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... respect the difference will be obvious - that is , in the character and number of the illustrations . I have not copied from other logical works trivial and fictitious ex- amples , capable of no practical application . My illustra ...
... respect the difference will be obvious - that is , in the character and number of the illustrations . I have not copied from other logical works trivial and fictitious ex- amples , capable of no practical application . My illustra ...
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... respect . These are called first truths , or truths of intuition . They are wrought into our very nature , and we cannot disbelieve them , if we would . If we meet a man who denies them , we do not reason with him . We conclude either ...
... respect . These are called first truths , or truths of intuition . They are wrought into our very nature , and we cannot disbelieve them , if we would . If we meet a man who denies them , we do not reason with him . We conclude either ...
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... respects in which it is useful : - I. The Art of Reasoning is useful by enabling us to form our own judgments . You talk , of course , about a great many things . You talk about yourself ; about your friends , and relations , and ...
... respects in which it is useful : - I. The Art of Reasoning is useful by enabling us to form our own judgments . You talk , of course , about a great many things . You talk about yourself ; about your friends , and relations , and ...
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... respect , so is the man . It is possible to have a strong memory and a weak understanding . Fools have become learned , and still have remained fools . Men of vast erudition have shown themselves weak in judgment , even in regard to ...
... respect , so is the man . It is possible to have a strong memory and a weak understanding . Fools have become learned , and still have remained fools . Men of vast erudition have shown themselves weak in judgment , even in regard to ...
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... respect of mankind . All who assist in the progress of true science have to contend with difficulties . Some who have to contend with difficulties deserve the respect of mankind . Some distinguished poets have not escaped poverty . All ...
... respect of mankind . All who assist in the progress of true science have to contend with difficulties . Some who have to contend with difficulties deserve the respect of mankind . Some distinguished poets have not escaped poverty . All ...
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Page 162 - And he said, This will I do, I will pull down my barns, and build greater, and there will I bestow all my fruits, and my goods. 21 And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years, take thine ease, eat, drink and be merry.
Page 144 - And the ruler of the synagogue answered with indignation, because that Jesus had healed on the sabbath day, and said unto the people, There are six days in which men ought to work: in them therefore come and be healed, and not on the sabbath day.
Page 368 - And out of the ground the LORD God formed every beast of the field, and every fowl of the air; and brought them unto Adam to see what he would call them: and whatsoever Adam called every living creature, that was the name thereof. And Adam gave names to all cattle, and to the fowl of the air, and to every beast of the field; but for Adam there was not found an help meet for him.
Page 139 - And he said unto them, What man shall there be among you, that shall have one sheep, and if it fall into a pit on the sabbath day, will he not lay hold on it, and lift it out? How much then is a man better than a sheep? Wherefore it is lawful to do well on the sabbath days.
Page 166 - And he would not for a while. But afterward he said within himself; Though I fear not God, nor regard man ; Yet, because this widow troubleth me, I will avenge her ; lest by her continual coming she weary me.
Page 207 - And when the barbarians saw the venomous beast hang on his hand, they said among themselves ; No doubt this man is a murderer, whom, though he hath escaped the sea, yet vengeance suflereth not to live. And he shook off the beast into the fire, and felt no harm ; howbeit, they looked when he should have swollen, or fallen down dead suddenly.
Page 221 - I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding ; and, lo, it was all grown over with thorns, and nettles had covered the face thereof, and the stone wall thereof was broken down.
Page 129 - But I tell you of a truth, many widows were in Israel in the days of Elias, when the heaven was shut up three years and six months, when great famine was throughout all the land ; but unto none of them was Elias sent, save unto Sarepta a city of Sidon, unto a woman that was a widow. And many lepers were in Israel in the time of Eliseus the prophet, and none of them was cleansed, saving Naaman the Syrian.
Page 145 - And forthwith Jesus gave them leave. And the unclean spirits went out, and entered into the swine: and the herd ran violently down a steep place into the sea, (they were about two thousand;) and were choked in the sea.
Page 239 - But when I saw that they walked not uprightly, according to the truth of the gospel, I said unto Peter, before them all ; If thou, being a Jew, livest after the manner of Gentiles, and not as do the Jews...