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Page 15
... wisdom and equity which should enter into the government of nations . Happy will it be for all lands when their rulers will take increasing counsel from " the Father of Lights " " by whom princes decree justice , " both as to the source ...
... wisdom and equity which should enter into the government of nations . Happy will it be for all lands when their rulers will take increasing counsel from " the Father of Lights " " by whom princes decree justice , " both as to the source ...
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... wisdom of Greece in the halls of the Acropolis , but the wisdom of God speaking from heaven through his servant Moses , which first taught how the rights of a people should be asserted and sustained . While impiety is rebuked , unbelief ...
... wisdom of Greece in the halls of the Acropolis , but the wisdom of God speaking from heaven through his servant Moses , which first taught how the rights of a people should be asserted and sustained . While impiety is rebuked , unbelief ...
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... wisdom of the wise , and turn " the counsels of Ahithophels into foolishness . " Every institution that has sprung from the ambition or the policy of man , seems tending toward a general wreck ; and the efforts of states- men to prevent ...
... wisdom of the wise , and turn " the counsels of Ahithophels into foolishness . " Every institution that has sprung from the ambition or the policy of man , seems tending toward a general wreck ; and the efforts of states- men to prevent ...
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... wisdom of our divines , or of any one profession or class of our citizens . It is the result of public senti- ment pervading the land . We have severed the Church from the State . We have withdrawn and secured religion , the holiest ...
... wisdom of our divines , or of any one profession or class of our citizens . It is the result of public senti- ment pervading the land . We have severed the Church from the State . We have withdrawn and secured religion , the holiest ...
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... wisdom , dwell with prudence ; " and no prize , however splendid in appearance , is worth the cost , if it is gained by disregarding the dictates of either the one or the other . We should also be on our guard against a spirit of pride ...
... wisdom , dwell with prudence ; " and no prize , however splendid in appearance , is worth the cost , if it is gained by disregarding the dictates of either the one or the other . We should also be on our guard against a spirit of pride ...
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