People's Edition of the Entire Works of W. E. Channing, Volume 1Simms and McIntyre, 1843 - Theology |
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... human nature ; we mean , of that thirst or aspiration , to which no mind is wholly a stranger , for some- thing purer and lovelier , something more powerful , lofty , and thrilling than ordinary and real life affords . No doctrine is ...
... human nature ; we mean , of that thirst or aspiration , to which no mind is wholly a stranger , for some- thing purer and lovelier , something more powerful , lofty , and thrilling than ordinary and real life affords . No doctrine is ...
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... nature . True , poetry has been made the instrument of vice , the pander of bad passions ; but when genius thus ... human nature by vivid delineations of its tenderest and loftiest feelings , spreads our sympathies over all classes of ...
... nature . True , poetry has been made the instrument of vice , the pander of bad passions ; but when genius thus ... human nature by vivid delineations of its tenderest and loftiest feelings , spreads our sympathies over all classes of ...
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... human nature has always to wrestle with foes . All improve- ment is a victory won by struggles . It is especially true of those great periods which have been distinguished by revolutions in government and religion , and from which we ...
... human nature has always to wrestle with foes . All improve- ment is a victory won by struggles . It is especially true of those great periods which have been distinguished by revolutions in government and religion , and from which we ...
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... human nature , that of free inquiry . " If I communicate the result of my inquiries to the world at large ; if , as God is my witness , it be with a friendly and benignant feeling towards mankind , that I readily give as wide a ...
... human nature , that of free inquiry . " If I communicate the result of my inquiries to the world at large ; if , as God is my witness , it be with a friendly and benignant feeling towards mankind , that I readily give as wide a ...
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... human race . cannot leave this topic , without adding , that not only Milton's error on polygamy , but many other noxious mistakes , have resulted from measur- ing Christianity by the condition of the primitive church as if that were ...
... human race . cannot leave this topic , without adding , that not only Milton's error on polygamy , but many other noxious mistakes , have resulted from measur- ing Christianity by the condition of the primitive church as if that were ...
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