Essays, Volume 1Henry Frowde, Oxford University Press, 1905 - 354 pages |
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Page 54
... reason and from Scripture a com- pensation to be made to both parties in the next life . No offence appeared to be taken by the congregation at this doctrine . As far as I could observe , when the meeting broke up , they separated ...
... reason and from Scripture a com- pensation to be made to both parties in the next life . No offence appeared to be taken by the congregation at this doctrine . As far as I could observe , when the meeting broke up , they separated ...
Page 63
... reason , or the statements of an absolute truth , without qualification . Proverbs , like the sacred books of each nation , are the sanctuary of the in- tuitions . That which the droning world , chained to appearances , will not allow ...
... reason , or the statements of an absolute truth , without qualification . Proverbs , like the sacred books of each nation , are the sanctuary of the in- tuitions . That which the droning world , chained to appearances , will not allow ...
Page 69
... reason , and traversing its work . The mob is man vol- untarily descending to the nature of the beast . Its fit hour of activity is night . Its actions are insane like its whole constitution . It persecutes a principle ; it would whip a ...
... reason , and traversing its work . The mob is man vol- untarily descending to the nature of the beast . Its fit hour of activity is night . Its actions are insane like its whole constitution . It persecutes a principle ; it would whip a ...
Page 75
... reason , we should speak the severest truth , we should say , that we had never made a sacrifice . In these hours the mind seems so great , that nothing can be taken from us that seems much . All loss , all pain , is particular ; the ...
... reason , we should speak the severest truth , we should say , that we had never made a sacrifice . In these hours the mind seems so great , that nothing can be taken from us that seems much . All loss , all pain , is particular ; the ...
Page 79
... reason . He is old , he is young , he is very wise , he is altogether ignorant . He hears and feels what you say of the seraphim , and of the tin - pedler . There is no permanent wise man , except in the figment of the Stoics . We side ...
... reason . He is old , he is young , he is very wise , he is altogether ignorant . He hears and feels what you say of the seraphim , and of the tin - pedler . There is no permanent wise man , except in the figment of the Stoics . We side ...
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