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... heaven's in fault Say rather , man's as perfect as he ought . ” ; Essay on Man , Ep . i . ver . 69 . Consequently , " says Warton , 66 man is not in a lapsed or degenerate state ; he is as perfect a being as ever his Creator intended ...
... heaven's in fault Say rather , man's as perfect as he ought . ” ; Essay on Man , Ep . i . ver . 69 . Consequently , " says Warton , 66 man is not in a lapsed or degenerate state ; he is as perfect a being as ever his Creator intended ...
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... heaven , where his dog shall accompany him . Sorry am I to give this view of the author's creed ; but it is too true a representation of it ; " & c . This passage is as erroneous in its premises as it is unjust in its conclusion . The ...
... heaven , where his dog shall accompany him . Sorry am I to give this view of the author's creed ; but it is too true a representation of it ; " & c . This passage is as erroneous in its premises as it is unjust in its conclusion . The ...
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... heaven and earth , and mortal and divine ; Sees that no being any bliss can know , But touches some above and some below . " Essay on Man , Ep . iv . ver . 333 . After perusing these , and various other passages to the same effect , it ...
... heaven and earth , and mortal and divine ; Sees that no being any bliss can know , But touches some above and some below . " Essay on Man , Ep . iv . ver . 333 . After perusing these , and various other passages to the same effect , it ...
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... heaven's design , Why then a Borgia or a Catiline ? " Essay on Man , Ep . i . ver . 155 . " This , " says he , " approaches very nearly to the optimism of Leibnitz , and has certainly nothing in common with that of Plato , " according ...
... heaven's design , Why then a Borgia or a Catiline ? " Essay on Man , Ep . i . ver . 155 . " This , " says he , " approaches very nearly to the optimism of Leibnitz , and has certainly nothing in common with that of Plato , " according ...
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... HEAVEN'S great view is ONE , and that the whole . That counter - works each folly and caprice ; That disappoints th ' effect of every vice . " - Ep . ii . ver . 237 . And thus , " theternal art educing good from ill , " is constantly ...
... HEAVEN'S great view is ONE , and that the whole . That counter - works each folly and caprice ; That disappoints th ' effect of every vice . " - Ep . ii . ver . 237 . And thus , " theternal art educing good from ill , " is constantly ...
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