Elements of Moral Philosophy and of Christian Ethics, Volume 1J. Duncan, 1826 |
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... communication of know- ledge , tends to their improvement ; and that , on this ground , the study of natural philosophy , or history , or chemistry , has precisely the same claim on our atten- tion . I am cordially willing to concede ...
... communication of know- ledge , tends to their improvement ; and that , on this ground , the study of natural philosophy , or history , or chemistry , has precisely the same claim on our atten- tion . I am cordially willing to concede ...
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... communicate a facility of embodying in language and in reasonings , the silent reflections of the mind . That such a faculty is of the first import- ance to all who are called to the high situation of com- municating the benefits of ...
... communicate a facility of embodying in language and in reasonings , the silent reflections of the mind . That such a faculty is of the first import- ance to all who are called to the high situation of com- municating the benefits of ...
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... communicate requires no technical language appropriated to itself . Accord ingly , we may apply to good metaphysical authors , what has been said of those who excel in the art of writing , that , in reading them , every body is apt to ...
... communicate requires no technical language appropriated to itself . Accord ingly , we may apply to good metaphysical authors , what has been said of those who excel in the art of writing , that , in reading them , every body is apt to ...
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... communicating life to his intelligent offspring , has given them , with this blessing , the essential elements of happiness . Were it my object to enter into details on this sub- ject , it were easy to multiply illustrations . I might ...
... communicating life to his intelligent offspring , has given them , with this blessing , the essential elements of happiness . Were it my object to enter into details on this sub- ject , it were easy to multiply illustrations . I might ...
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Daniel Dewar. Though he be provided with the instructions which he is to communicate in the volume of inspiration , it is his duty to study the means by which these instruc- tions may be rendered effectual : to ascertain with precision ...
Daniel Dewar. Though he be provided with the instructions which he is to communicate in the volume of inspiration , it is his duty to study the means by which these instruc- tions may be rendered effectual : to ascertain with precision ...
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