The Works of Thomas Chalmers: On natural theologyW. Collins, 1836 |
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Page 77
... things , of which the child learns to feel that they are peculiarly its own — and that too , in a manner which distinguishes them from all other things , which are not so felt to be its own . The child was blind to any such distinction ...
... things , of which the child learns to feel that they are peculiarly its own — and that too , in a manner which distinguishes them from all other things , which are not so felt to be its own . The child was blind to any such distinction ...
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... things are not strange , they are familiar , and that makes them to be overlooked . Things which rarely happen strike ; whereas frequency lessens the admiration of things , though in themselves ever so admirable . Hence a common man who ...
... things are not strange , they are familiar , and that makes them to be overlooked . Things which rarely happen strike ; whereas frequency lessens the admiration of things , though in themselves ever so admirable . Hence a common man who ...
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... things . God did not will Himself into existence - and neither did He will the character or constitution of the Godhead . We almost feel an oppression upon our spirit when we thus lift our regards to the primeval fountain- head of Being ...
... things . God did not will Himself into existence - and neither did He will the character or constitution of the Godhead . We almost feel an oppression upon our spirit when we thus lift our regards to the primeval fountain- head of Being ...
Contents
BOOK | 7 |
On those special Affections which conduce to | 58 |
Adaptations of the Material World to the Moral | 144 |
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