Mistakes of Ingersoll on Thomas Paine: As Shown by E.P. Goodwin, D.D., Wm. M. Blackburn, D.D., Bishop Fallows, Rev. Simeon Gilbert, Pere Hyacinthe, Prof. Wilcox, Rev. James Maclaughlin, W.F. Hatfield, D.D., and Others. Including Also Ingersoll's Lecture on Thomas PaineJames Baird McClure |
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... wish to believe , that Jesus Christ is the Son of God ? After a pause of some minutes , he answered , ' I have no wish to believe on that subject . ' I then left him , and know not whether he afterward spoke to any person on any subject ...
... wish to believe , that Jesus Christ is the Son of God ? After a pause of some minutes , he answered , ' I have no wish to believe on that subject . ' I then left him , and know not whether he afterward spoke to any person on any subject ...
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... wish to atone for evil committed , yet it may be a question worthy of able consideration , whether excessive pride of opinion , consummate vanity and inordinate self - love might not prevent or retard that otherwise natural conse ...
... wish to atone for evil committed , yet it may be a question worthy of able consideration , whether excessive pride of opinion , consummate vanity and inordinate self - love might not prevent or retard that otherwise natural conse ...
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... wish to dwarf the services rendered by Paine to the cause of American independence . His " Common Sense " was a heavy gun in the field , and the writer was rewarded for it by a vote of £ 500 by the Legis- lature of Pennsylvania . I need ...
... wish to dwarf the services rendered by Paine to the cause of American independence . His " Common Sense " was a heavy gun in the field , and the writer was rewarded for it by a vote of £ 500 by the Legis- lature of Pennsylvania . I need ...
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... wish I could give them , and that is , the Christian religion . If they had that , and I had not given them one shilling , they would have been rich ; and if they had not that , and I had given them all the world they would be poor ...
... wish I could give them , and that is , the Christian religion . If they had that , and I had not given them one shilling , they would have been rich ; and if they had not that , and I had given them all the world they would be poor ...
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... wish might be read and pondered over by every one who believes in the doctrines Paine labored so zealously to disseminate among men : " Now , sir , I think I have drawn a complete portrait of your character ; yet , to enter upon every ...
... wish might be read and pondered over by every one who believes in the doctrines Paine labored so zealously to disseminate among men : " Now , sir , I think I have drawn a complete portrait of your character ; yet , to enter upon every ...
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Page 120 - These are the times that try men's souls : The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will in this crisis, shrink from the service of his country; but he that stands it Now, deserves the love and thanks of man and woman.
Page 62 - I have now disposed of all my property to my family. There is one thing more I wish I could give them and that is the Christian religion. If they had...
Page 83 - The tradition of followers suffices to insert any number of marvels, and may have inserted all the miracles which he is reputed to have wrought. But who among his disciples or among their proselytes was capable of inventing the sayings ascribed to Jesus or of imagining the life and character revealed in the Gospels ? Certainly not the fishermen of Galilee ; as certainly not St.
Page 77 - Believe me, dear sir, there is not in the British Empire a man who more cordially loves a union with Great Britain than I do. But by the God that made me, I will cease to exist before I yield to a connection on such terms as the British Parliament propose; and in this I think I speak the sentiments of America.
Page 50 - We will neither import nor purchase any slave imported after the first day of December next; after which time we will wholly discontinue the slave trade and will neither be concerned in it ourselves, nor will we hire our vessels, nor sell our commodities or manufactures to those who are concerned in it.
Page 38 - I cannot refrain from adding that the collection of tracts, which we call, from their excellence, the Scriptures, contain, independently of a divine origin, more true sublimity, more exquisite beauty, purer morality, more important history, and finer strains both of poetry and eloquence, than could be collected, within the same compass, from all other books that were ever composed in any age or in any idiom.
Page 151 - I am in hopes you will find us returned generally to sentiments worthy of former times. In these it will be your glory to have steadily labored, and with as much effect as any man living. That you may long live to continue your useful labors, and to reap their reward in the thankfulness of nations, is my sincere prayer.
Page 84 - It was reserved for Christianity to present to the world an ideal character, which through all the changes of eighteen centuries has inspired the hearts of men with an impassioned love, has shown itself capable of acting on all ages, nations, temperaments, and conditions, has been not only the highest pattern of virtue but the strongest incentive to its practice...
Page 77 - ... to-day in the petitions of our worthy pastor for a reconciliation between our no longer parent state, but tyrant state, and these colonies. Let us separate ; they are unworthy to be our brethren. Let us renounce them ; and, instead of supplications, as formerly, for their prosperity and happiness, let us beseech the Almighty to blast their counsels, and bring to nought all their devices.
Page 152 - I believe in one God, and no more; and I hope for happiness beyond this life. I believe in the equality of man; and I believe that religious duties consist in doing justice, loving mercy, and endeavoring to make our fellow creatures happy.