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" On the contrary, a brave belief in death has been assuredly held by many not ignoble persons, and it is a sign of the last depravity in the Church itself, when it assumes that such a belief is inconsistent with either purity of character, or energy of... "
A Valiant Woman: A Contribution to the Educational Problem - Page 170
by Mary Fisher - 1912 - 303 pages
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The Crown of Wild Olive: Four Letters on Industry and War

John Ruskin - 1873 - 228 pages
...persons ; and it is a sign of the last depravity in the Church itself, when it assumes that such a belief is inconsistent with either purity of character,...To teach that there is no device in the grave, may indeed make the deviceless person more contented in his dullness ; but it will make the deviser only...
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The Works of John Ruskin, Honorary Student of Christ Church, Oxford: The ...

John Ruskin - 1873 - 230 pages
...persons ; and it is a sign of the last depravity in the Church itself, when it assumes that such a belief is inconsistent with either purity of character,...To teach that there is no device in the grave, may indeed make the deviceless person more contented in his dullness ; but it will make the deviser only...
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The Works of John Ruskin, Volume 6

John Ruskin - 1873 - 232 pages
...persons ; and it is a sign of the last depravity in the Church itself, when it assumes that such a belief is inconsistent with either purity of character,...To teach that there is no device in the grave, may indeed make the deviceless person more contented in his dullness ; but it will make the deviser only...
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The Crown of Wild Olive: Three Lectures on Work, Traffic and War

John Ruskin - 1874 - 164 pages
...persons, and it is a sign of the last depravit}r in the Church itself, when it assumes that such a belief is inconsistent with either purity of character,...one but a drunkard, the expediency of drunkenness to-dny. To teach that there is no device in the grave, may indeed make the deviceless person more contented...
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The Crown of Wild Olive

John Ruskin - 1882 - 230 pages
...persons ; and it is a sign of the last depravity in the Church itself, when it assumes that such a belief is inconsistent with either purity of character,...To teach that there is no device in the grave, may indeed make the deviceless person more contented in his dullness ; but it will make the deviser only...
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Sesame and Lilies: Three Lectures, Delivered in 1864-1868,

John Ruskin - 1884 - 434 pages
...ignoble persons, and it is a sign of the last depravity in the Church itself, when it assumes that such a belief is inconsistent with either purity of character,...To teach that there is no device in the grave, may indeed make the deviceless person more contented in his dulness; but it will make the deviser only...
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Sesame and Lilies: Three Lectures Delivered in 1864 and 1868. Of kings ...

John Ruskin - 1885 - 410 pages
...ignoble persons, and it is a sign of the last depravity in the Church itself, when it assumes that such a belief is inconsistent with either purity of character,...To teach that there is no device in the grave, may indeed make the deviceless person more contented in his dulness ; but it will make the deviser only...
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Works of John Ruskin: Sesame and lilies. Ethics of the dust. Crown of wild ...

John Ruskin - 1886 - 840 pages
...ignoble persons, and it is a sign of the last depravity in the Church itself, when it assumes that such a belief is inconsistent with either purity of character,...To teach that there is no device in the grave, may indeed make the deviceless person more contented in his dullness; but it will make the deviser only...
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Works, Volume 13

John Ruskin - 1887 - 840 pages
...ignoble persons, and it is a sign of the last depravity in the Church itself, when it assumes that such a belief is inconsistent with either purity of character,...To teach that there is no device in the grave, may indeed make the deviceless person more contented in his dullness ; but it will make the deviser only...
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The Dial, Volume 7

Francis Fisher Browne - 1887 - 324 pages
...ignoble persons, and it is a sign of the last depravity in the church itself, when it assumes that such a belief is inconsistent with either purity of character...person, a conclusive reason for wasting the space which may be granted him ; nor does the anticipation of death to-morrow suggest, to anyone but a drunkard,...
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