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Page 541
... truth for its own sake , think much less of property in truth . They accept it thankfully everywhere , and do not label or stamp it with any man's name , for it is theirs long beforehand , and from eternity . The learned and the ...
... truth for its own sake , think much less of property in truth . They accept it thankfully everywhere , and do not label or stamp it with any man's name , for it is theirs long beforehand , and from eternity . The learned and the ...
Page 542
... truth . And here we should seek to reinforce ourselves by its very presence , and to speak with a worthier , loftier strain of that advent . For the soul's communication of truth is the highest event in nature , since it then does not ...
... truth . And here we should seek to reinforce ourselves by its very presence , and to speak with a worthier , loftier strain of that advent . For the soul's communication of truth is the highest event in nature , since it then does not ...
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... truth and there is only one truth and it covers all things that touch the heart . ' and McCaslin ' So these men who transcribed His Book for Him were sometime liars . ' and he ' Yes . Because they were human men . They were trying to ...
... truth and there is only one truth and it covers all things that touch the heart . ' and McCaslin ' So these men who transcribed His Book for Him were sometime liars . ' and he ' Yes . Because they were human men . They were trying to ...
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WILLIAM BRADFORD 15901657 | 14 |
Of Plymouth Plantation Book II | 20 |
SAMUEL SEWALL 16521730 | 26 |
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