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... remains unconscious , while he remains healthy , of the existence even of visceral organs in his body . But he becomes cognizant of the laws and organs of his physical being , for the first time , whenever he does anything contrary to ...
... remains unconscious , while he remains healthy , of the existence even of visceral organs in his body . But he becomes cognizant of the laws and organs of his physical being , for the first time , whenever he does anything contrary to ...
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... remain , inflexibly , the friends of Free Speech ; the guardians of unlimited discussion . You are admonished to see well to this . Never permit the Government , Public Opinion , or the Church , to gag the free - born soul ! To secure ...
... remain , inflexibly , the friends of Free Speech ; the guardians of unlimited discussion . You are admonished to see well to this . Never permit the Government , Public Opinion , or the Church , to gag the free - born soul ! To secure ...
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... remains unapplied , but which , in this age of newspapers , no longer can be withheld from the nations of the earth . The ideas of dark ages are superseded now by intuition and knowledge based on experiences . And now , since man has ...
... remains unapplied , but which , in this age of newspapers , no longer can be withheld from the nations of the earth . The ideas of dark ages are superseded now by intuition and knowledge based on experiences . And now , since man has ...
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... remain in the clouds , all ready to pour out more rain on the least reduction of their temperatures . This is dis- proved by the fact , that dry and cool weather generally succeed the cessation of rain . It is also much impaired , as a ...
... remain in the clouds , all ready to pour out more rain on the least reduction of their temperatures . This is dis- proved by the fact , that dry and cool weather generally succeed the cessation of rain . It is also much impaired , as a ...
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... remain . Yours for Humanity . PHILOSOPHY OF RAIN . - THIRD LETTER . An enlargement of our scientific knowledge , and a far more thorough and consistent understanding of the principles of correspondence or analogy , will unlock the deep ...
... remain . Yours for Humanity . PHILOSOPHY OF RAIN . - THIRD LETTER . An enlargement of our scientific knowledge , and a far more thorough and consistent understanding of the principles of correspondence or analogy , will unlock the deep ...
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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.