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Page 15
... moral power , if any phe- nomenon remains brute and dark , it is that the corresponding faculty in the observer is not yet active . No wonder , then , if these waters be so deep , that we hover over them with a religious regard . The ...
... moral power , if any phe- nomenon remains brute and dark , it is that the corresponding faculty in the observer is not yet active . No wonder , then , if these waters be so deep , that we hover over them with a religious regard . The ...
Page 31
... his eye rests , obeys the im- pulses of moral nature . The figs become grapes whilst he eats them . When some of his angels affirmed a truth , the laurel twig which they held blossomed in their hands . The noise which , at The Loet . 31.
... his eye rests , obeys the im- pulses of moral nature . The figs become grapes whilst he eats them . When some of his angels affirmed a truth , the laurel twig which they held blossomed in their hands . The noise which , at The Loet . 31.
Page 45
... moral sentiment avails to impose , but the individual texture holds its dominion , if not to bias the moral judgments , yet to fix the measure of activity and of enjoyment . I thus express the law as it is read from Experience . 45.
... moral sentiment avails to impose , but the individual texture holds its dominion , if not to bias the moral judgments , yet to fix the measure of activity and of enjoyment . I thus express the law as it is read from Experience . 45.
Page 58
... moral sentiment is well called " the newness , " for it is never other ; as new to the oldest intelligence as to the young child , " the kingdom that cometh without observation . " In like manner , for practical success , there must not ...
... moral sentiment is well called " the newness , " for it is never other ; as new to the oldest intelligence as to the young child , " the kingdom that cometh without observation . " In like manner , for practical success , there must not ...
Page 59
... moral , and keep due metes and bounds , which I dearly love , and allow the most to the will of man , but I have set my heart on honesty in this chapter , and I can see nothing at last , in success or failure , than more or less of ...
... moral , and keep due metes and bounds , which I dearly love , and allow the most to the will of man , but I have set my heart on honesty in this chapter , and I can see nothing at last , in success or failure , than more or less of ...
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