Consequently it will often happen there will be a desire of particular objects, in cases where they cannot be obtained without manifest injury to others.

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Love of our neighbour, then, has just the same respect to, is no more distant...

Love of our neighbour, then, has just the same respect to, is no more distant...

This was the man, this Balaam, I say, was the man, who desired to die...

This was the man, this Balaam, I say, was the man, who desired to die...

For as we have many members in one body, and all members have not the...

For as we have many members in one body, and all members have not the...

The object of self-love is expressed in the term self; and every appetite of sense,...

The object of self-love is expressed in the term self; and every appetite of sense,...

The principle we call self-love never seeks anything external for the sake of the thing,...

The principle we call self-love never seeks anything external for the sake of the thing,...

Self-love then does not constitute THIS or THAT to be our interest or good; but,...

Self-love then does not constitute THIS or THAT to be our interest or good; but,...

The tongue may be employed about, and made to serve all the purposes of vice,...

The tongue may be employed about, and made to serve all the purposes of vice,...

God Almighty is, to be sure, unmoved by passion or appetite, unchanged by affection; but...

God Almighty is, to be sure, unmoved by passion or appetite, unchanged by affection; but...

Happiness or satisfaction consists only in the enjoyment of those objects which are by nature...

Happiness or satisfaction consists only in the enjoyment of those objects which are by nature...

The sum of the whole is plainly this: The nature of man considered in his...

The sum of the whole is plainly this: The nature of man considered in his...

The Epistles in the New Testament have all of them a particular reference to the...

The Epistles in the New Testament have all of them a particular reference to the...

Man may act according to that principle or inclination which for the present happens to...

Man may act according to that principle or inclination which for the present happens to...

Every one of our passions and affections hath its natural stint and bound, which may...

Every one of our passions and affections hath its natural stint and bound, which may...

People might love themselves with the most entire and unbounded affection, and yet be extremely...

People might love themselves with the most entire and unbounded affection, and yet be extremely...

The final causes, then, of compassion are to prevent and to relieve misery.

The final causes, then, of compassion are to prevent and to relieve misery.

Thus there is no doubt the eye was intended for us to see with.

Thus there is no doubt the eye was intended for us to see with.

Things and actions are what they are, and the consequences of them will be what...

Things and actions are what they are, and the consequences of them will be what...

Remember likewise there are persons who love fewer words, an inoffensive sort of people, and...

Remember likewise there are persons who love fewer words, an inoffensive sort of people, and...

But to us, probability is the very guide of life.

But to us, probability is the very guide of life.

The private interest of the individual would not be sufficiently provided for by reasonable and...

The private interest of the individual would not be sufficiently provided for by reasonable and...