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Page 10
... affection to his brethren of man- kind ; faithful to his friends , generous to his enemies , warm with compassion to the unfortunate ; self - denying to little private interests and pleasures , but zealous for pub- lic interests and ...
... affection to his brethren of man- kind ; faithful to his friends , generous to his enemies , warm with compassion to the unfortunate ; self - denying to little private interests and pleasures , but zealous for pub- lic interests and ...
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... affections , discovers in this , as in every other part of our frame , profound and admirable wisdom . Each individual is , by his Creator , committed particularly to him- self , and his own care . He has it more in his power to promote ...
... affections , discovers in this , as in every other part of our frame , profound and admirable wisdom . Each individual is , by his Creator , committed particularly to him- self , and his own care . He has it more in his power to promote ...
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... affection , render man equally useful to himself , and to those with whom he is joined in society . Hence the use and the value of that sensibility of which we now treat . THAT it constitutes an essential part of a religious character ...
... affection , render man equally useful to himself , and to those with whom he is joined in society . Hence the use and the value of that sensibility of which we now treat . THAT it constitutes an essential part of a religious character ...
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... affections , sensibility may , even among the virtuous , prevail in different proportions . For all derive not from nature the same happy delicacy , and tenderness of feeling . With some , the heart melts , and relents , in kind emotion ...
... affections , sensibility may , even among the virtuous , prevail in different proportions . For all derive not from nature the same happy delicacy , and tenderness of feeling . With some , the heart melts , and relents , in kind emotion ...
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... a principle of duty . They are men of cold affections , and perhaps of an interested character . But , overawed by a sense of religion , and convinced that they are SERMON are bound to be beneficent , they fulfil the On Sensibility . 27.
... a principle of duty . They are men of cold affections , and perhaps of an interested character . But , overawed by a sense of religion , and convinced that they are SERMON are bound to be beneficent , they fulfil the On Sensibility . 27.
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