Essays, Lectures and OrationsWilliam S. Orr, 1848 - 364 páginas |
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... religion , and would hear the oracle ; and anon he expands and warms in the benign influences of Christian philanthropy , and finds in its humility , in its estimate of the great worth of the human soul , in the filial and affectionate ...
... religion , and would hear the oracle ; and anon he expands and warms in the benign influences of Christian philanthropy , and finds in its humility , in its estimate of the great worth of the human soul , in the filial and affectionate ...
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... religion with some closeness to the faith of later ages . Prometheus is the Jesus of the old mythology . He is the friend of man ; stands between the unjust " justice " of the Eternal Father , and the race of mortals ; and readily ...
... religion with some closeness to the faith of later ages . Prometheus is the Jesus of the old mythology . He is the friend of man ; stands between the unjust " justice " of the Eternal Father , and the race of mortals ; and readily ...
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... religion to treat it godlike as a trifle of no concernment . The other terror that scares us from self - trust is our con- sistency ; a reverence for our past act or word , because the eyes of others have no other data for computing our ...
... religion to treat it godlike as a trifle of no concernment . The other terror that scares us from self - trust is our con- sistency ; a reverence for our past act or word , because the eyes of others have no other data for computing our ...
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... religion we have not chosen , but society has chosen for us . We are parlour soldiers . The rugged battle of fate , where strength is born , we shun . If our young men miscarry in their first enterprises , they lose all heart . If the ...
... religion we have not chosen , but society has chosen for us . We are parlour soldiers . The rugged battle of fate , where strength is born , we shun . If our young men miscarry in their first enterprises , they lose all heart . If the ...
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... Religion , our Education , our Art look abroad , so does our spirit of society . All men plume themselves on the improvement of society , and no man improves . Society never advances . It recedes as fast on one side as it gains on the ...
... Religion , our Education , our Art look abroad , so does our spirit of society . All men plume themselves on the improvement of society , and no man improves . Society never advances . It recedes as fast on one side as it gains on the ...
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abstrac action affections appear astronomy beauty becomes behold better black event Bonduca character church Conservatism conversation divine doctrine earth Emanuel Swedenborg Epaminondas eternal exist fact faculties faith fear feel genius give hand heart heaven honour hope hour human idea inspiration intellect labour light live look man's manual labour means mind moral nature never noble object Parliament of Love perception perfect persons Phidias philosophy Phocion Pindar Plato Plotinus Plutarch poet poetry present prudence racter reason reform relation religion rich scholar seems seen sense sentiment shines society Sophocles soul speak spirit stand stars sublime talent teach thee things thou thought tion tism to-day Transcendentalist true truth universal Uranus virtue whilst whole wisdom wise words worship Xenophon Zoroaster