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Page 36
... action when kept in its proper place ; when allowed to usurp an undue influence , it degenerates into selfishness ; and it then interferes in 36 ANALYSIS OF THE MORAL FEELINGS . THE DESIRES-THE AFFECTIONS-and SELF- LOVE.
... action when kept in its proper place ; when allowed to usurp an undue influence , it degenerates into selfishness ; and it then interferes in 36 ANALYSIS OF THE MORAL FEELINGS . THE DESIRES-THE AFFECTIONS-and SELF- LOVE.
Page 41
... has acquired an undue influence , so as to carry us forward in a manner disproportioned to its real and proper tendencies , it becomes a passion . D 2 1 PART I. OF THE DESIRES , THE AFFECTIONS , ANALYSIS OF THE MORAL FEELINGS . 41.
... has acquired an undue influence , so as to carry us forward in a manner disproportioned to its real and proper tendencies , it becomes a passion . D 2 1 PART I. OF THE DESIRES , THE AFFECTIONS , ANALYSIS OF THE MORAL FEELINGS . 41.
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... . It is un- necessary to add , how much of a man's respectability in life often depends upon finding his way , with proper E discrimination , through the relations of society which are referable ESTEEM AND APPROBATION . 49.
... . It is un- necessary to add , how much of a man's respectability in life often depends upon finding his way , with proper E discrimination , through the relations of society which are referable ESTEEM AND APPROBATION . 49.
Page 67
... proper measure of these sacrifices , by the high principle of moral duty , along with that mental exercise which places us in the situation of others , and , by a kind of reflected self - love , judges of the conduct due by us to them ...
... proper measure of these sacrifices , by the high principle of moral duty , along with that mental exercise which places us in the situation of others , and , by a kind of reflected self - love , judges of the conduct due by us to them ...
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... some- times deceived . In minds of a certain description , this may be allowed to produce a suspicion with regard to all evidence , -in other words , skepticism . The want of the necessary and proper caution , again 72 AFFECTIONS .
... some- times deceived . In minds of a certain description , this may be allowed to produce a suspicion with regard to all evidence , -in other words , skepticism . The want of the necessary and proper caution , again 72 AFFECTIONS .
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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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