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... present order of society it is found that almost all law is tyranny ; and liberty is but another term for anarchy and confusion . But why is it so ? Have we no explanation , except the blindness and depravity of man ? Yea , verily ; we ...
... present order of society it is found that almost all law is tyranny ; and liberty is but another term for anarchy and confusion . But why is it so ? Have we no explanation , except the blindness and depravity of man ? Yea , verily ; we ...
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... present condition . Her liberties , being for the most part sentimental , not or- ganic and constitutional , are vulnerable at all points . I have carefully looked into the invisible doings of political and ecclesiastical Absolutism ...
... present condition . Her liberties , being for the most part sentimental , not or- ganic and constitutional , are vulnerable at all points . I have carefully looked into the invisible doings of political and ecclesiastical Absolutism ...
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... present system has the effect to create an odious distinction between the poor and the rich . This is wrong , prejudicial to social harmony , and leads to sec- tarian forms of conservatism , and to destructive plans of reformation . Our ...
... present system has the effect to create an odious distinction between the poor and the rich . This is wrong , prejudicial to social harmony , and leads to sec- tarian forms of conservatism , and to destructive plans of reformation . Our ...
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... present state , is but the representative of TRANSI- TIONAL REPUBLICANISM AND SENTIMENTAL FREEDOM ! is the cause of so much political antagonism , —of so much party vice and deception ! And this is the cause , also , of the strength of ...
... present state , is but the representative of TRANSI- TIONAL REPUBLICANISM AND SENTIMENTAL FREEDOM ! is the cause of so much political antagonism , —of so much party vice and deception ! And this is the cause , also , of the strength of ...
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... when the lightnings were free from the audacious interpositions of Dr. Franklin , and the rain descended through the will of God and the instru mentality of prayer , in view of the present proposition 84 THE HARMONIAL MAN .
... when the lightnings were free from the audacious interpositions of Dr. Franklin , and the rain descended through the will of God and the instru mentality of prayer , in view of the present proposition 84 THE HARMONIAL MAN .
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Page 119 - A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by little statesmen and philosophers and divines. With consistency a great soul has simply nothing to do.
Page 153 - There is a spirit which I feel, that delights to do no evil, nor to revenge any wrong, but delights to endure all things, in hope to enjoy its own in the end : its hope is to outlive all wrath and contention, and to weary out all exaltation and cruelty, or whatever is of a nature contrary to itself.
Page 59 - And there he maketh the hungry to dwell, that they may prepare a city for habitation; 37 And sow the fields, and plant vineyards, which may yield fruits of increase.
Page 119 - The other terror that scares us from self-trust is our consistency; a reverence for our past act or word because the eyes of others have no other data for computing our orbit than our past acts, and we are loath to disappoint them.
Page 59 - Look upon Zion, the city of our solemnities: thine eyes shall see Jerusalem a quiet habitation, a tabernacle that shall not be taken down; not one of the stakes thereof shall ever be removed, neither shall any of the cords thereof be broken. But there the glorious Lord will be unto us a place of broad rivers and streams; wherein shall go no 'galley with oars, neither shall gallant ship pass thereby.
Page 119 - But why should you keep your head over your shoulder ? Why drag about this corpse of your memory, lest you contradict somewhat you have stated in this or that public place ? Suppose you should contradict yourself ; what then...
Page 59 - Behold, I will do a new thing ; now it shall spring forth ; shall ye not know it ? I will even make a way in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert.
Page 59 - When the poor and needy seek water, and there is none, and their tongue faileth for thirst, I the Lord will hear them, I the God of Israel will not forsake them. I will open rivers in high places, and fountains in the midst of the valleys: I will make the wilderness a pool of water, and the dry land springs of water.
Page 23 - Have not the cotter's children as keen a sense of all the freshness, verdure, fragrance, melody, and beauty of luxuriant nature as the pale sons of kings ? Or is it on the mind that God has stamped the imprint of a baser birth so that the poor man's child knows with an inborn certainty that his lot is to crawl, not climb ? It is not so.
Page 119 - In your metaphysics you have denied personality to the Deity; yet when the devout motions of the soul come, yield to them heart and life, though they should clothe God with shape and colour. Leave your theory, as Joseph his coat in the hand of the harlot, and flee.