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... and who can be dazzled by the fluent use of scientific phraseology . Such speculations are easily exposed in their true character , even by those A * whose studies have not gone beyond the limit which every PREFACE .
... and who can be dazzled by the fluent use of scientific phraseology . Such speculations are easily exposed in their true character , even by those A * whose studies have not gone beyond the limit which every PREFACE .
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... true or false . Emotion which is not directed towards any object , nor excited by the contemplation of any truth , may spring from a source as low as mere physical stimulus ; it is then animal rather than spiritual in its nature ...
... true or false . Emotion which is not directed towards any object , nor excited by the contemplation of any truth , may spring from a source as low as mere physical stimulus ; it is then animal rather than spiritual in its nature ...
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... true , in the minds of the cultivated and reflecting classes , but continuing to respect it , as an imperfect likeness of itself , in the bulk of mankind . According to this theory , there are many stages of progress for the human ...
... true , in the minds of the cultivated and reflecting classes , but continuing to respect it , as an imperfect likeness of itself , in the bulk of mankind . According to this theory , there are many stages of progress for the human ...
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... true , we gain those only which are morally certain . I speak now of both kinds of matters of fact , — both of things which exist , and of events which take place . The imperfections of the senses come in here to their full extent , as ...
... true , we gain those only which are morally certain . I speak now of both kinds of matters of fact , — both of things which exist , and of events which take place . The imperfections of the senses come in here to their full extent , as ...
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... true method of physical investigation , just before the illustrious Englishman - himself hardly capable of reducing any one of his own rules successfully to practice , but gifted with an intellect no less clear and penetrating than ...
... true method of physical investigation , just before the illustrious Englishman - himself hardly capable of reducing any one of his own rules successfully to practice , but gifted with an intellect no less clear and penetrating than ...
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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.