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... original , and somewhat exclusive , privilege has been disturbed . There was no necessity for this aban- donment to physical and moral degeneracy : but the result might be too confidently expected , and may be too naturally explained ...
... original , and somewhat exclusive , privilege has been disturbed . There was no necessity for this aban- donment to physical and moral degeneracy : but the result might be too confidently expected , and may be too naturally explained ...
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... original condition . They treat him with scorn . They throw an air of ridicule around him . They mock and jeer him . They press us to unite with them in this contempt . They rely upon our concert because of our avowed conviction that he ...
... original condition . They treat him with scorn . They throw an air of ridicule around him . They mock and jeer him . They press us to unite with them in this contempt . They rely upon our concert because of our avowed conviction that he ...
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... original , -they see no trace of a higher state . We attempt its retrieval , -they despair . We behold in each individual man , the immortal , the charge of a Providence , the subject of an Atonement , the heir of an eternal Retribution ...
... original , -they see no trace of a higher state . We attempt its retrieval , -they despair . We behold in each individual man , the immortal , the charge of a Providence , the subject of an Atonement , the heir of an eternal Retribution ...
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... original difficulty , — the selection of the Guide . If man must not choose his religion , he must at least select the party which shall teach a religion to him . He will find this far more perplexing than to decide upon the true reli ...
... original difficulty , — the selection of the Guide . If man must not choose his religion , he must at least select the party which shall teach a religion to him . He will find this far more perplexing than to decide upon the true reli ...
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... original , and most potential . It is not the parole inculcation of religious truth , -in this practice of rote among its young disciples the Roman Superstition more than vies with all , —but a rudimental training , a mental deve ...
... original , and most potential . It is not the parole inculcation of religious truth , -in this practice of rote among its young disciples the Roman Superstition more than vies with all , —but a rudimental training , a mental deve ...
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Page 110 - And thou, child, shalt be called the prophet of the Highest: for thou shalt go before the face of the Lord to prepare his ways ; to give knowledge of salvation unto his people by the remission of their sins, through the tender mercy of our God ; whereby the dayspring from on high hath visited us, to give light to them that sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the way of peace.
Page 309 - Where low-browed baseness wafts perfume to pride. No: — men, high-minded men, With powers as far above dull brutes endued In forest, brake, or den, As beasts excel cold rocks and brambles rude, — Men who their duties know, But know their rights, and, knowing, dare maintain; Prevent the long-aimed blow, And crush the tyrant while they rend the chain: — These constitute a State; And sovereign Law, that State's collected will, O'er thrones and globes elate Sits empress, crowning good, repressing...
Page 3 - Lo, children are an heritage of the Lord: and the fruit of the womb is his reward. As arrows are in the hand of a mighty man; so are children of the youth. Happy is the man that hath his quiver full of them: they shall not be ashamed, but they shall speak with the enemies in the gate.
Page 289 - Antiquity deserveth that reverence, that men should make a stand thereupon, and discover what is the best way; but when the discovery is well taken, then to make progression. And to speak truly, Antiquitas saeculi juventus mundi. These times are the ancient times, when the world is ancient, and not those which we account ancient ordine retrograde, by a computation backward from ourselves.
Page 73 - For thou, LORD, hast made me glad through thy work: I will triumph in the works of thy hands.
Page 309 - What constitutes a state ? Not high-raised battlement, or labored mound, Thick wall, or moated gate ; Not cities proud, with spires and turrets crowned ; Not bays and broad-armed ports, Where, laughing at the storm, rich navies ride, Nor starred and spangled courts, Where low-browed Baseness wafts perfume to pride. No : Men, high-minded men...
Page 198 - But rise; let us no more contend, nor blame Each other, blamed enough elsewhere; but strive, In offices of love, how we may lighten Each other's burden, in our share of woe...
Page 227 - And if it seem evil unto you to serve the Lord, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell : but as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.
Page 92 - How absolute the knave is! we must speak by the card, or equivocation will undo us. By the Lord, Horatio, these three years I have taken note of it; the age is grown so picked, that the toe of the peasant comes so near the heel of the courtier, he galls his kibe. — How long hast thou been a grave-maker? 1 Clo. Of all the days i' the year, I came to't that day that our last king Hamlet overcame Fortinbras.