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... reason , therefore with the power of reflection , there- fore of choice . But the faculty of reason and the powers of reflection and choice indicate not only a higher nature , but a higher destiny , than that of the creatures to whom ...
... reason , therefore with the power of reflection , there- fore of choice . But the faculty of reason and the powers of reflection and choice indicate not only a higher nature , but a higher destiny , than that of the creatures to whom ...
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... reason , and reason is only a higher kind of instinct . The reason of man is thus , according to them , nothing more than a higher development of the instinct of animals . This is a fallacy . Animal instinct can never pass into human ...
... reason , and reason is only a higher kind of instinct . The reason of man is thus , according to them , nothing more than a higher development of the instinct of animals . This is a fallacy . Animal instinct can never pass into human ...
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... reason in him . Such is our position in this created universe . Man is the head of creation . In him , and in him alone , we can see the completion of a creative design worthy of an infinite and eternal Being . We cannot suppose a Being ...
... reason in him . Such is our position in this created universe . Man is the head of creation . In him , and in him alone , we can see the completion of a creative design worthy of an infinite and eternal Being . We cannot suppose a Being ...
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... reason , great facilities for action by the freedom from bigotry of the present Government , five of the leading members of which , I was in- formed , are Protestants ; and very early it is expected a law will be introduced , and it is ...
... reason , great facilities for action by the freedom from bigotry of the present Government , five of the leading members of which , I was in- formed , are Protestants ; and very early it is expected a law will be introduced , and it is ...
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... reason they are permitted is , the Lord desires that man should be free , and will on no account violate his freedom by forcing him to act contrary to his own inclinations . The dignity of man consists in his freedom . It is this which ...
... reason they are permitted is , the Lord desires that man should be free , and will on no account violate his freedom by forcing him to act contrary to his own inclinations . The dignity of man consists in his freedom . It is this which ...
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Page 33 - Wherefore, my sentence, is, that we trouble not them, " which, from among the Gentiles, are turned to God : * but, " that we write unto them, that they abstain from pollutions " of idols, and from fornication, and from things strangled,
Page 577 - Lord God! behold, I cannot speak: for I am a child. But the Lord said unto me, Say not, I am a child : for thou shalt go to all that I shall send thee, and whatsoever I command thee thou shalt speak.
Page 264 - It is better to be a human being dissatisfied than a pig satisfied; better to be Socrates dissatisfied than a fool satisfied.
Page 66 - And all the host of heaven shall be dissolved, and the heavens shall be rolled together as a scroll: and all their host shall fall down, as the leaf falleth off from the vine, and as a falling fig from the fig tree.
Page 68 - Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved, what manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy conversation and godliness...
Page 69 - The earth also is defiled under the inhabitants thereof; Because they have transgressed the laws, changed the ordinance, Broken the everlasting covenant. Therefore hath the curse devoured the earth, And they that dwell therein are desolate: Therefore the inhabitants of the earth are burned, And few men left.
Page 66 - For the stars of heaven and the constellations thereof shall not give their light: the sun shall be darkened in his going forth, and the moon shall not cause her light to shine.
Page 69 - The earth is utterly broken down, the earth is clean dissolved, the earth is moved exceedingly. The earth shall reel to and fro like a drunkard, and shall be removed like a cottage ; and the transgression thereof shall be heavy upon it ; and it shall fall and not rise again.
Page 179 - He saith unto them, Moses because of the hardness of your hearts suffered you to put away your wives: but from the beginning it was not so.
Page 222 - Saith the Holy One, Lift up your eyes on high and behold who hath created these things that bringeth out their host by number; he callth them all by names by the greatness of his might for that he is strong in power; not one faileth.