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... opinions , presents a particular interest , even with respect to his world- ly happiness . Both these sorts of notions vary , according to the different states of civilization , and they are , by no means , stationary , any more than ...
... opinions , presents a particular interest , even with respect to his world- ly happiness . Both these sorts of notions vary , according to the different states of civilization , and they are , by no means , stationary , any more than ...
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... opinions will be rectified , as soon as human nature shall be better understood . True Christianity will gain , by every step which is made in the knowledge of man . Let us now see whether Education is advanced as much as may be ...
... opinions will be rectified , as soon as human nature shall be better understood . True Christianity will gain , by every step which is made in the knowledge of man . Let us now see whether Education is advanced as much as may be ...
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... opinions of the world are still more divided . Nor is this surprising ; for most of those who have speculated concerning it , have confined their attention chiefly to incidental questions about the comparative advantage of pub- lic or ...
... opinions of the world are still more divided . Nor is this surprising ; for most of those who have speculated concerning it , have confined their attention chiefly to incidental questions about the comparative advantage of pub- lic or ...
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... opinions of in- fancy , the moment that truth demands the sacrifice ; —in short , by following only the lights of obser- vation and induction . " Does not our happiness depend , " says a contemporary writer , " on the knowledge of the ...
... opinions of in- fancy , the moment that truth demands the sacrifice ; —in short , by following only the lights of obser- vation and induction . " Does not our happiness depend , " says a contemporary writer , " on the knowledge of the ...
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... of the one or other opinion : that the human race consists of one species , or of several . These rea- sons may be drawn from the external qualities of the body , such as size , configuration and complex- GENERAL VIEW . 19.
... of the one or other opinion : that the human race consists of one species , or of several . These rea- sons may be drawn from the external qualities of the body , such as size , configuration and complex- GENERAL VIEW . 19.
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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.