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Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—S

Saccharine Principle in Things

(The). Mr. Emerson means by this phrase, the adaptation of living beings to their conditions- the becoming callous to pains that have to be borne, and the acquirement of liking for labours that are necessary.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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