If any country were indeed filled with men, each thus diligently discharging the duties of his own station without breaking in upon the rights of others, but on the contrary endeavoring, so far as he might be able, to forward their views and promote their happiness, all would be active and harmonious in the goodly frame of human society.
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Their more lowly paths have been allotted to them by the hand of God . . . it is their part faithfully to discharge its duties, and contentedly to bear its inconveniences.
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And, sir, when we think of eternity, and of the future consequences of all human conduct, what is there in this life that should make any man contradict the dictates of his conscience, the principles of justice, the laws of religion, and of God
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Of all things, guard against neglecting God in the secret place of prayer.
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The objects of the present life fill the human eye with a false magnification because of their immediacy.
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Can you tell a plain man the road to heaven? Certainly, turn at once to the right, then go straight forward.
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