The Works of Thomas Chalmers, Volumes 6-7W. Collins, 1836 |
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Page 348
... virtue - but if virtue be looked upon in no other light than as the dress of the mind , we maintain , that in the act of admiring this dress , and of even attempting to put it on , you may stand at as great a distance from God , and He ...
... virtue - but if virtue be looked upon in no other light than as the dress of the mind , we maintain , that in the act of admiring this dress , and of even attempting to put it on , you may stand at as great a distance from God , and He ...
Page 350
... Virtue is the idol which they profess to venerate and this virtue , as it exists in their own conceptions , and figures in their own disserta- tions , they cannot find . In proportion to their regard for virtue , must be their ...
... Virtue is the idol which they profess to venerate and this virtue , as it exists in their own conceptions , and figures in their own disserta- tions , they cannot find . In proportion to their regard for virtue , must be their ...
Page 355
... virtue , carries us up to the principles of duty , the other paints and admires it as a tasteful exhibition of what is fair and lovely in human character . The one makes virtue its idol because of its rectitude ; the other makes virtue ...
... virtue , carries us up to the principles of duty , the other paints and admires it as a tasteful exhibition of what is fair and lovely in human character . The one makes virtue its idol because of its rectitude ; the other makes virtue ...
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