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... Opinion concerning Darkness considered xv . Darkness terrible in its own nature XVI . Why Darkness is terrible XVII . The Effects of Blackness 152 153 ยท 155 156 157 158 SECT . XVIII . The Effects of Blackness moderated XIX CONTENTS . vii.
... Opinion concerning Darkness considered xv . Darkness terrible in its own nature XVI . Why Darkness is terrible XVII . The Effects of Blackness 152 153 ยท 155 156 157 158 SECT . XVIII . The Effects of Blackness moderated XIX CONTENTS . vii.
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... opinion , that error , and not truth of any kind , is dangerous ; that ill conclusions can only flow from false pro- positions ; and that , to know whether any proposition be true or false , it is a preposterous method to examine it by ...
... opinion , that error , and not truth of any kind , is dangerous ; that ill conclusions can only flow from false pro- positions ; and that , to know whether any proposition be true or false , it is a preposterous method to examine it by ...
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... opinion ; but with all that freedom and candour which we owe to truth wherever we find it , or however it may contradict our own notions , or op- pose our own interests . There is a most absurd and auda- cious method of reasoning avowed ...
... opinion ; but with all that freedom and candour which we owe to truth wherever we find it , or however it may contradict our own notions , or op- pose our own interests . There is a most absurd and auda- cious method of reasoning avowed ...
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... opinion of institutions where such proceedings are necessary . It is a misfortune , that in no part of the globe natural liberty and natural religion are to be found pure , and free from the mixture of political adulterations . Yet we ...
... opinion of institutions where such proceedings are necessary . It is a misfortune , that in no part of the globe natural liberty and natural religion are to be found pure , and free from the mixture of political adulterations . Yet we ...
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... observe in forming it . The objections , in my opinion , ought to be proposed , either to the several principles as they are dis- tinctly considered , or to the justness of the conclusion 50 ON THE SUBLIME AND BEAUTIFUL .
... observe in forming it . The objections , in my opinion , ought to be proposed , either to the several principles as they are dis- tinctly considered , or to the justness of the conclusion 50 ON THE SUBLIME AND BEAUTIFUL .
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