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... 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 , there can be no doubt ...
... 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 , there can be no doubt ...
Page 55
... equally foolish and sinful . Let us restrain all desire of penetrating far- ther than is allowed us into that dark and unknown region . Futurity belongs to God and happy for us is that mysterious veil , with which his wisdom has covered ...
... equally foolish and sinful . Let us restrain all desire of penetrating far- ther than is allowed us into that dark and unknown region . Futurity belongs to God and happy for us is that mysterious veil , with which his wisdom has covered ...
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... equally belongs to both the sexes , still more are we to guard against those intemperate indulgences of pleasure , to which the young are unhappily prone . From these we cannot too soon retreat . They open the path to ruin , in every ...
... equally belongs to both the sexes , still more are we to guard against those intemperate indulgences of pleasure , to which the young are unhappily prone . From these we cannot too soon retreat . They open the path to ruin , in every ...
Page 98
... equally buried . Let our few days , then , be spent in peace . While we are all journeying onwards to death , let us rather bear one another's burdens , than harass one another by the way . Let us smooth and cheer the road as much as we ...
... equally buried . Let our few days , then , be spent in peace . While we are all journeying onwards to death , let us rather bear one another's burdens , than harass one another by the way . Let us smooth and cheer the road as much as we ...
Page 114
... equally so at forty or fifty years of age ; and that what continues longest pleasing , is always most valuable . Recollect your own feelings in different scenes of life . Inquire on what occasions you have felt the truest satisfaction ...
... equally so at forty or fifty years of age ; and that what continues longest pleasing , is always most valuable . Recollect your own feelings in different scenes of life . Inquire on what occasions you have felt the truest satisfaction ...
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