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... Existence . 101. Prospects of the United States 102. Conversation in a Library .. 104. Clouds 105. Character of Professor Playfair 106. Parallel between Leibnitz and Newton 107. Genius of Laplace ... 109. Character of Dugald Stewart 110 ...
... Existence . 101. Prospects of the United States 102. Conversation in a Library .. 104. Clouds 105. Character of Professor Playfair 106. Parallel between Leibnitz and Newton 107. Genius of Laplace ... 109. Character of Dugald Stewart 110 ...
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... existence . He would still be but the inelegant , misshapen inhabitant of the ocean , wallowing unwieldy , enormous in his gait . " Were the elephant made to possess it , it would but teach him the deformity of his own structure , the ...
... existence . He would still be but the inelegant , misshapen inhabitant of the ocean , wallowing unwieldy , enormous in his gait . " Were the elephant made to possess it , it would but teach him the deformity of his own structure , the ...
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... existence , in states whose policy is the most arbitrary ; but in such a situation , it seldom lasts long , and can never rest upon a secure and permanent basis , disappearing , for the most part , along with those temporary views of ...
... existence , in states whose policy is the most arbitrary ; but in such a situation , it seldom lasts long , and can never rest upon a secure and permanent basis , disappearing , for the most part , along with those temporary views of ...
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... existence . The social , the religious , the political institutions of the . world , are the principal departments of this great school , which are placed under the control of man . But the Deity himself condescends to assume its ...
... existence . The social , the religious , the political institutions of the . world , are the principal departments of this great school , which are placed under the control of man . But the Deity himself condescends to assume its ...
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... existence among the elements of thought and action — the man who shall do any one of these things , or any thing of a similar character , will exert an efficient influence over more minds than have ever yet heard the name of Homer or ...
... existence among the elements of thought and action — the man who shall do any one of these things , or any thing of a similar character , will exert an efficient influence over more minds than have ever yet heard the name of Homer or ...
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Page 257 - When my eyes shall be turned to behold, for the last time, the sun in heaven, may I not see him shining on the broken and dishonored fragments of a once glorious union...
Page 175 - Ah ! then and there was hurrying to and fro, And gathering tears, and tremblings of distress, And cheeks all pale, which, but an hour ago, Blushed at the praise of their own loveliness ; And there were sudden partings, such as press The life from out young hearts, and choking sighs Which ne'er might be repeated...
Page 217 - Hovered thy spirit o'er thy sorrowing son, Wretch even then, life's journey just begun ? Perhaps thou gav'st me, though unfelt, a kiss ; Perhaps a tear, if souls can weep in bliss — Ah, that maternal smile ! it answers — Yes.
Page 283 - The priest-like father reads the sacred page, How Abram was the friend of God on high ; Or Moses bade eternal warfare wage With Amalek's ungracious progeny ; Or how the royal Bard did groaning lie Beneath the stroke of Heaven's avenging ire ; Or Job's, pathetic plaint, and wailing cry ; Or rapt Isaiah's wild, seraphic fire ; Or other holy seers that tune the sacred lyre.
Page 146 - Utters, who from eternity doth teach Himself in all, and all things in himself. Great universal Teacher ! he shall mould Thy spirit, and by giving make it ask.
Page 44 - Ye ice-falls! ye that from the mountain's brow Adown enormous ravines slope amain — Torrents, methinks, that heard a mighty voice, And stopped at once amid their maddest plunge!
Page 157 - The remotest discoveries of the Chemist, the Botanist, or Mineralogist, will be as proper objects of the Poet's art as any upon which it can be employed, if the time should ever come when these things shall be familiar to us...
Page 269 - Of all the dispositions and habits which lead to political prosperity, religion and morality are indispensable supports. In vain would that man claim the tribute of patriotism, who should labor to subvert these great pillars of human happiness, these firmest props of the duties of men and citizens.
Page 282 - The sire turns o'er, wi' patriarchal grace, The big ha' Bible, ance his father's pride ; His bonnet rev'rently is laid aside, His lyart haffets wearing thin an' bare ; Those strains that once did sweet in Zion glide, He wales a portion with judicious care ; And " Let us worship God !
Page 270 - ... to give to mankind the magnanimous and too novel example of a people always guided by an exalted justice and benevolence. Who can doubt that in the course of time and things the fruits of such a plan would richly repay any temporary advantages which might be lost by a steady adherence to it ? Can it be, that Providence has not connected the permanent felicity of a Nation with its Virtue ? The experiment, at least, is recommended by every sentiment which ennobles human nature.