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... question - begging phrases as heterodox , radical , free - thinker , anarchist . The trouble with such phrases , indicative and ex- citing as they are , is their plain relativity to something repre- hensible that only you yourself have ...
... question - begging phrases as heterodox , radical , free - thinker , anarchist . The trouble with such phrases , indicative and ex- citing as they are , is their plain relativity to something repre- hensible that only you yourself have ...
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... question was not ' How do the characters of the organism get into the germ - cell which it produces ? ' but ' How are the characters of an organism represented in the germ which produces it ? Or , as Samuel Butler has it , the proper ...
... question was not ' How do the characters of the organism get into the germ - cell which it produces ? ' but ' How are the characters of an organism represented in the germ which produces it ? Or , as Samuel Butler has it , the proper ...
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... question doubtless do . But when the desirability of remov- ing is abnormally great , we know about the effort of retaining perfectly well , and the gradual increase in our percep- tion of the effort suggests strongly that there has ...
... question doubtless do . But when the desirability of remov- ing is abnormally great , we know about the effort of retaining perfectly well , and the gradual increase in our percep- tion of the effort suggests strongly that there has ...
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... question whether such and such a course of conduct does or does not do physical harm is the safest test by which to try the question whether it is moral or no . If it does no harm to the body we ought to be very chary of calling it ...
... question whether such and such a course of conduct does or does not do physical harm is the safest test by which to try the question whether it is moral or no . If it does no harm to the body we ought to be very chary of calling it ...
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... question " How , if every one were to do so and so ? " may be met with another " How , if no one were to do it ? " We are a body corporate as well as a collection of individuals . As a matter of private policy I doubt whether the mod ...
... question " How , if every one were to do so and so ? " may be met with another " How , if no one were to do it ? " We are a body corporate as well as a collection of individuals . As a matter of private policy I doubt whether the mod ...
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Page 203 - Wisdom crieth without; she uttereth her voice in the streets; She crieth in the chief place of concourse, in the openings of the gates: in the city she uttereth her words, saying. How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? and the scorners delight in their scorning, and fools hate knowledge?
Page 203 - All things have I seen in the days of my vanity: there is a just man that perisheth in his righteousness, and there is a wicked man that prolongeth his life in his wickedness.
Page 27 - OUT of the deep have I called unto thee, O LORD ; LORD, hear my voice. 0 let thine ears consider well the voice of my complaint. If thou, LORD, wilt be extreme to mark what is done amiss; O LORD, who may abide it ? For there is mercy with thee: therefore shalt thou be feared.
Page 162 - What then? notwithstanding, every way, whether in pretence or in truth, Christ is preached...
Page 214 - Teach me to live, that I may dread The grave as little as my bed ; Teach me to die, that so I may Rise glorious at the awful day.
Page 264 - Hey, Diddle, Diddle, The cat and the fiddle, The cow jumped over the moon. The little dog laughed To see such sport, And the dish ran away with the spoon.
Page 60 - In the moral government of the world, it seems evidently necessary, that the sins of the fathers should be visited upon the children...
Page 220 - The great pleasure of a dog is that you may make a fool of yourself with him and not only will he not scold you, but he will make a fool of himself too.
Page 393 - if ever there was a sober creetur to be got at eighteen pence a day for working people, and three and six for gentlefolks - night watching,"' said Mrs Gamp with emphasis, '"being a extra charge - you are that inwallable person.
Page 217 - AN APOLOGY FOR THE DEVIL It must be remembered that we have only heard one side of the case. God has written all the books.