Village Conversations, Or The Vicar's Fireside, Volume 3Baldwin, Cradock and Joy, 1817 |
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... perception and sagacity . A moral law of nature is equally ge- neral , though an expression not of fact but of what is good ; and is addressed to the powers of estimation and choice . ' * Consequently , physi- cal laws are of an ...
... perception and sagacity . A moral law of nature is equally ge- neral , though an expression not of fact but of what is good ; and is addressed to the powers of estimation and choice . ' * Consequently , physi- cal laws are of an ...
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... perceptions of good , and regulated by his apprehensions of evil . The more pleasing the good , the more ardently is it sought - the more fearful the evil , the more anxiously is it avoided . It is therefore essential to the well ...
... perceptions of good , and regulated by his apprehensions of evil . The more pleasing the good , the more ardently is it sought - the more fearful the evil , the more anxiously is it avoided . It is therefore essential to the well ...
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... perceptions of bene- volence ; so in a community , its modification , under the term philanthropy , is not discernible at an early period of civilization . 6 Benevolence , said Charles , arises from an ' 18 THE VICAR'S FIRE - SIDE .
... perceptions of bene- volence ; so in a community , its modification , under the term philanthropy , is not discernible at an early period of civilization . 6 Benevolence , said Charles , arises from an ' 18 THE VICAR'S FIRE - SIDE .
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... perception of right or wrong exist- ing in the mind , which approves of actions mo- rally right , and disapproves actions morally wrong . In this as in many other respects , we have to deprecate the cavil of words , and regret the time ...
... perception of right or wrong exist- ing in the mind , which approves of actions mo- rally right , and disapproves actions morally wrong . In this as in many other respects , we have to deprecate the cavil of words , and regret the time ...
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... perceptions of right and wrong , although my natural capacity for judging may be precisely the same . The ultimate end I may have in view , by my conduct in a state of competency and ci- vilization , is to promote the present happiness ...
... perceptions of right and wrong , although my natural capacity for judging may be precisely the same . The ultimate end I may have in view , by my conduct in a state of competency and ci- vilization , is to promote the present happiness ...
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Page 175 - LOOK round the habitable world, how few Know their own good, or, knowing it, pursue. How void of reason are our hopes and fears ! What in the conduct of our life appears So well...
Page 7 - FOR the principal aim of society is to protect individuals in the enjoyment of those absolute rights, which were vested in them by the immutable laws of nature ; but which could not be preserved in peace without that mutual assistance and intercourse which is gained by the institution of friendly and social communities. Hence it follows, that the first and primary end of human laws is to maintain and regulate these absolute rights of individuals.
Page 57 - Every sort of moral, every sort of civil, every sort of politic institution, aiding the rational and natural ties that connect the human understanding and affections to the divine, are not more than necessary, in order to build up that wonderful structure, Man...
Page 180 - In measure such, that, from the wide complex Of coexistent orders, one might rise, One Order, all-involving and entire, He too beholding in the sacred light Of his essential reason, all the shapes Of swift contingence, all successive ties Of action propagated through the sum Of possible existence, he at once, Down the long series of eventful time, So...
Page 44 - Though he should consider some of them as in some measure abusive, he will content himself with moderating, what he often cannot annihilate without great violence. When he cannot conquer the rooted prejudices of the people by reason and persuasion, he will not attempt to subdue them by force...
Page 177 - He meant, he made us to behold and love What he beholds and loves, the general orb Of life and being; to be great like him, Beneficent and active. Thus the men Whom Nature's works can charm, with God himself Hold converse; grow familiar, day by day, With his conceptions, act upon his plan; And form to his, the relish of their souls.
Page 193 - Let there be light' proclaimed the Almighty Lord, Astonished chaos heard the potent word; Through all his realms the kindling ether runs, And the mass starts into a million suns; Earths round each sun with quick explosions burst, And second planets issue from the first; Bend, as they journey with projectile force, In bright ellipses their reluctant course; HAYLEY.
Page 156 - His ears are open to the softest cry, His grace descends to meet the lifted eye ; He reads the language of a silent tear, And sighs are incense from a heart sincere.
Page i - Before all temples the upright heart and pure, Instruct me, for thou know'st; thou from the first Wast present, and with mighty wings outspread 20 Dove-like sat'st brooding on the vast abyss, And mad'st it pregnant: what in me is dark Illumine, what is low raise and support; That to the height of this great argument I may assert eternal Providence, 25 And justify the ways of God to men.