Elements of Moral Philosophy and of Christian Ethics, Volume 1J. Duncan, 1826 |
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... ment of the law only the explicit statement of a truth , which , while the constitution of human beings remains unchanged , must continue for ever unalterably the same . Thus , we might proceed in our investigation of all the moral ...
... ment of the law only the explicit statement of a truth , which , while the constitution of human beings remains unchanged , must continue for ever unalterably the same . Thus , we might proceed in our investigation of all the moral ...
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... ment , that no difficulty can long stand in his way , who adds to his love of knowledge , patience in inquiry , and intrepidity in his perseverance . Sir William Jones remarks of himself , that he entered on his studies with this maxim ...
... ment , that no difficulty can long stand in his way , who adds to his love of knowledge , patience in inquiry , and intrepidity in his perseverance . Sir William Jones remarks of himself , that he entered on his studies with this maxim ...
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... ment . It were well if this precipitancy always termi- nated in speculation . It too frequently happens , however , that from mistaken notions of themselves and of what is due to their opinions , they are hurried along to such ...
... ment . It were well if this precipitancy always termi- nated in speculation . It too frequently happens , however , that from mistaken notions of themselves and of what is due to their opinions , they are hurried along to such ...
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... poet receive their fulfil- ment in man . There wanted yet the master work , the end Of all yet done ; a creature who , not prone And brute as other creatures , but endued With sanctity Chap . II . ] for prosecuting Moral Philosophy . 37.
... poet receive their fulfil- ment in man . There wanted yet the master work , the end Of all yet done ; a creature who , not prone And brute as other creatures , but endued With sanctity Chap . II . ] for prosecuting Moral Philosophy . 37.
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... slight ground of encourage- ment , that even these branches of knowledge were once as full of absurd and fanciful conjectures as this ; and that the same rigid attention to the methods of 62 [ INTRO . Explanatory Observations .
... slight ground of encourage- ment , that even these branches of knowledge were once as full of absurd and fanciful conjectures as this ; and that the same rigid attention to the methods of 62 [ INTRO . Explanatory Observations .
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