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... abuses , however , it is certain , that the precepts of moral and religious conduct have improved by degrees ; and that many selfish and absurd opinions will be rectified , as soon as human nature shall be better understood . True ...
... abuses , however , it is certain , that the precepts of moral and religious conduct have improved by degrees ; and that many selfish and absurd opinions will be rectified , as soon as human nature shall be better understood . True ...
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... abuses and errors , which selfishness and pride may wish to keep concealed . But whoever thinks it right to cultivate his own mind , cannot with justice desire others to remain in ignorance . He , there- fore , who is versed in history ...
... abuses and errors , which selfishness and pride may wish to keep concealed . But whoever thinks it right to cultivate his own mind , cannot with justice desire others to remain in ignorance . He , there- fore , who is versed in history ...
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... abuses , and with its destina- tion ? It seems therefore advisable to show the dreadful effects of Onanism to those who are in- clined to this aberration ; at first with respect to their own health , and afterwards in relation to their ...
... abuses , and with its destina- tion ? It seems therefore advisable to show the dreadful effects of Onanism to those who are in- clined to this aberration ; at first with respect to their own health , and afterwards in relation to their ...
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... abused ; but I think it wrong on that account to reject them altogether . Let the impressions on the senses be adapted to the feelings we wish to excite , and these will be exercised . Church music certainly should be different from ...
... abused ; but I think it wrong on that account to reject them altogether . Let the impressions on the senses be adapted to the feelings we wish to excite , and these will be exercised . Church music certainly should be different from ...
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... abuses He will perceive , that flattery of every kind ex- cites this sentiment ; that praising a child for his figure , his hair , his voice , his clothes , his manner of dancing , & c . will put into action , and increase his love of ...
... abuses He will perceive , that flattery of every kind ex- cites this sentiment ; that praising a child for his figure , his hair , his voice , his clothes , his manner of dancing , & c . will put into action , and increase his love of ...
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Page 211 - Ye know that the princes of the Gentiles exercise dominion over them, and they that are great exercise authority upon them. But it shall not be so among you : but whosoever will be great among you, let him be your minister ; and whosoever will be chief among you, let him be your servant...
Page 41 - Elias was a man subject to like passions as we are, and he prayed earnestly that it might not rain : and it rained not on the earth by the space of three years and six months. And he prayed again, and the heaven gave rain, and the earth brought forth her fruit.
Page 211 - But Jesus called them unto him, and said, Ye know that the princes of the Gentiles exercise dominion over them, and they that are great exercise authority upon them.
Page 330 - This Is one of the most ingenious inventions of the age. A cast made of plaster of Paris, the size of the human head, on which the exact location of each of the Phrenological organs...
Page 212 - And he sat down, and called the twelve, and said unto them, If any man desire to be first, the same shall be last of all, and servant of all.
Page 236 - God, and bind themselves by an oath, not to the commission of any wickedness, but not to be guilty of theft, or robbery, or adultery, never to falsify their word, nor to deny a pledge committed to them, when called upon to return it.
Page 199 - ... and exertions that are requisite to strengthen, the mind. Let us then by being allowed to take the same exercise as boys, not only during infancy, but youth, arrive at perfection of body, that we may know how far the natural superiority of man extends.