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... Evil designing men will spring up who will prevent you thinking as you please — will burn you if you do not think as they do . There are always bad men who take advantage of hard times . The monks and priests of old were very bad men ...
... Evil designing men will spring up who will prevent you thinking as you please — will burn you if you do not think as they do . There are always bad men who take advantage of hard times . The monks and priests of old were very bad men ...
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... evil act , but he will share the merit with every other peaceable person who pursues his own busi- ness , and does not hinder another of his rights . It is not a merit to tolerate , but it is a crime to be intolerant : it is not a merit ...
... evil act , but he will share the merit with every other peaceable person who pursues his own busi- ness , and does not hinder another of his rights . It is not a merit to tolerate , but it is a crime to be intolerant : it is not a merit ...
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... evil ; it is only the thoughtlessness and vices of men that make it a neces- sary evil . When all men are good and wise , government will of itself decay . So long as men continue foolish and vicious , so long will government , even ...
... evil ; it is only the thoughtlessness and vices of men that make it a neces- sary evil . When all men are good and wise , government will of itself decay . So long as men continue foolish and vicious , so long will government , even ...
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... of people ; and when they see that people in moderate circumstances are always most wise and good . People say that poverty is no evil ; they have never felt it , or they would not think so ; that 246 ADDRESS TO THE IRISH PEOPLE .
... of people ; and when they see that people in moderate circumstances are always most wise and good . People say that poverty is no evil ; they have never felt it , or they would not think so ; that 246 ADDRESS TO THE IRISH PEOPLE .
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... evil that good may come ? I have recommended peace , philanthropy , wisdom . So far as my arguments influence , they will influence to these ; and if there is any one now inclined to say that " private vices are public benefits , " and ...
... evil that good may come ? I have recommended peace , philanthropy , wisdom . So far as my arguments influence , they will influence to these ; and if there is any one now inclined to say that " private vices are public benefits , " and ...
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Page 309 - Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken : and then shall appear the Sign of the Son of man in heaven : and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.
Page 302 - Then Moses stood in the gate of the camp, and said, Who is on the LORD'S side ? let him come unto me.
Page 306 - I say therefore to the unmarried and widows, It is good for them if they abide even as I.
Page 47 - Art thou afear'd To be the same in thine own act and valour, As thou art in desire ? Would'st thou have that Which thou esteem'st the ornament of life, And live a coward in thine own esteem; Letting "I dare not" wait upon "I would," Like the poor cat i
Page 254 - Every freeman has an undoubted right to lay what sentiments he pleases before the public; to forbid this, is to destroy the freedom of the press: but if he publishes what is improper, mischievous, or illegal, he must take the consequences of his own temerity.
Page 93 - Come, you spirits That tend on mortal thoughts, unsex me here, And fill me from the crown to the toe top-full Of direst cruelty! make thick my blood; Stop up...
Page 427 - It is that powerful attraction towards all that we conceive or, fear, or hope beyond ourselves, when we find within our own thoughts the chasm of an insufficient void, and seek to awaken in all things that are, a community with what we experience within ourselves.
Page 302 - And they brought the captives, and the prey, and the spoil, unto Moses, and Eleazar the priest, and unto the congregation of the children of Israel, unto the camp at the plains of Moab, which are by Jordan near Jericho. 13 And Moses, and Eleazar the priest, and all the princes of the congregation, went forth to meet them without the camp. " And Moses •was wroth with the officers of the host, with the captains over thousands, and captains over hundreds, which came from the battle.
Page 425 - And to whomsoever much is given, of him shall much be required: and to whom they commit much, of him will they ask the more.