Modern Civilisation in Relation to Christianity: A Series of EssaysWilliam Blackwood & Sons, 1864 - 128 páginas |
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... produce the greatest amount of misery ! : 6 At doing what else are the utmost energies of the two sections of the " most advanced nation " of this most advanced of the ages , now put under extremest strain ! No : even the people who ...
... produce the greatest amount of misery ! : 6 At doing what else are the utmost energies of the two sections of the " most advanced nation " of this most advanced of the ages , now put under extremest strain ! No : even the people who ...
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... produce more than is necessary to sustain the body in health and vigour . Were the exertions of man in society , all required to provide for his bodily necessities , it is obvious he could make no advance in what we call Civilization ...
... produce more than is necessary to sustain the body in health and vigour . Were the exertions of man in society , all required to provide for his bodily necessities , it is obvious he could make no advance in what we call Civilization ...
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... production and diffusion among the people of literature and works of art ; to the training and support of religious instructors , and the mainten- ance of the ordinances of religion . The due direction of this power thus implies , not a ...
... production and diffusion among the people of literature and works of art ; to the training and support of religious instructors , and the mainten- ance of the ordinances of religion . The due direction of this power thus implies , not a ...
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... produce a single instance in which any great political or social problem has been successfully solved without the aid of sincere religicus convictions to control the selfish passions of mankind . " -- Professor Goldwin Smith . Letter in ...
... produce a single instance in which any great political or social problem has been successfully solved without the aid of sincere religicus convictions to control the selfish passions of mankind . " -- Professor Goldwin Smith . Letter in ...
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... produce . But if we contrast this stationary aspect of moral truths with the progres- sive aspect of intellectual truths , the difference is indeed startling . In reference to our moral conduct there is not a single principle now known ...
... produce . But if we contrast this stationary aspect of moral truths with the progres- sive aspect of intellectual truths , the difference is indeed startling . In reference to our moral conduct there is not a single principle now known ...
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