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... spirit of change which at first may have been an ambition for health- ful reform , too often degenerates into a blasphemous impiety ; and instead of a meretricious faith , em- braces a licentious infidelity , that mocks at truth and at ...
... spirit of change which at first may have been an ambition for health- ful reform , too often degenerates into a blasphemous impiety ; and instead of a meretricious faith , em- braces a licentious infidelity , that mocks at truth and at ...
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... spirit of freedom impart a healthful activity to the noblest powers and aspirations of man . What an impulse , for instance , was given to knowledge and refinement in the free States of Italy , when they were liberated from tyranny ...
... spirit of freedom impart a healthful activity to the noblest powers and aspirations of man . What an impulse , for instance , was given to knowledge and refinement in the free States of Italy , when they were liberated from tyranny ...
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... spirit of civil freedom in her people , her course has been onward . What was she before her Magna Charta was granted and signed as her first great step of disenthralment from bondage ? Her curfew bell was rung every night , as if to ...
... spirit of civil freedom in her people , her course has been onward . What was she before her Magna Charta was granted and signed as her first great step of disenthralment from bondage ? Her curfew bell was rung every night , as if to ...
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... spirit of the Bible , are designed to effect . The Roman patrician knew nothing of it , nor did he act upon it . Had you told him that he was sprung from the same dust as the humble plebeian , he would have laughed you to scorn . We ...
... spirit of the Bible , are designed to effect . The Roman patrician knew nothing of it , nor did he act upon it . Had you told him that he was sprung from the same dust as the humble plebeian , he would have laughed you to scorn . We ...
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... spirit of our age , are destined to work an entire change in the condition of nations , whether " Barbarian or Scythian , bond or free . ” It has been well observed that when great im- provements are about to be made in human affairs ...
... spirit of our age , are destined to work an entire change in the condition of nations , whether " Barbarian or Scythian , bond or free . ” It has been well observed that when great im- provements are about to be made in human affairs ...
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