Our Heritage: (a Romance of the Sierras) in Five BooksH E Roxburgh, 1914 - 333 pages |
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... rule the land , until now Man stands absolute master of all the vast physical forces above , and around , and beneath him ! Forces , which were once worshipped as Deities ! Why , then , should we stand in awe of the traditions of the ...
... rule the land , until now Man stands absolute master of all the vast physical forces above , and around , and beneath him ! Forces , which were once worshipped as Deities ! Why , then , should we stand in awe of the traditions of the ...
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... rules all these countless systems of Suns and Worlds . But , that is merely one of the absurdities of Latin Theology ; and it is that very absurdity which has shattered the faith of the present age in the existence of God . But it is ...
... rules all these countless systems of Suns and Worlds . But , that is merely one of the absurdities of Latin Theology ; and it is that very absurdity which has shattered the faith of the present age in the existence of God . But it is ...
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... rule of kings . In the very nature of the case such a gov- ernment must be despotic . Until the close of the middle ages , the nations of Europe were distinctively of this type . The foundations of the Roman Empire were military and ...
... rule of kings . In the very nature of the case such a gov- ernment must be despotic . Until the close of the middle ages , the nations of Europe were distinctively of this type . The foundations of the Roman Empire were military and ...
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... rules of the Common Law were formulated in the forests of Germany , more than two thousand years ago . OLD , when the Mosaic Law was promulgated . OLD , as our race and civilization . Primitive man could account for sustained or ...
... rules of the Common Law were formulated in the forests of Germany , more than two thousand years ago . OLD , when the Mosaic Law was promulgated . OLD , as our race and civilization . Primitive man could account for sustained or ...
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... rules , principles or observ- ances form a substantive body of law . And it may be observed that government here exists under the form of aristocracies which were com- posed of a number of families , frequently united under an actual ...
... rules , principles or observ- ances form a substantive body of law . And it may be observed that government here exists under the form of aristocracies which were com- posed of a number of families , frequently united under an actual ...
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Page 173 - When the woes of life o'ertake me, Hopes deceive, and fears annoy, Never shall the cross forsake me: Lo ! it glows with peace and joy. 3 When the sun of bliss is beaming Light and love upon my way, From the cross the radiance streaming Adds more lustre to the day.
Page 190 - Ye stars, which are the poetry of heaven ! If in your bright leaves we would read the fate Of men and empires, — 'tis to be forgiven, That in our aspirations to be great, Our destinies o'erleap their mortal state, And claim a kindred with you ; for ye are A beauty and a mystery, and create In us such love and reverence from afar, That fortune, fame, power, life, have named themselves a star.
Page 202 - And he said unto them, Unto you it is given to know the mystery of the kingdom of God: but unto them that are without, all these things are done in parables: That seeing they may see, and not perceive; and hearing they may hear, and not understand; lest at any time they should be converted, and their sins should be forgiven them.
Page 276 - ... that it may be declared and enacted, that all and singular the rights and liberties asserted and claimed in the said declaration are the true, ancient and indubitable rights and liberties of the people of this kingdom...
Page 202 - He answered and said unto them, 'Because it is given unto you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it is not given.
Page 21 - To believe your own thought, to believe that what is true for you in your private heart is true for all men, — that is genius.
Page 274 - Then was formed that language, less musical indeed than the languages of the south, but in force, in richness, in aptitude for all the highest purposes of the poet, the philosopher, and the orator, inferior to the tongue of Greece alone.
Page 211 - Do unto others as ye would that they should do unto you " ? This was the doctrine of Lao-tsze.
Page 273 - Then it was that the great English people was formed, that the national character began to exhibit those peculiarities which it has ever since retained, and that our fathers became emphatically islanders, islanders not merely in geographical position, but in their politics, their feelings, and their manners.
Page 305 - I rejoice that America has resisted. Three millions of people, so dead to all the feelings of liberty as voluntarily to submit to be slaves, would have been fit instruments to make slaves of the rest.