Elements of Moral Philosophy and of Christian Ethics, Volume 1J. Duncan, 1826 |
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... circumstances , they are in every place essential- ly the same : -we are surely entitled to infer that prin- ciples thus united to the nature of man , in all ages , and in all nations , are to be regarded as an expression to us of the ...
... circumstances , they are in every place essential- ly the same : -we are surely entitled to infer that prin- ciples thus united to the nature of man , in all ages , and in all nations , are to be regarded as an expression to us of the ...
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... circumstances with which it is sur- rounded , and in the growth of affections correspond- ing to youth , to manhood , and to old age , the wisdom and the goodness of a Being who is not only himself infinitely perfect , but who , in ...
... circumstances with which it is sur- rounded , and in the growth of affections correspond- ing to youth , to manhood , and to old age , the wisdom and the goodness of a Being who is not only himself infinitely perfect , but who , in ...
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... circumstances which require their operation . Thus , for example , we see the gay and effeminate female becoming the tender and anxious mother , cheerfully relinquishing those pursuits with which she formerly associated much of her ...
... circumstances which require their operation . Thus , for example , we see the gay and effeminate female becoming the tender and anxious mother , cheerfully relinquishing those pursuits with which she formerly associated much of her ...
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... circumstances , every advantage that could contribute to his rising above the standard of ordinary men ; but without the continual influence on his active mind of the principle to which I have referred , he probably , notwithstand- ing ...
... circumstances , every advantage that could contribute to his rising above the standard of ordinary men ; but without the continual influence on his active mind of the principle to which I have referred , he probably , notwithstand- ing ...
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... as many different shapes as the pursuits of mankind ; whereas the former , having its root in the common D principles and common circumstances of the human race , may Chap . II . ] for prosecuting Moral Philosophy . 88.
... as many different shapes as the pursuits of mankind ; whereas the former , having its root in the common D principles and common circumstances of the human race , may Chap . II . ] for prosecuting Moral Philosophy . 88.
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