American Literature: From the beginning to 1860.-v. 2. From 1860 to the presentC. Scribner's Sons, 1948 |
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... reason . Reason therefore must be the standard by which we determine the respective claims of revelation ; for otherwise we may as well subscribe to the divinity of the one as of the other , or to the whole of them , or to none at all ...
... reason . Reason therefore must be the standard by which we determine the respective claims of revelation ; for otherwise we may as well subscribe to the divinity of the one as of the other , or to the whole of them , or to none at all ...
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... Reason and her cause . However small , its use we find 25 To tame and civilize mankind , 35 To throw the brutal instinct by , To honour Reason , ere we die . 40 The lovely philanthropic scheme ( Great image of the power supreme ) , On ...
... Reason and her cause . However small , its use we find 25 To tame and civilize mankind , 35 To throw the brutal instinct by , To honour Reason , ere we die . 40 The lovely philanthropic scheme ( Great image of the power supreme ) , On ...
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... reason , with respect to man's being and government . And in this essay , I shall peculiarly confine the discourse to two heads , viz . , 1. Of the natural ( in distinction to the civil ) and then , 2. Of the civil being of man . And I ...
... reason , with respect to man's being and government . And in this essay , I shall peculiarly confine the discourse to two heads , viz . , 1. Of the natural ( in distinction to the civil ) and then , 2. Of the civil being of man . And I ...
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