The Friend: A Series of Essays, in Three Volumes, to Aid in the Formation of Fixed Principles in Politics, Morals, and Religion, with Literary Amusements Interspersed, Band 3R. Fenner, 1818 - 375 Seiten |
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... present moral and intellectual state , that these chances are little else than variety of danger . There will be a thousand causes con- spiring to complete the work of a false edu- cation , and by enclosing the mind on every side from ...
... present moral and intellectual state , that these chances are little else than variety of danger . There will be a thousand causes con- spiring to complete the work of a false edu- cation , and by enclosing the mind on every side from ...
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... present , to believe that the present transcends the past . It is only on an undue love and admiration of their own age , that they can build their confidence in the amelio- ration of the human race . Nor is this faith , -which , in ...
... present , to believe that the present transcends the past . It is only on an undue love and admiration of their own age , that they can build their confidence in the amelio- ration of the human race . Nor is this faith , -which , in ...
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... present , with his letter a few remarks of direct application to the sub- ject of it — remarks , I say , for to such I shall confine myself , independent of the main point out of which his complaint and request both proceed , I mean the ...
... present , with his letter a few remarks of direct application to the sub- ject of it — remarks , I say , for to such I shall confine myself , independent of the main point out of which his complaint and request both proceed , I mean the ...
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... present age in moral dignity and intellectual power , to those which have preceded it . For if the fact were true , that we had even sur- passed our ancestors in the best of what is good , the main part of the dangers and impe- diments ...
... present age in moral dignity and intellectual power , to those which have preceded it . For if the fact were true , that we had even sur- passed our ancestors in the best of what is good , the main part of the dangers and impe- diments ...
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... present , and place these in the balance to be weighed against each other , not considering that the present is in our esti- mation not more than a period of thirty years , or half a century at most , and that the past is a mighty ...
... present , and place these in the balance to be weighed against each other , not considering that the present is in our esti- mation not more than a period of thirty years , or half a century at most , and that the past is a mighty ...
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