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... pleasure consequent on their entertainment , but a desire to receive that pleasure is not the reason why we entertain them . We do this because we cannot help it . Under certain circumstances , we are affected with love , pity ...
... pleasure consequent on their entertainment , but a desire to receive that pleasure is not the reason why we entertain them . We do this because we cannot help it . Under certain circumstances , we are affected with love , pity ...
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... pleasure . And the ear is gratified as well as the eye . All natural sounds , — the song of birds , the hum of insects , the breaking of waves on the shore , the murmuring of the ... pleasure ? That this pleasure 352 THE GOODNESS OF GOD .
... pleasure . And the ear is gratified as well as the eye . All natural sounds , — the song of birds , the hum of insects , the breaking of waves on the shore , the murmuring of the ... pleasure ? That this pleasure 352 THE GOODNESS OF GOD .
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... pleasure of the beholder . No two sun- sets are exactly alike , nor is there one mass of white cloud on the blue sky which is the very pattern of another . The changes of the seasons are continually altering the appearance of the ...
... pleasure of the beholder . No two sun- sets are exactly alike , nor is there one mass of white cloud on the blue sky which is the very pattern of another . The changes of the seasons are continually altering the appearance of the ...
Contents
THE DISTINCTION BETWEEN PHYSICAL AND METAPHYSICAL | 1 |
THIS DISTINCTION APPLIED TO PHILOSOPHY AND THEOLOGY | 25 |
CHAPTER VIII | 173 |
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