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Page 125
... true that liberty is essential to happiness , nor is it true that the bulk of human beings find happiness in the pursuit of liberty . It is true only for the elect , like Milton , Rousseau or Jefferson and they have caused much trouble ...
... true that liberty is essential to happiness , nor is it true that the bulk of human beings find happiness in the pursuit of liberty . It is true only for the elect , like Milton , Rousseau or Jefferson and they have caused much trouble ...
Page 183
... true religion , should set so much better examples . - - It is delightful to watch his amazement and indignation – it never occurred to him that there might be something wrong in his ' true religion ' , or that ' God's Holy Spirit ...
... true religion , should set so much better examples . - - It is delightful to watch his amazement and indignation – it never occurred to him that there might be something wrong in his ' true religion ' , or that ' God's Holy Spirit ...
Page 213
... true as the Book of Revelation itself ' . In what sense true - historical or mythical ? In proclaiming the dogma of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary into Heaven , not long ago , Pope Pius XII asserted that it was ' not a terrestrial ...
... true as the Book of Revelation itself ' . In what sense true - historical or mythical ? In proclaiming the dogma of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary into Heaven , not long ago , Pope Pius XII asserted that it was ' not a terrestrial ...
Contents
Preface | 9 |
Paradise Lost | 215 |
Milton Christ and Samson | 243 |
Copyright | |
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