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Lust appears to be the most natural companion of wild ambition; and love of human praise, of that dominion erected by cunning.
15.
"Genius decays as judgment increases." Of course, those who have the least genius, have the earliest appearance of wisdom.
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A knowledge of the fine arts, is seldom subservient to the promotion of either religion or virtue. Elegance is often indecency; witness our prints.
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There does not appear to be any evil in the world, but what is necessary. The doctrine of rewards and punishments, not considered as a means of re-
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