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Aaron Burr abnormal Acquisitiveness action ADAPTATION AND CULTIVATION Alimentiveness animal animalcules aqueous humors beautiful become Benevolence body brain Causality cause character chil child Combativeness Conscientiousness consequent constitutes death delightful depravity desire Destructiveness developed disease dren drinks DUE REGULATION duty earth effect enjoy enjoyment enlargement equally eral especially evil excited exercise father friends friendship function give happiness head Hence higher faculties human ical important improvement increase indulge infinitely influence intel intellectual and moral large Ideality latter law of things lect live located mankind means mental mind moral character moral faculties moral sentiments mothers nature ness never organs ourselves painful parental love perfect perpetual perverted Philoprogenitiveness Phrenology physical physical laws Physiology pleasure practical predominant principle propensities punishment quire render require RESTRAINT rich Self-Esteem soul spirit stimulant things tion TIVATED tiveness truth Veneration violate virtue virtuous VITELLIUS whereas wrong youth
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