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... instance , con- veys little that is conclusive to most minds , and to many is entirely incomprehensible . The same ob- servation may be applied to those well - intended and able arguments , by which the probability of a future state is ...
... instance , con- veys little that is conclusive to most minds , and to many is entirely incomprehensible . The same ob- servation may be applied to those well - intended and able arguments , by which the probability of a future state is ...
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... instances the source of worthy and useful displays of human character . Though inferior to the high sense of moral obligation , it may yet be con- sidered a laudable principle , - -as when a man seeks the approbation of others by deeds ...
... instances the source of worthy and useful displays of human character . Though inferior to the high sense of moral obligation , it may yet be con- sidered a laudable principle , - -as when a man seeks the approbation of others by deeds ...
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... instances in which it is the quality of a man of the greatest mind to pursue some course to which , from adequate motives , he has devoted himself , regardless alike of the praise or the disapprobation of other men . The character in ...
... instances in which it is the quality of a man of the greatest mind to pursue some course to which , from adequate motives , he has devoted himself , regardless alike of the praise or the disapprobation of other men . The character in ...
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... instances , a man has usually a distinct impression of what he thinks due by other men towards himself ; justice requires that he rigidly extend to others the same feelings and conduct which , in similar cir- cumstances , he expects ...
... instances , a man has usually a distinct impression of what he thinks due by other men towards himself ; justice requires that he rigidly extend to others the same feelings and conduct which , in similar cir- cumstances , he expects ...
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... instances is , that it be such as , were our own interest concerned , we should think fair and honourable in other men . ( 2. ) Justice requires us not to interfere with the freedom of action of others . This constitutes per- sonal ...
... instances is , that it be such as , were our own interest concerned , we should think fair and honourable in other men . ( 2. ) Justice requires us not to interfere with the freedom of action of others . This constitutes per- sonal ...
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Page 96 - Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up, doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil, rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth; beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things. Charity never faileth: but whether there be prophecies, they shall fail; whether there be tongues, they shall cease; whether there be knowledge, it shall vanish away....
Page 130 - For when the Gentiles, which have not the law, do by nature the things contained in the law, these, having not the law, are a law unto themselves ; which show the work of the law written in their hearts, their conscience also bearing witness, and their thoughts the mean while accusing or else excusing one another ;) in the day when God shall judge the secrets of men by Jesus Christ, according to my Gospel.
Page 176 - Who shall ascend into the hill of the Lord? or who shall stand in his holy place? He that hath clean hands, and a pure heart; who hath not lifted up his soul unto vanity, nor sworn deceitfully.
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Page 174 - ... a peace which passeth all understanding;" " a wisdom pure and peaceable, gentle and easy to be entreated, full of mercy and of good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy.
Page 118 - B., without degrading me. I think you know Moore. Pray assure him that I have not the smallest influence over Lord Byron, in this particular, and if I had, I certainly should employ it to eradicate from his great mind the delusions of Christianity, which, in spite of his reason, seem perpetually to recur, and to lay in ambush for the hours of sickness and distress.
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