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... virtue . The philanthropist labors for beings , the philosopher for wisdom , that shall endure forever . Without this belief , the motives to goodness would diminish with increasing years . The strong sense of religious obligation grows ...
... virtue . The philanthropist labors for beings , the philosopher for wisdom , that shall endure forever . Without this belief , the motives to goodness would diminish with increasing years . The strong sense of religious obligation grows ...
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... virtue which religion presents . Least of all can we dispense with the strongest . The habitual thought of immortality seems to us as indispensable as the habitual fear of God . In fact the VOL . XXXIX . 4TH S. VOL . IV . NO . I. - 3 ...
... virtue which religion presents . Least of all can we dispense with the strongest . The habitual thought of immortality seems to us as indispensable as the habitual fear of God . In fact the VOL . XXXIX . 4TH S. VOL . IV . NO . I. - 3 ...
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... expectation of a future life ; if our horror at vice and our delight in virtue are infinitely increased by the thought that they may carry with them 1845. ] Immortality . 27 weal or woe forever ; 26 [ JULY , Immortality .
... expectation of a future life ; if our horror at vice and our delight in virtue are infinitely increased by the thought that they may carry with them 1845. ] Immortality . 27 weal or woe forever ; 26 [ JULY , Immortality .
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... virtue . It teaches us that all the good of which we are capable will come in the train of goodness . Compared with the majestic motives which it presents , all other motives sink into insignificance . It is the link that connects us ...
... virtue . It teaches us that all the good of which we are capable will come in the train of goodness . Compared with the majestic motives which it presents , all other motives sink into insignificance . It is the link that connects us ...
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... virtues as well as vices , and recount the good not less than the evil deeds , of the Catholic Church or its prominent disciples . We would utter no word , and we grieve to read a word here , against the books of Thomas a Kempis and the ...
... virtues as well as vices , and recount the good not less than the evil deeds , of the Catholic Church or its prominent disciples . We would utter no word , and we grieve to read a word here , against the books of Thomas a Kempis and the ...
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