The Works of Thomas Chalmers, Volumes 20-21W. Collins, 1836 |
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Page 172
... moral and political nature , may be drawn from a review of its past and present his- tory , it is our intention in the present article , to take a cursory view of the weaving , in other words , the general population of that town , from ...
... moral and political nature , may be drawn from a review of its past and present his- tory , it is our intention in the present article , to take a cursory view of the weaving , in other words , the general population of that town , from ...
Page 182
... moral causes , and wholly irrecoverable but by moral remedies . Al- together it affords a striking verification , though only in miniature , of our doctrine of limits ; and shows how little could be done , or rather how much the ...
... moral causes , and wholly irrecoverable but by moral remedies . Al- together it affords a striking verification , though only in miniature , of our doctrine of limits ; and shows how little could be done , or rather how much the ...
Page 224
... moral state and moral prospects of society , is that upon which even theology might deign to cast an eye . This science , celestial though it be , possesses a mighty ascendant over all terrestrial interests and affairs . Heaven is the ...
... moral state and moral prospects of society , is that upon which even theology might deign to cast an eye . This science , celestial though it be , possesses a mighty ascendant over all terrestrial interests and affairs . Heaven is the ...
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