Essays, First SeriesPhillips, Sampson & Company, 1852 |
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Page 64
... eternal law . I will have no covenants but proximities . I shall endeavour to nourish my parents , to support my family , to be the chaste husband of one wife , but these relations I must fill after a new and unprecedented way . I ap ...
... eternal law . I will have no covenants but proximities . I shall endeavour to nourish my parents , to support my family , to be the chaste husband of one wife , but these relations I must fill after a new and unprecedented way . I ap ...
Page 81
... balls That hurry through the eternal halls , A makeweight flying to the void , Supplemental asteroid , Or compensatory spark , Shoots across the neutral Dark . 6 Man's the elm , and Wealth the vine ; Stanch COMPENSATION.
... balls That hurry through the eternal halls , A makeweight flying to the void , Supplemental asteroid , Or compensatory spark , Shoots across the neutral Dark . 6 Man's the elm , and Wealth the vine ; Stanch COMPENSATION.
Page 83
... heart of man might be bathed by an inundation of eternal love , conversing with that which he knows was al- ways and always must be , because it really is now . of It appeared , moreover , that if this doctrine could.
... heart of man might be bathed by an inundation of eternal love , conversing with that which he knows was al- ways and always must be , because it really is now . of It appeared , moreover , that if this doctrine could.
Page 109
... eternal account . Neither can it be said , on the other hand , that the gain of rectitude must be bought by any loss . There is no penalty to virtue ; no penalty to wis- dom ; they are proper additions of being . In a virtuous action ...
... eternal account . Neither can it be said , on the other hand , that the gain of rectitude must be bought by any loss . There is no penalty to virtue ; no penalty to wis- dom ; they are proper additions of being . In a virtuous action ...
Page 110
... eternal peace . I contract the boundaries of possible mischief . I learn the wisdom of St. Bernard , " Nothing can work me damage except myself ; the harm that I sustain I carry about with me , and never am a real sufferer but by my own ...
... eternal peace . I contract the boundaries of possible mischief . I learn the wisdom of St. Bernard , " Nothing can work me damage except myself ; the harm that I sustain I carry about with me , and never am a real sufferer but by my own ...
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