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... MAINTAIN HIS PROPER CHARACTER 4 . · III . HOW A MAN SHOULD PROCEED FROM THE PRINCIPLE OF GOD BEING THE FATHER OF ALL MEN TO THE REST IV . OF PROGRESS OR IMPROVEMENT V. AGAINST THE ACADEMICS VI . OF PROVIDENCE • • VII , OF THE USE OF ...
... MAINTAIN HIS PROPER CHARACTER 4 . · III . HOW A MAN SHOULD PROCEED FROM THE PRINCIPLE OF GOD BEING THE FATHER OF ALL MEN TO THE REST IV . OF PROGRESS OR IMPROVEMENT V. AGAINST THE ACADEMICS VI . OF PROVIDENCE • • VII , OF THE USE OF ...
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... maintaining the popular religion . He taught that nothing was unknown to the Gods : as Socrates ( Xenophon , Mem . i . c . 1 ) taught that the Gods knew every- thing , what was said , what was done , and what men thought . He considered ...
... maintaining the popular religion . He taught that nothing was unknown to the Gods : as Socrates ( Xenophon , Mem . i . c . 1 ) taught that the Gods knew every- thing , what was said , what was done , and what men thought . He considered ...
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... maintained . A man must exercise his will and improve it by labour so as to make it conformable to nature and free . This exer- cise of the will and the improvement of it are a labour that never ends . A man should begin it as soon as ...
... maintained . A man must exercise his will and improve it by labour so as to make it conformable to nature and free . This exer- cise of the will and the improvement of it are a labour that never ends . A man should begin it as soon as ...
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... maintain the character of an honourable and good man ? and if he observes them , he will lose the character of the messenger , and spy and herald of God . " The conclusion is that it is better for a minister of God not to marry.10 ...
... maintain the character of an honourable and good man ? and if he observes them , he will lose the character of the messenger , and spy and herald of God . " The conclusion is that it is better for a minister of God not to marry.10 ...
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george long. CHAPTER II . HOW A MAN ON EVERY OCCASION CAN MAINTAIN HIS PROPER CHARACTER . To the rational animal only is the irrational intolerable ; but that which is rational is tolerable . Blows are not naturally intolerable . How is ...
george long. CHAPTER II . HOW A MAN ON EVERY OCCASION CAN MAINTAIN HIS PROPER CHARACTER . To the rational animal only is the irrational intolerable ; but that which is rational is tolerable . Blows are not naturally intolerable . How is ...
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