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... future occurrences , the field of positive sci- ence is yet more limited ; the truth of every proposition respect- ing them depends on the axiom , that the course of nature is uniform , and under similar circumstances we may look for ...
... future occurrences , the field of positive sci- ence is yet more limited ; the truth of every proposition respect- ing them depends on the axiom , that the course of nature is uniform , and under similar circumstances we may look for ...
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... future ; man's life is guided by them , from the cradle to the grave . If it be objected to this view , that our convictions of duty are intuitive , and therefore absolute , I an- swer , that duty relates only to motives and a choice of ...
... future ; man's life is guided by them , from the cradle to the grave . If it be objected to this view , that our convictions of duty are intuitive , and therefore absolute , I an- swer , that duty relates only to motives and a choice of ...
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... future triumphs of science almost as distinctly as the record of its past defeats supplied the rationale of this method , reduced it to a complete system , and evolved and stated with wonderful precision the rules for its successful use ...
... future triumphs of science almost as distinctly as the record of its past defeats supplied the rationale of this method , reduced it to a complete system , and evolved and stated with wonderful precision the rules for its successful use ...
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... future generations . They are now the follies of a sect , a party , or a clique , — usually a small one ; while in former days , they were the indications of a universal evil , pro- ceeding from ill - formed habits of thought , and ...
... future generations . They are now the follies of a sect , a party , or a clique , — usually a small one ; while in former days , they were the indications of a universal evil , pro- ceeding from ill - formed habits of thought , and ...
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... future enlargement , in this way , of the grounds of his faith ? I answer , first , that it is of great importance so to arrange the system of our belief , that proofs of the same general char- acter may be classed together , and the ...
... future enlargement , in this way , of the grounds of his faith ? I answer , first , that it is of great importance so to arrange the system of our belief , that proofs of the same general char- acter may be classed together , and the ...
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Page 49 - THE heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament sheweth his handywork. Day unto day uttereth speech, and night unto night sheweth knowledge. There is no speech nor language, where their voice is not heard. Their line is gone out through all the earth, and their words to the end of the world.
Page 425 - When the loose mountain trembles from on high, Shall gravitation cease, if you go by ? Or some old temple, nodding to its fall, For Chartres' head reserve the hanging wall ? But still this world (so fitted for the knave) Contents us not.
Page 42 - Berkeley's ingenious sophistry to prove the non-existence of matter, and that every thing in the universe is merely ideal. I observed, that though we are satisfied his doctrine is not true, it is impossible to refute it. I never shall forget the alacrity with which Johnson answered, striking his foot with mighty force against a large stone, till he rebounded from it —
Page 483 - The hour is coming, in the which all that are in the grave shall hear his voice, and shall come forth : they that have done good, unto the resurrection of life ; and they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of damnation...
Page 167 - The secrets of the hoary deep; a dark Illimitable ocean, without bound, Without dimension, where length, breadth, and height, And time, and place, are lost; where eldest Night And Chaos, ancestors of Nature, hold Eternal anarchy, amidst the noise Of endless wars, and by confusion stand.
Page 426 - What nothing earthly gives or can destroy, The soul's calm sun-shine, and the heart-felt joy, Is virtue's prize; a better would you fix? Then give humility a coach and six, Justice a conqueror's sword, or truth a gown, Or public spirit, its great cure, a crown.
Page 72 - In short, there are two principles which I cannot render consistent, nor is it in my power to renounce either of them, viz. that all our distinct perceptions are distinct existences, and that the mind never perceives any real connexion among distinct existences.
Page 239 - I say, that, if one train of thinking be more desirable than another, it is that which regards the phenomena of nature with a constant reference to a supreme intelligent Author. To have made this the ruling, the habitual sentiment of our minds, is to have laid the foundation of every thing which is religious. The world thenceforth becomes a temple, and life itself one continued act of adoration.