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... cause , the cause of all things . And incomprehensibly difficult as it is for man to conceive what a first cause is , he arrives at the belief of it from the tenfold greater difficulty of disbelieving it . It is difficult beyond ...
... cause , the cause of all things . And incomprehensibly difficult as it is for man to conceive what a first cause is , he arrives at the belief of it from the tenfold greater difficulty of disbelieving it . It is difficult beyond ...
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... cause it nourishes faction , than it would be to wish the annihilation of air , which is essential to animal life , because it imparts to fire its destructive agency . The second expedient is as impracticable as the first would be ...
... cause it nourishes faction , than it would be to wish the annihilation of air , which is essential to animal life , because it imparts to fire its destructive agency . The second expedient is as impracticable as the first would be ...
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... cause , they nail our attention and hope . Life is hereby melted into an expecta- tion or a religion . Underneath the inharmonious and trivial partic- ulars , is a musical perfection ; the Ideal journeying always with us , the heaven ...
... cause , they nail our attention and hope . Life is hereby melted into an expecta- tion or a religion . Underneath the inharmonious and trivial partic- ulars , is a musical perfection ; the Ideal journeying always with us , the heaven ...
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