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They multiply their vulnerable points by spreading their detachments and their outworks over ' too great a surface , when they might have concentrated their strength within the limits of an impregnable fortress .
They multiply their vulnerable points by spreading their detachments and their outworks over ' too great a surface , when they might have concentrated their strength within the limits of an impregnable fortress .
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The desire of acting virtuously , which is a desire consequent on our sense of right and wrong , may not be of equal strength with the desire of some criminal indulgence — and so , practically , the evil may preponderate over the good .
The desire of acting virtuously , which is a desire consequent on our sense of right and wrong , may not be of equal strength with the desire of some criminal indulgence — and so , practically , the evil may preponderate over the good .
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Had it strength , as it has right ; had it power , as it has manifest authority ; it would absolutely govern the world . ” “ This faculty was placed within us to be our proper governor ; to direct and regulate all under principles ...
Had it strength , as it has right ; had it power , as it has manifest authority ; it would absolutely govern the world . ” “ This faculty was placed within us to be our proper governor ; to direct and regulate all under principles ...
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Contents
PRELIMINARY VIEWS | 17 |
Of the Metaphysics which have been resorted | 99 |
on the side of Theism | 121 |
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| Title | The Works of Thomas Chalmers, Volume 1 The Works of Thomas Chalmers, Thomas Chalmers |
| Author | Thomas Chalmers |
| Publisher | W. Collins, 1836 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 11 Mar 2019 |
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