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... employed . If we compare the absurdities of Paganism , or even the imperfect doctrines of Judaism , with the purity and sublime principles of true Christianity , we shall perceive that the latter are greatly supe rior . The Old and New ...
... employed . If we compare the absurdities of Paganism , or even the imperfect doctrines of Judaism , with the purity and sublime principles of true Christianity , we shall perceive that the latter are greatly supe rior . The Old and New ...
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... employ- ed . The latter cause seems to me the most prob able , and it may be principally accounted for by our ignorance of the nature of man . Plants and animals succeed only , if treated according to their natural qualities , and the ...
... employ- ed . The latter cause seems to me the most prob able , and it may be principally accounted for by our ignorance of the nature of man . Plants and animals succeed only , if treated according to their natural qualities , and the ...
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... employ natural means of correc- tion against natural faults ? How can we expect that children should suppress a strong internal feeling , without being acquainted with the bad consequences of its abuses , and with its destina- tion ? It ...
... employ natural means of correc- tion against natural faults ? How can we expect that children should suppress a strong internal feeling , without being acquainted with the bad consequences of its abuses , and with its destina- tion ? It ...
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... employ all the means which may contribute towards its perfection . We have seen in the preceding Chapter , that man is born sickly or healthy , deformed or well shaped , an idiot or a genius , -in short , that the human be- ing enters ...
... employ all the means which may contribute towards its perfection . We have seen in the preceding Chapter , that man is born sickly or healthy , deformed or well shaped , an idiot or a genius , -in short , that the human be- ing enters ...
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... employed as the means of cleanliness , must grad- ually be used colder and colder . The body , like the face , might ... employ soporiferous means to produce sleep . On the other hand , they may be 72 EDUCATION OF MAN . Sleep, watching ...
... employed as the means of cleanliness , must grad- ually be used colder and colder . The body , like the face , might ... employ soporiferous means to produce sleep . On the other hand , they may be 72 EDUCATION OF MAN . Sleep, watching ...
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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.