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Page 510
The beauty of the objects draws on the faculties , and draws forth their exercises : So that reason itself is under far greater advantages for its proper and free exercises , and to attain its proper end , free of darkness and delusion.
The beauty of the objects draws on the faculties , and draws forth their exercises : So that reason itself is under far greater advantages for its proper and free exercises , and to attain its proper end , free of darkness and delusion.
Page 525
And if I mistake not , it is agreeable to the common opinion , that beauty in the object is not always the ground of this propensity ; but that there may be a disposition to the welfare of those that are not considered as beautiful ...
And if I mistake not , it is agreeable to the common opinion , that beauty in the object is not always the ground of this propensity ; but that there may be a disposition to the welfare of those that are not considered as beautiful ...
Page 527
It is because his heart is thus united to being in general , that he looks on a benevolent propensity to being in general , wherever he sees it , as the beauty of the being in whom it is ; an excellency that renders him worthy of esteem ...
It is because his heart is thus united to being in general , that he looks on a benevolent propensity to being in general , wherever he sees it , as the beauty of the being in whom it is ; an excellency that renders him worthy of esteem ...
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Colonial and Federalist American Writing Odyssey surveys of American writing |
| Authors | George F. Horner, Robert A. Bain |
| Editors | George F. Horner, Robert A. Bain |
| Publisher | Odyssey Press, 1966 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 28 Feb 2008 |
| Length | 946 pages |
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