 ... a character of a highly virtuous and lofty stamp, is degraded rather than exalted by an attempt to reward virtue with temporal prosperity. Such is not the recompense which Providence has deemed worthy of suffering merit, and it is a dangerous and...  Miscellanies - Page 51by Harriet Martineau - 1836Full view - About this book
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