man commits in that condition are ex- cused by the very condition he is in ; that he is not chargeable with what he does when he is not ...
... happiness and virtue consist . But then comes the specious considera- tion , that the crimes a man commits in that condition are ex- cused by the very condition he is in ; that he is not chargeable with what he does when he is not ...
Page 102
... happiness by forbidding to ourselves such indulgence , the moment we perceive that there is danger of its gaining ground upon us , and laying , however slowly , the foundation for every other vice . XIX . LICENTIOUSNESS AND DEBAUCHERY ...
... happiness by forbidding to ourselves such indulgence , the moment we perceive that there is danger of its gaining ground upon us , and laying , however slowly , the foundation for every other vice . XIX . LICENTIOUSNESS AND DEBAUCHERY ...
Page 107
... happiness , or order amongst mankind , without families ; and as a proof of it , marriage institutions , of some kind or other , obtain , as far as I know , in every quarter and country of the world ; a plain proof that men are convinc ...
... happiness , or order amongst mankind , without families ; and as a proof of it , marriage institutions , of some kind or other , obtain , as far as I know , in every quarter and country of the world ; a plain proof that men are convinc ...
Page 108
... happiness , the punishment you suffer for it hereafter is but a trifle with respect to the public misery ; the one is pro- portionable to the other , though but inconsiderable with respect to the whole ; it may be enough to destroy you ...
... happiness , the punishment you suffer for it hereafter is but a trifle with respect to the public misery ; the one is pro- portionable to the other , though but inconsiderable with respect to the whole ; it may be enough to destroy you ...
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