The Monthly Messenger: A Repository of Information : Comprising Original Articles on Various Subjects, and Select and Elegant Extracts from the Writings of Both Ancient and Modern Authors : Interspersed Wih Remarks Critical and Explanatory |
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... evil , useful or not , by education . ' Tis that which makes the great difference in mankind . The little or almost insensible impressions on our tender infancies have very important and lasting consequences : and there ' tis as in the ...
... evil , useful or not , by education . ' Tis that which makes the great difference in mankind . The little or almost insensible impressions on our tender infancies have very important and lasting consequences : and there ' tis as in the ...
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... evil character given to the population by the defective arrangements then in existence would , in all probabi- lity , have an influence in the formation of those laws which were enacted for the purpose of regulating the rights of ...
... evil character given to the population by the defective arrangements then in existence would , in all probabi- lity , have an influence in the formation of those laws which were enacted for the purpose of regulating the rights of ...
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... evil , and then attribute it to the system of private property - though it is easy to assert that the system of individualism abstracts from the population the means of fulfilling their natural obligations , and of calling into exercise ...
... evil , and then attribute it to the system of private property - though it is easy to assert that the system of individualism abstracts from the population the means of fulfilling their natural obligations , and of calling into exercise ...
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... evil in the world , there would be nothing to excite the philanthropic feelings of those who are enabled , by their riches , to ameliorate the condition of the unfortunate . We are further assured , by these would - be - wise men , that ...
... evil in the world , there would be nothing to excite the philanthropic feelings of those who are enabled , by their riches , to ameliorate the condition of the unfortunate . We are further assured , by these would - be - wise men , that ...
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... individualism debars the major portion of society from possessing those means , which fully warrants us in denouncing it as evil , repug- nant to sound philosophy , and contrary to natural justice 66 THE MONTHLY MESSENGER ;
... individualism debars the major portion of society from possessing those means , which fully warrants us in denouncing it as evil , repug- nant to sound philosophy , and contrary to natural justice 66 THE MONTHLY MESSENGER ;
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Page 36 - In my distress I called upon the Lord, and cried unto my God : he heard my voice out of his temple, and my cry came before him, even into his ears. Then the earth shook and trembled; the foundations also of the hills moved and were shaken, because he was wroth.
Page 36 - Thou canst not see my face : for there shall no man see me,
Page 17 - O how canst thou renounce the boundless store Of charms which Nature to her votary yields ? The warbling woodland, the resounding shore, The pomp of groves, and garniture of fields...
Page 37 - And they heard the voice of the Lord God walking in the garden in the cool of the day : and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the Lord God amongst the trees of the garden.
Page 107 - And Solomon's wisdom excelled the wisdom of all the children of the east country, and all the wisdom of Egypt.
Page 44 - I will greatly rejoice in the Lord, my soul shall be joyful in my God ; for he hath clothed me with the garments of salvation, he hath covered me with the robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom decketh himself with ornaments, and as a bride adorneth herself with her jewels.
Page 36 - He bowed the heavens also, and came down : and darkness was under his feet. And he rode upon a cherub, and did fly : yea, he did fly upon the wings of the wind.
Page 213 - And Adam lived an hundred and thirty years, and begat a son in his own likeness, after his image; and called his name Seth...
Page 214 - And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shall not eat of it: cursed is the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life...
Page 25 - ... robes. Reasoners of such a temper were scarcely inclined to wrangle about their respective modes of faith, or of worship. It was indifferent to them what shape the folly of the multitude might choose to assume ; and they approached, with the same inward contempt, and the same external reverence, the altars of the Libyan, the Olympian, or the Capitoline Jupiter.