A treatise on the records of the Creation, and on the moral attributes of the Creator, Volume 2 |
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... produce certain effects , be possibly ignorant of the means which best conduce to any design , or of the end which may result from any particular means . And this perfect knowledge of all that is past and all that is present , and all ...
... produce certain effects , be possibly ignorant of the means which best conduce to any design , or of the end which may result from any particular means . And this perfect knowledge of all that is past and all that is present , and all ...
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... produce a very weak and transient effect upon the mind in comparison with those proofs which are derived from the several parts of the creation and the visible ar- rangement of the universe . These being always before our view and ...
... produce a very weak and transient effect upon the mind in comparison with those proofs which are derived from the several parts of the creation and the visible ar- rangement of the universe . These being always before our view and ...
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... produce the most important results , might be exemplified throughout the whole constitution of our globe . It is no light provison , for instance , that the fertility of the earth is incapable of the decay which the perpetual production ...
... produce the most important results , might be exemplified throughout the whole constitution of our globe . It is no light provison , for instance , that the fertility of the earth is incapable of the decay which the perpetual production ...
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... produces in the present life , by exalting the character and enlarging the ra- tional happiness of mankind , it would still be desirable that the latent powers of intellect should be excited , and the virtues of which the civilized mind ...
... produces in the present life , by exalting the character and enlarging the ra- tional happiness of mankind , it would still be desirable that the latent powers of intellect should be excited , and the virtues of which the civilized mind ...
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... does not more disturb the harmony of life , than the disputed possession of a palm - tree or a cabin : but the latter produces no other fruit than private rancour or revengeful malice : the former enriches the 36 CONDITION MOST SUITABLE.
... does not more disturb the harmony of life , than the disputed possession of a palm - tree or a cabin : but the latter produces no other fruit than private rancour or revengeful malice : the former enriches the 36 CONDITION MOST SUITABLE.
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Page 128 - Is not the whole land before thee? separate thyself, I pray thee, from me : if thou wilt take the left hand, then I will go to the right ; or if thou depart to the right hand, then I will go to the left.
Page 241 - By myself have I sworn, saith the Lord, for because thou hast done this thing, and hast not withheld thy son, thine only son: that in blessing I will bless thee...
Page 329 - Pater ipse colendi Haud facilem esse viam voluit, primusque per artem Movit agros curis acuens mortalia corda, Nee torpere gravi passus sua regna veterno.
Page 83 - Compared, indeed, with the more extravagant luxury of the great, his accommodation must no doubt appear extremely simple and easy; and yet it may be true, perhaps, that the accommodation of an European prince does not always so much exceed that of an industrious and frugal peasant, as the accommodation of the latter exceeds that of many an African king, the absolute master of the lives and liberties of ten thousand naked savages.
Page 285 - Equidem efferor studio patres vestros, quos colui et dilexi, videndi; neque vero eos solum convenire aveo, quos ipse cognovi, sed illos etiam, de quibus audivi et legi et ipse conscripsi. Quo quidem me proficiscentem haud sane quis facile retraxerit, nec tamquam Peliam recoxerit; et si quis deus mihi largiatur, ut ex hac aetate repuerascam et in cunis vagiam, valde recusem, nec vero velim, quasi decurso spatio, ad carceres a calce revocari.
Page 184 - THE COLONY OF A civilized nation which takes possession, either of a waste country or of one so thinly inhabited, that the natives easily give place to the new settlers, advances more rapidly to wealth and greatness than any other human society.
Page 367 - The Tartar, accustomed to roam over extensive plains, and to subsist on the product of his herds, imprecates upon his enemy, as the greatest of all curses, that he may be condemned to reside in one place, and to be nourished with the top of a weed. The rude Americans, fond of their own pursuits, and satisfied with their own lot, are equally...
Page 239 - Samuel, and of the prophets: who through faith subdued kingdoms, wrought righteousness, obtained promises, stopped the mouths of lions, quenched the violence of fire, escaped the edge of the sword, out of weakness were made strong, waxed valiant in fight, turned to flight the armies of the aliens.
Page 336 - Of all obstacles to improvement ignorance is the most formidable, because the only true secret of assisting the poor is to make them agents in bettering their own condition, and to supply them, not with a temporary stimulus, but with a permanent energy.
Page 168 - ... if we examine, I say, all these things, and consider what a variety of labour is employed about each of them, we shall be sensible that without the assistance and cooperation of many thousands, the very meanest person in a civilized country could not be provided, even according to, what we very falsely imagine, the easy and simple manner in which he is commonly accommodated.