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... affections , on the sentiments and opinions of the citizen and commu- nity , that they , in turn , exert an agency of incalculable pow- er and value , on every possible relation of man , in Christian , civilized and Republican countries ...
... affections , on the sentiments and opinions of the citizen and commu- nity , that they , in turn , exert an agency of incalculable pow- er and value , on every possible relation of man , in Christian , civilized and Republican countries ...
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... affections of the heart , upon the powers of the understanding , upon the immortal aspirations of the soul , and upon the whole character , in its interior and exterior relations , and if we have either the faith of religion , or the ...
... affections of the heart , upon the powers of the understanding , upon the immortal aspirations of the soul , and upon the whole character , in its interior and exterior relations , and if we have either the faith of religion , or the ...
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... affections of domestic and social life , of the third . On the first , essentially depend our happiness and perfection , here and hereafter : on the second , chiefly rests the business of life : on the third , the greater part of our ...
... affections of domestic and social life , of the third . On the first , essentially depend our happiness and perfection , here and hereafter : on the second , chiefly rests the business of life : on the third , the greater part of our ...
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... affections . In point of fact , then , those things , which even the Angels desire to look into , are neglected or carefully excluded , as though it were intended to demonstrate practi- cally , how little they were esteemed . So ...
... affections . In point of fact , then , those things , which even the Angels desire to look into , are neglected or carefully excluded , as though it were intended to demonstrate practi- cally , how little they were esteemed . So ...
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... affections of the heart . God has ordained their exercise in every act of life , as inseparable from the very business of life . Yet , if we judge from his plan of education , Man has declared , that they have not a co - existence in ...
... affections of the heart . God has ordained their exercise in every act of life , as inseparable from the very business of life . Yet , if we judge from his plan of education , Man has declared , that they have not a co - existence in ...
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Page 24 - Forbade to wade through slaughter to a throne, And shut the gates of mercy on mankind ; The struggling pangs of conscious truth to hide, To quench the blushes of ingenuous shame, Or heap the shrine of Luxury and Pride With incense kindled at the Muse's flame.
Page 100 - Is it possible that a book at once so simple and sublime should be merely the work of man...
Page 108 - It is he that sitteth upon the circle of the earth, And the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers; That stretcheth out the heavens as a curtain, And spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in: That bringeth the princes to nothing; He maketh the judges of the earth as vanity.
Page 151 - Such was Roscommon, not more learn'd than good, With manners generous as his noble blood; To him the wit of Greece and Rome was known, And every author's merit, but his own. Such late was...
Page 41 - And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the Lord God, that I will cause the sun to go down at noon, and I will darken the earth in the clear day...
Page 100 - What presence of mind, what subtlety, what truth in his replies! How great the command over his passions ! Where is the man, where the philosopher, who could so live, and so die, without weakness, and without ostentation...
Page 94 - The Bible only, of all the myriads of books the world has seen, is equally important and interesting to all mankind. Its tidings, whether of peace or of woe, are the same to the poor, the ignorant, and the weak, as to the rich, the wise, and the powerful.
Page ii - July, 1809. 8vo. Charleston. 1829. -, . Reflections on the Character and Objects of All Science and Literature, and on the Relative Excellence and Value of Religious and Secular Education, and of Sacred and Classical Literature ; in Two Addresses and an Oration, with Additions and Improvements, an Appendix, &c.
Page 4 - Their pantheon includes gods in the heaven above, on the earth beneath, and in the waters under the earth...
Page 101 - Yes ! if the life and death of Socrates were those of a sage, the life and death of Jesus were those of a God.