The Bible of Nature, and Substance of Virtue, Condensed from the Scriptures of Eminent Cosmians ...: Of Various Ages and ClimesC. Van Benthuysen, 1842 |
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... render it the most pleasant . Reproof and correction , are only useful when accompanied with evident marks of the affection of the parent or teacher . Sobriety or temperance is the real strength of mind ; for it preserves reason ...
... render it the most pleasant . Reproof and correction , are only useful when accompanied with evident marks of the affection of the parent or teacher . Sobriety or temperance is the real strength of mind ; for it preserves reason ...
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... us with knowledge , founded on just principles , secures us from error , and renders the course of our lives prosperous , and free from disappointment . My whole being consists of an active principle , and STOIC PHILOSOPHY . 45.
... us with knowledge , founded on just principles , secures us from error , and renders the course of our lives prosperous , and free from disappointment . My whole being consists of an active principle , and STOIC PHILOSOPHY . 45.
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... render to every man what is his due ; and to stand to one's words in all pro- mises and bargains ; which we call Justice . Thirdly , the greatness and unshaken resolution of a truly brave and invincible mind ; which goes by the name of ...
... render to every man what is his due ; and to stand to one's words in all pro- mises and bargains ; which we call Justice . Thirdly , the greatness and unshaken resolution of a truly brave and invincible mind ; which goes by the name of ...
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... render them unfit for labor and service , but only strive to cure them of their unluckiness and flinging up their heels , and to bring them to be pa- tient of the bit and yoke , so as to become useful ; in the same manner , reason nakes ...
... render them unfit for labor and service , but only strive to cure them of their unluckiness and flinging up their heels , and to bring them to be pa- tient of the bit and yoke , so as to become useful ; in the same manner , reason nakes ...
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... render us most gentle and civilized , they who bid people to feed on their kindred as if they were dead ; or Pythagoras and Empedocles , who accus- tom men to be just towards all the other members of the creation ? In the beginning some ...
... render us most gentle and civilized , they who bid people to feed on their kindred as if they were dead ; or Pythagoras and Empedocles , who accus- tom men to be just towards all the other members of the creation ? In the beginning some ...
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Kluczowe wyrazy i wyrażenia
action Agnes Inglis analogy animal Aristotle avarice become body brute called cause civil common constitution creatures dæmon death despotism destroy discover doctrine earth effect Empedocles England Epictetus equal error eternal evil exercise exis faculties fear force France give happiness heart Houyhnhnm human ideas identity ignorance individual integer intel intellectual existence interest judgment justice knowledge labor Lapland laws lence liberty live mankind marriage matter means ment mind misery mode motion Mussulmen nations Nature never object observation operation opinion organization pain passions pathy peace perfect perpetual philosophers physical Plato pleasure Plutarch political possess prejudice present principle probity procure produce Pythagoras racter reason relations religion rience sense sensibility sensitive slavery slaves society soul species superstition sympathy tence things thou thought tion truth tural ture tyrant universal vice violence virtue volition well-being whole wisdom
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Strona 33 - The only point where human bliss stands still, And tastes the good without the fall to ill ; Where only merit constant pay receives, Is...
Strona 5 - For that which befalleth the sons of men befalleth beasts; even one thing befalleth them. As the one dieth, so dieth the other; yea, they have all one breath; so that a man hath no preeminence above a beast, for all is vanity. "All go unto one place; all are of the dust, and all turn to dust again.
Strona 92 - there is more joy in heaven over one sinner that repenteth, than over ninety and nine just persons that need no repentance.
Strona 266 - Government in its whole constitutional vigor, as the sheet anchor 'of our peace at home and safety abroad; a jealous care of the right of election by the people — a mild and safe corrective of abuses which are lopped by the sword of revolution where peaceable remedies are unprovided; absolute acquiescence in the decisions of the majority, the vital principle of republics, from which is no appeal but to force, the vital principle and immediate parent of despotism...
Strona 191 - Society in every state is a blessing, but government even in its best state, is but a necessary evil; in its worst state an intolerable one...
Strona 8 - A certain man went down from Jerusalem to Jericho and fell among thieves, which stripped him of his raiment and wounded him and departed, leaving him half dead. And by chance there came down a certain priest that way ; and when he saw him he passed by on the other side.
Strona 34 - What conscience dictates to be done, Or warns me not to do, This, teach me more than hell to shun, That, more than Heaven pursue. What blessings Thy free bounty gives, Let me not cast away; For God is paid when man receives, T
Strona 31 - Reason's whole pleasure, all the joys of sense, Lie in three words — health, peace, and competence.
Strona 23 - Heaven from all creatures hides the book of fate All but the page prescribed, their present state: From brutes what men, from men what spirits know: Or who could suffer being here below ? The lamb thy riot dooms to bleed to-day, Had he thy reason, would he skip and play ? Pleased to the last, he crops the flowery food, And licks the hand just raised to shed his blood.
Strona 127 - To overcome in battle, and subdue Nations, and bring home spoils, with infinite Manslaughter, shall be held the highest pitch Of human glory...