Discourses on Various SubjectsCharles Fox, 1835 - 299 páginas |
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... regard man as a slave , will make him the slave of superstition , will take a sort of superstitious pleasure or merit in magnifying his wickedness or unworthiness . And he who thinks meanly of human nature , will think coldly and dis ...
... regard man as a slave , will make him the slave of superstition , will take a sort of superstitious pleasure or merit in magnifying his wickedness or unworthiness . And he who thinks meanly of human nature , will think coldly and dis ...
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... regard as respectable and honourable to human nature . Now I say again , as I said before , let these popular compositions set forth the beauties of vice ; let them celebrate meanness , parsimony , fraud , or cowardice , and would they ...
... regard as respectable and honourable to human nature . Now I say again , as I said before , let these popular compositions set forth the beauties of vice ; let them celebrate meanness , parsimony , fraud , or cowardice , and would they ...
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... regard the worst of men , rather than the best , as samples of human nature and capability ? The way , then , is open for us to claim for human nature - however that nature is breathed upon by heavenly influences - to claim for human ...
... regard the worst of men , rather than the best , as samples of human nature and capability ? The way , then , is open for us to claim for human nature - however that nature is breathed upon by heavenly influences - to claim for human ...
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... regard the guiding instincts with which they are endowed , and were rushing into universal madness , the whole world would stand aghast at the spectacle . But multitudes in the rational creation disobey a higher law and forsake a more ...
... regard the guiding instincts with which they are endowed , and were rushing into universal madness , the whole world would stand aghast at the spectacle . But multitudes in the rational creation disobey a higher law and forsake a more ...
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... regard and cultivate our nature as a whole . Almost all error is some truth carried to excess , or diminished from its proper magnitude . Almost all sin is some good or useful principle , suffered to be immoderate and ungovernable , or ...
... regard and cultivate our nature as a whole . Almost all error is some truth carried to excess , or diminished from its proper magnitude . Almost all sin is some good or useful principle , suffered to be immoderate and ungovernable , or ...
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admiration affections amidst appeal art thou awaken awful beauty believe blessed breath brethren cern character children of men Christian cold conscience creature dark death DISCOURSE divine divine grace doubt duty dwell earth earthly eternity evil faith fear feeling forms friends future glorious glory God's gospel habit happiness heaven holy holy record honour hope human heart human nature immortal indifference indulgence infinite interests irreligion Jesus language light ligion live look meditation ment mercy mind misery moral moral universe ness never noble objects pass passions perhaps piety pity pleasure prayer principle racter rational reason religion religious sensibility repeat retribution scene selfish sense sensual sinful sinner sleep solemn sorrow soul speak spirit strong sublime suffer sure teaching thee things thou thou art mind thought timate tion toil true truth virtue voice whole wisdom words worldly wrong