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... language of the vis- ible world , the mysteries of natural revelation . The mind , the heart , the character of the whole human family , the har- mony , sublimity , and beauty , of the sensible creation , are the Scriptures of Science ...
... language of the vis- ible world , the mysteries of natural revelation . The mind , the heart , the character of the whole human family , the har- mony , sublimity , and beauty , of the sensible creation , are the Scriptures of Science ...
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... language , appeared in that speech , bestowed by God himself at their creation : and the miracle was renewed at Babel ; for man never could have invented the most subtle and complex , the most profound and abstruse , of all the ...
... language , appeared in that speech , bestowed by God himself at their creation : and the miracle was renewed at Babel ; for man never could have invented the most subtle and complex , the most profound and abstruse , of all the ...
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... language and government , Arts and Sciences , or manners and customs . But while we can readily imagine much , that appertained to the detailed pro- gress of the several Arts and Sciences , before and after this period ; yet it must be ...
... language and government , Arts and Sciences , or manners and customs . But while we can readily imagine much , that appertained to the detailed pro- gress of the several Arts and Sciences , before and after this period ; yet it must be ...
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... languages and authors of Greece and Rome to be regarded as INSTITUTIONS , once indispensable , invaluable ; but , having answered their end , shall they not now yield , especially in our country , to a higher order of institutions , viz ...
... languages and authors of Greece and Rome to be regarded as INSTITUTIONS , once indispensable , invaluable ; but , having answered their end , shall they not now yield , especially in our country , to a higher order of institutions , viz ...
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... language and descent , which has laid the foun- dations of literature , broader and deeper than ever nation did before , in the nature of Man , in the character of univer- sal society , in the principles of social order , in popular ...
... language and descent , which has laid the foun- dations of literature , broader and deeper than ever nation did before , in the nature of Man , in the character of univer- sal society , in the principles of social order , in popular ...
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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.