Elements of Moral Philosophy and of Christian Ethics, Volume 1J. Duncan, 1826 |
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... ages of barbarism and of dark- ness ; they preserved awake some share of attention to literary and scientific pursuits ; and by the powerful , though ridiculous , contentions which they occasioned , they may be regarded as the means of ...
... ages of barbarism and of dark- ness ; they preserved awake some share of attention to literary and scientific pursuits ; and by the powerful , though ridiculous , contentions which they occasioned , they may be regarded as the means of ...
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... ages , and the Reformer , whose opinion I have now quoted , was one of the first who contended for its authority and importance , in opposition to the doctrine that all moral distinctions are created by arbitrary appointment . This ...
... ages , and the Reformer , whose opinion I have now quoted , was one of the first who contended for its authority and importance , in opposition to the doctrine that all moral distinctions are created by arbitrary appointment . This ...
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... ages , and in all nations , are to be regarded as an expression to us of the will of the Deity . When we observe that in every situation the child loves his parent and the parent his child , we justly conclude that filial and parental ...
... ages , and in all nations , are to be regarded as an expression to us of the will of the Deity . When we observe that in every situation the child loves his parent and the parent his child , we justly conclude that filial and parental ...
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... age , the wisdom and the goodness of a Being who is not only himself infinitely perfect , but who , in communicating life to his intelligent offspring , has given them , with this blessing , the essential elements of happiness . Were it ...
... age , the wisdom and the goodness of a Being who is not only himself infinitely perfect , but who , in communicating life to his intelligent offspring , has given them , with this blessing , the essential elements of happiness . Were it ...
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... ages from which we are yet fa distant . " Newton possessed all the moral and physical quali- fications requisite to the successful discovery of truth . To that humility which is characteristic of original genius , he united a boldness ...
... ages from which we are yet fa distant . " Newton possessed all the moral and physical quali- fications requisite to the successful discovery of truth . To that humility which is characteristic of original genius , he united a boldness ...
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