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The effect of sailing is produced by a judicious arrangement of the sails to the direction of the wind.
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A long sea implies an uniform and steady motion of long and extensive waves; on the contrary, a short sea is when…
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The regular hours necessary to be observed by those who follow country business, are perhaps of more consequence than any of the…
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Freedom from care and anxiety of mind is a blessing, which I apprehend such people enjoy in higher perfection than most others,…
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Mental agitations and eating cares are more injurious to health, and destructive of life, than is commonly imagined, and could their effects…
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The simplicity and uniformity of rural occupations, and their incessant practice, preclude any anxieties and agitations of hope and fear, to which…
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Nor is it the least advantage to health, accruing from such a way of life, that it expose those who follow it…
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The accumulation of numbers always augments in some measure moral corruptions, and the consequences to health of the various vices incident thereto,…
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The admiral, or commander in chief of a squadron, being frequently invested with a great charge, on which the fate of a…
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The anchors now made are contrived so as to sink into the ground as soon as they reach it, and to hold…
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The great weight of the ship may indeed prevent her from acquiring her greatest velocity; but when she has attained it, she…
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Hence a ship is said to head the sea, when her course is opposed to the setting or direction of the surges.
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You are not a human being in search of a spiritual experience. You are a spiritual being immersed in a human experience.
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When I immersed myself in prayer and united myself with all the Masses that were being celebrated all over the world at…
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It has been the office of art to educate the perception of beauty. We are immersed in beauty but our eyes have…
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We are not lacking in the dynamic forces needed to create the future. We live immersed in a sea of energy beyond…
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Another diversity of Methods is according to the subject or matter which is handled; for there is a great difference in delivery…
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From the moment of birth we are immersed in action, and can only fitfully guide it by taking thought.
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To fear is to expect punishment. To love is to know we are immersed not in darkness, but in light.
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When we are going to enter the water ... in the presence of the congregation and under the hand of the president,…
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