Addresses to Young Men: By James Fordyce, D.D. ...T. Cadell, 1777 - Ethics |
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... fenfe , or the laws of focial life , in matters of fpiri- tual concern .; and his judgement is too nar- row to comprehend the extenfive objects of religion and humanity . Such a man does not exhort , but dictate , docs not intreat , but ...
... fenfe , or the laws of focial life , in matters of fpiri- tual concern .; and his judgement is too nar- row to comprehend the extenfive objects of religion and humanity . Such a man does not exhort , but dictate , docs not intreat , but ...
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... fenfe of their confe- quence , and alfo to have poffeffed a profound infight into their characters , the leading lines of which his inftruc- tions , warnings , and encouragements , have almost constantly in view . It has been long ...
... fenfe of their confe- quence , and alfo to have poffeffed a profound infight into their characters , the leading lines of which his inftruc- tions , warnings , and encouragements , have almost constantly in view . It has been long ...
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... " He who does not , has most probably turned away his eye on purpose , left he should fee fomething that might check him in his career ; and he who does , but endeavours to wreft the fenfe , or render the intention . 36 II . ADDRESS.
... " He who does not , has most probably turned away his eye on purpose , left he should fee fomething that might check him in his career ; and he who does , but endeavours to wreft the fenfe , or render the intention . 36 II . ADDRESS.
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By James Fordyce, D.D. ... James Fordyce. to wreft the fenfe , or render the intention . dubious , has reason to look upon himself as no better than a hireling counsellor , or hackneyed pleader , who fpeaks not the lan- guage of truth ...
By James Fordyce, D.D. ... James Fordyce. to wreft the fenfe , or render the intention . dubious , has reason to look upon himself as no better than a hireling counsellor , or hackneyed pleader , who fpeaks not the lan- guage of truth ...
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... fenfe of truth , integrity , and glory , which we have found interwoven with the human mind , is the main defign of moral culture ; and that he will be the most eftimable perfon in manhood who is the leaft per- verted from the ingenuity ...
... fenfe of truth , integrity , and glory , which we have found interwoven with the human mind , is the main defign of moral culture ; and that he will be the most eftimable perfon in manhood who is the leaft per- verted from the ingenuity ...
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