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... sense , instinct , thought , reflecti- on , reason ; that Reajon alone countervails all the other faculties , 207 . How much farther this order and fubordination of living creatures may extend , above and below us ; were any part of ...
... sense , instinct , thought , reflecti- on , reason ; that Reajon alone countervails all the other faculties , 207 . How much farther this order and fubordination of living creatures may extend , above and below us ; were any part of ...
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... sense , Weigh thy Opinion against Providence ; Call imperfection what thou fancy'st such , Say , here he gives too little , there too much : Destroy all creatures for thy fport or gust , Yet cry , If Man's unhappy , God's unjust ; If ...
... sense , Weigh thy Opinion against Providence ; Call imperfection what thou fancy'st such , Say , here he gives too little , there too much : Destroy all creatures for thy fport or gust , Yet cry , If Man's unhappy , God's unjust ; If ...
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... sense ; Reason , the future and the confequence . Thicker than arguments , temptations throng , 75 . At beft more watchful this , but that more strong . The action of the ftronger to fufpend Reafon ftill ufe , to Reafon ftill attend ...
... sense ; Reason , the future and the confequence . Thicker than arguments , temptations throng , 75 . At beft more watchful this , but that more strong . The action of the ftronger to fufpend Reafon ftill ufe , to Reafon ftill attend ...
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... sense , in the reason he gives of his precept , in these words : A mightier Pow'r the ftrong direction fends , And fev'ral Men impels to sev'ral ends . For what ends are they which God impels to , but the ends of Virtue ? Like varying ...
... sense , in the reason he gives of his precept , in these words : A mightier Pow'r the ftrong direction fends , And fev'ral Men impels to sev'ral ends . For what ends are they which God impels to , but the ends of Virtue ? Like varying ...
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... sense of the world , a Man's own Intereft , making an extreme in ei- ther Vice or Virtue almoft impoffible . Its effect in keep- ing a good Man from the extreme of Virtue , needs no explanation ; and in an ill Man , Self - interest ...
... sense of the world , a Man's own Intereft , making an extreme in ei- ther Vice or Virtue almoft impoffible . Its effect in keep- ing a good Man from the extreme of Virtue , needs no explanation ; and in an ill Man , Self - interest ...
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