A treatise on the records of the creation, and on the moral attributes of the Creator: with particular reference to the Jewish history ... by John Bird Sumner ...J. Hatchard, 1818 |
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... Division of Property . Mode of Operation exemplified , in the Case of a single Family , for whose Increase the allotted District is too small . This the Date of the Recognition of Property among the ex- isting Families . II . This Division ...
... Division of Property . Mode of Operation exemplified , in the Case of a single Family , for whose Increase the allotted District is too small . This the Date of the Recognition of Property among the ex- isting Families . II . This Division ...
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... division of property which se- cures to every man the fruit of his own la- bour . It is this main spring which keeps the arts and civilized industry in motion . " The first , who having enclosed a spot of ground , has taken upon himself ...
... division of property which se- cures to every man the fruit of his own la- bour . It is this main spring which keeps the arts and civilized industry in motion . " The first , who having enclosed a spot of ground , has taken upon himself ...
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... property , and , therefore , are not led to labour in order to attain wealth ... property before belonging to the commu- nity at large , shall be divided among ... division will show that industry requires no other stimulus than a reward ...
... property , and , therefore , are not led to labour in order to attain wealth ... property before belonging to the commu- nity at large , shall be divided among ... division will show that industry requires no other stimulus than a reward ...
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... division of property , rendering not only every man's house , furniture , or canoe , his own , but also the land allotted to him as long as he occupied and cultivat- ed it * " The effect of this is distinguish- able in habits so ...
... division of property , rendering not only every man's house , furniture , or canoe , his own , but also the land allotted to him as long as he occupied and cultivat- ed it * " The effect of this is distinguish- able in habits so ...
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... division of property is the source from which all the arts of civiliza- tion proceed . Before this division has taken place , the indolent suffer no inferio- rity , the active receive no gain . But from the date of the recognition of ...
... division of property is the source from which all the arts of civiliza- tion proceed . Before this division has taken place , the indolent suffer no inferio- rity , the active receive no gain . But from the date of the recognition of ...
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Page 243 - By myself have I sworn, saith the Lord, for because thou hast done this thing, and hast not withheld thy son, thine only son: that in blessing I will bless thee...
Page 132 - Let there be no strife, I pray thee, between me and thee, and between my herdmen and thy herdmen ; for we be brethren. Is not the whole land before thee? separate thyself, I pray thee, from me : if thou wilt take the left hand, then I will go to the right ; or if thou depart to the right hand, then I will go to the left.
Page 88 - Compared, indeed, with the more extravagant luxury of the great, his accommodation must no doubt appear extremely simple and easy; and yet it may be true, perhaps, that the accommodation of an European prince does not always so much exceed that of an industrious and frugal peasant, as the accommodation of the latter exceeds that of many an African king, the absolute master of the lives and liberties of ten thousand naked savages.
Page 283 - It is a happy world after all. The air, the earth, the water, teem with delighted existence. In a spring noon, or a summer evening, on whichever side I turn my eyes, myriads of happy beings crowd upon my view. "The insect youth are on the wing.
Page 321 - When providence divided the earth among a few lordly masters, it neither forgot nor abandoned those who seemed to have been left out in the partition. These last too enjoy their share of all that it produces. In what constitutes the real happiness of human life, they are in no respect inferior to those who would seem so much above them.
Page 241 - Samuel, and of the prophets: who through faith subdued kingdoms, wrought righteousness, obtained promises, stopped the mouths of lions, quenched the violence of fire, escaped the edge of the sword, out of weakness were made strong, waxed valiant in fight, turned to flight the armies of the aliens.
Page 332 - Of all obstacles to improvement ignorance is the most formidable, because the only true secret of assisting the poor is to make them agents in bettering their own condition, and to supply them, not with a temporary stimulus, but with a permanent energy.
Page 245 - Fear none of those things which thou shalt suffer. Behold, the devil shall cast some of you into prison, that ye may be ofEphesus, Smyrna, tried ; and ye shall have tribulation ten days. Be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee a crown of life.
Page 210 - Deus. Si vult et potest, quod solum Deo convenit, unde ergo sunt mala ? aut cur ilia non tollit?
Page 174 - ... if we examine, I say, all these things, and consider what a variety of labour is employed about each of them, we shall be sensible that without the assistance and cooperation of many thousands, the very meanest person in a civilized country could not be provided, even according to, what we very falsely imagine, the easy and simple manner in which he is commonly accommodated.