Discourses on Various SubjectsCharles Fox, 1835 - 299 páginas |
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... tion of this nature - friendship and kindness may give it value and utility in their limited circle , though it may not be destined to excite any interest in a wider sphere ; and he ventures , therefore , to hope , that this volume may ...
... tion of this nature - friendship and kindness may give it value and utility in their limited circle , though it may not be destined to excite any interest in a wider sphere ; and he ventures , therefore , to hope , that this volume may ...
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... tion of Discourses , with as much anxiety as he ought , perhaps , to feel for any human opinion , but with an equal reliance on their candour and kindness . New - York , Feb. 24 , 1835 . DISCOURSE I. ON HUMAN NATURE . PSALM VIII . 4 ...
... tion of Discourses , with as much anxiety as he ought , perhaps , to feel for any human opinion , but with an equal reliance on their candour and kindness . New - York , Feb. 24 , 1835 . DISCOURSE I. ON HUMAN NATURE . PSALM VIII . 4 ...
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... tion ; that there is something to be said on the other side ? Nay , more ; do not all - the - varying representations of human nature imply their opposites ? Does not virtue according to our idea of it , according to the universal idea ...
... tion ; that there is something to be said on the other side ? Nay , more ; do not all - the - varying representations of human nature imply their opposites ? Does not virtue according to our idea of it , according to the universal idea ...
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... tion . We might say that the most ordinary tastes and the most trifling pursuits of man carry , to the obser- vant marks of the nobler mind . We might say that vain trifling , and that fleeting , dying pleasure , does not satisfy the ...
... tion . We might say that the most ordinary tastes and the most trifling pursuits of man carry , to the obser- vant marks of the nobler mind . We might say that vain trifling , and that fleeting , dying pleasure , does not satisfy the ...
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... tion - that immensity , in other words , is but the image of his own idea ; that there is no eternity to him , but that which exists in his own unbounded thought ; that there is no God to man , but what has been conceived of in his own ...
... tion - that immensity , in other words , is but the image of his own idea ; that there is no eternity to him , but that which exists in his own unbounded thought ; that there is no God to man , but what has been conceived of in his own ...
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