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... glory of God , and individual , social , national welfare and to consider solemnly , thoughtfully , how far defects can be supplied , and abuses corrected . That these do exist , can hardly be doubted by any one , who reflects on the ...
... glory of God , and individual , social , national welfare and to consider solemnly , thoughtfully , how far defects can be supplied , and abuses corrected . That these do exist , can hardly be doubted by any one , who reflects on the ...
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... glory of Science , Page 3 4 5 6 7 8 Rudiments of Science in Paradise , 9 Progress to the confusion of tongues , 11 Review till Thales , 12 Review from do . till Augustus . The great question , · 14 Little value and usefulness of Ancient ...
... glory of Science , Page 3 4 5 6 7 8 Rudiments of Science in Paradise , 9 Progress to the confusion of tongues , 11 Review till Thales , 12 Review from do . till Augustus . The great question , · 14 Little value and usefulness of Ancient ...
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... glory are kindled , at distant intervals , along the sub- lime pathway of Man ; and emulate in the world of Science , the goodly fellowship of the prophets , and the noble army of martyrs , in the Holy Church Universal . Nor can it es ...
... glory are kindled , at distant intervals , along the sub- lime pathway of Man ; and emulate in the world of Science , the goodly fellowship of the prophets , and the noble army of martyrs , in the Holy Church Universal . Nor can it es ...
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... glory , power and happiness ; and passing at their appointed time , from the world of nations , to the world of unimagined communities of the good and the evil . There , our retrospect of the past begins with the garden of paradise ...
... glory , power and happiness ; and passing at their appointed time , from the world of nations , to the world of unimagined communities of the good and the evil . There , our retrospect of the past begins with the garden of paradise ...
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... glory and excellency of Science consists in its aptitude to melio- rate the condition of man , and to promote substantial , prac- tical , permanent improvement , in ... glory of God , as the Moral Governor True value and glory of Science,
... glory and excellency of Science consists in its aptitude to melio- rate the condition of man , and to promote substantial , prac- tical , permanent improvement , in ... glory of God , as the Moral Governor True value and glory of Science,
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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.