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... grows on the blood which it sheds . The passions , from which it springs , gain strength and fury from indulgence . The success- ful nation , flushed by victory , pants for new laurels ; whilst the humbled nation , irritated by defeat ...
... grows on the blood which it sheds . The passions , from which it springs , gain strength and fury from indulgence . The success- ful nation , flushed by victory , pants for new laurels ; whilst the humbled nation , irritated by defeat ...
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... to renown ; and war will never cease , while the field of battle is the field of glory , and the most luxuriant laurels grow from a root nourished with blood . Another cause of war is a false patriotism . It 42 WAR .
... to renown ; and war will never cease , while the field of battle is the field of glory , and the most luxuriant laurels grow from a root nourished with blood . Another cause of war is a false patriotism . It 42 WAR .
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... peace will dawn on the world . Public opinion will be purified . The false lustre of the hero will grow dim . A nobler order of character will be admired and diffused . The kingdoms of the world will gradually become the king- doms 52 WAR .
... peace will dawn on the world . Public opinion will be purified . The false lustre of the hero will grow dim . A nobler order of character will be admired and diffused . The kingdoms of the world will gradually become the king- doms 52 WAR .
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... grows from the doc- trine of two natures in Jesus ? Where does this divine teacher say , " This I speak as God , and this as man ; this is true only of my human mind , this only of my divine " ? Where do we find in the Epistles a trace ...
... grows from the doc- trine of two natures in Jesus ? Where does this divine teacher say , " This I speak as God , and this as man ; this is true only of my human mind , this only of my divine " ? Where do we find in the Epistles a trace ...
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... growing virtue in heaven . Now , we object to the systems of religion , which prevail among us , that they are adverse , in a greater or less degree , to these purifying , comforting , and hon- orable views of God ; that they take from ...
... growing virtue in heaven . Now , we object to the systems of religion , which prevail among us , that they are adverse , in a greater or less degree , to these purifying , comforting , and hon- orable views of God ; that they take from ...
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Page 105 - There was a man of the Pharisees, named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews : The same came to Jesus by night, and said unto him, Rabbi, we know that thou art a teacher come from God ; for no man can do these miracles that thou doest, except God be with him.
Page 10 - For Moses of old time hath in every city them that preach him, being read in the synagogues every sabbath day.
Page 7 - ... to whom God would make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles ; which is Christ in you, the hope of glory: whom we preach, warning every man, and teaching every man in all wisdom ; that we may present every man perfect in Christ Jesus : whereunto I also labour, striving according to his working, which worketh in me mightily.
Page 174 - By thine Agony and bloody Sweat; by thy Cross and Passion ; by thy precious Death and Burial ; by thy glorious Resurrection and Ascension ; and by the coming of the Holy Ghost, Good Lord, deliver us.
Page 287 - Honour thy father and thy mother (which is the first commandment with promise), that it may be well with thee, and that thou mayest live long on the earth.
Page 175 - Take ye therefore good heed unto yourselves ; for ye saw no manner of similitude on the day that the Lord spake unto you in Horeb out of the midst of the fire: Lest ye corrupt yourselves, and make you a graven image, the similitude of any figure, the likeness of male or female...
Page 163 - And Jesus answered him, The first of all the commandments is, Hear, O Israel; The Lord our God is one Lord : And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength : this is the first commandment.
Page 62 - Jewish, the completion of a vast scheme of providence, requiring great extent of view in the reader. Still more, the Bible treats of subjects on which we receive ideas from other sources besides itself; such subjects as the nature, passions, relations, and duties of man ; and it expects us to restrain and modify its language by the known truths, which observation and experience furnish on these topics.
Page 62 - Every proposition is linked with others, and is to be compared with others ; that its full and precise import may be understood. Nothing stands alone. The New Testament is built on the Old. The Christian dispensation is a continuation of the Jewish, the completion of a vast scheme of providence, requiring great extent of view in the reader. Still more, the Bible treats of subjects on which we receive ideas from other sources besides itself; such subjects as the nature, passions, relations, and duties...
Page 208 - I have no anxiety to wear the livery of any party. I, indeed, take cheerfully the name of a Unitarian, because unwearied efforts are used to raise against it a popular cry ; and I have not so learned Christ as to shrink from reproaches cast on what I deem his truth.