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... knowledge , the idea of an unseen and supreme Governor of the Uni- verse is most likely to be equally doubted or disre- garded . The lowest stage of human culture , that of mere savage existence , and the intellectual and refined ...
... knowledge , the idea of an unseen and supreme Governor of the Uni- verse is most likely to be equally doubted or disre- garded . The lowest stage of human culture , that of mere savage existence , and the intellectual and refined ...
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... knowledge , and his associations ; and thus , it is true that the religious feeling , which operates in one state of society , and under one degree of light and know- ledge , is not a safe example , to prove its probable influence under ...
... knowledge , and his associations ; and thus , it is true that the religious feeling , which operates in one state of society , and under one degree of light and know- ledge , is not a safe example , to prove its probable influence under ...
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... form , and subject it to new mod- ifications . But history is not only philosophy , teaching by exam- ple ; its true purpose is , also , to illustrate the general progress of society in knowledge and the arts , and 15.
... form , and subject it to new mod- ifications . But history is not only philosophy , teaching by exam- ple ; its true purpose is , also , to illustrate the general progress of society in knowledge and the arts , and 15.
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... knowledge of these chiefly from the severe and indig- nant rebukes of Sallust , and the inimitable satires of Juvenal . Wars , foreign and domestic , the achieve- ments of arms , and national alliances fill up the re- corded greatness ...
... knowledge of these chiefly from the severe and indig- nant rebukes of Sallust , and the inimitable satires of Juvenal . Wars , foreign and domestic , the achieve- ments of arms , and national alliances fill up the re- corded greatness ...
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... the splendor of arms , in the history of the times , mo- nopolised the genius of writers ; and perhaps materials are not now abundant for forming a knowledge of the essential industry of the country . He would be a 18.
... the splendor of arms , in the history of the times , mo- nopolised the genius of writers ; and perhaps materials are not now abundant for forming a knowledge of the essential industry of the country . He would be a 18.
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Page 29 - And ever, against eating cares, Lap me in soft Lydian airs, Married to immortal verse ; Such* as the meeting soul may pierce, In notes, with many a winding bout Of linked sweetness long drawn out, With wanton heed and giddy cunning ; The melting voice through mazes running, Untwisting all the chains that tie The hidden soul of harmony ; That Orpheus...
Page 8 - There is a history in all men's lives, Figuring the nature of the times deceased : The which observed, a man may prophesy, With a near aim, of the main chance of things As yet not come to life ; which in their seeds, And weak beginnings lie intreasured. Such things become the hatch and brood of time...
Page 42 - We the Subscribers, do hereby solemnly engage, and promise, that we will, to the utmost of our Power, at the Risque of our Lives and Fortunes, with ARMS oppose the Hostile Proceedings of the British Fleets and Armies against the United American COLONIES.
Page 44 - When your lordships look at the papers, transmitted us from America, when you consider their decency, firmness and wisdom, you cannot but respect their cause, and wish to make it your own.
Page 46 - Ham. Sir, in my heart there was a kind of fighting-, That would not let me sleep : methought, I lay Worse than the mutines in the bilboes.* Rashly, And prais'd be rashness for it, — Let us know, Our indiscretion sometimes serves us well, When our deep plots do pall : and that should teach us. There's a divinity that shapes our ends, Rough-hew them how we will.* Hor.
Page 29 - Nor was his name unheard or unadored In ancient Greece ; and in Ausonian land Men called him Mulciber ; and how he fell From heaven, they fabled, thrown by angry Jove Sheer o'er the crystal battlements : from morn To noon he fell, from noon to dewy eve, A summer's day ; and with the setting sun Dropt from the zenith like a falling star...
Page 44 - I must declare and avow, that, in all my reading and observation, and it has been my favorite study, — I have read ''• Thucydides, and have studied and admired the master states of the world — that, for solidity of reasoning, force of ''"sagacity, and wisdom of conclusion, under such a "'" complication of difficult circumstances, no nation or body of men, can stand in preference to the general congress at Philadelphia.
Page 29 - Sheer o'er the crystal battlements : from morn To noon he fell, from noon to dewy eve, A summer's day ; and, with the setting sun, Dropt from the zenith like a falling star, On Lemnos the' jEgean isle : thus they relate, Erring...
Page 44 - Thucydides, and have studied and admired the master-states of the world - that for solidity of reasoning, force of sagacity, and wisdom of conclusion, under such a complication of difficult circumstances, no nation or body of men can stand in preference to the General Congress at Philadelphia. I trust it is obvious to your lordships, that all attempts to impose servitude upon such men, to establish despotism over such a mighty continental nation, must be vain, must be fatal.
Page 47 - UNBORN ages and visions of glory crowd upon my soul, the realization of all which, however, is in the hands and good pleasure of Almighty God ; but, under his divine blessing, it will be dependent on the character and the virtues of ourselves, and of our posterity. If classical history has been found to be, is now, and shall continue to be, the concomitant5 of free instituticiis, and of popular eloquence, what a field is opening to 08 for another Herod'otus,' another Thucydides,