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Page 7
... look up with wonder . Their exploits are re- corded . Their praises are sung . They stand as on an eminence , above the rest of man- kind . B 4 SERMON kind . I. Their eminence , nevertheless , may On the true Honour of Man . 7.
... look up with wonder . Their exploits are re- corded . Their praises are sung . They stand as on an eminence , above the rest of man- kind . B 4 SERMON kind . I. Their eminence , nevertheless , may On the true Honour of Man . 7.
Page 9
... looks up to the whole character . Hence the statesman , the orator , or the poet , may be famous ; while yet the man ... look , not to any adventitious circum- stance SERMON Stance of fortune ; not to any single sparkling On the true ...
... looks up to the whole character . Hence the statesman , the orator , or the poet , may be famous ; while yet the man ... look , not to any adventitious circum- stance SERMON Stance of fortune ; not to any single sparkling On the true ...
Page 10
... look to the mind and the soul . A mind superior to fear , to selfish interest and corruption ; a mind governed by the principles of uni- form rectitude and integrity ; the same in prosperity and adversity ; which no bribe can seduce ...
... look to the mind and the soul . A mind superior to fear , to selfish interest and corruption ; a mind governed by the principles of uni- form rectitude and integrity ; the same in prosperity and adversity ; which no bribe can seduce ...
Page 17
... look to what will dignify his cha- racter as a man . Let him cultivate those moral qualities which all men in their hearts respect . Wisdom shall then give to his head an ornament of grace , a crown of glory shall she deliver to him ...
... look to what will dignify his cha- racter as a man . Let him cultivate those moral qualities which all men in their hearts respect . Wisdom shall then give to his head an ornament of grace , a crown of glory shall she deliver to him ...
Page 24
... ment abounds with passages which enjoin the cultivation of this disposition . Being all one body and members one of another , we are commanded to love our neighbour as our- self ; II . self ; to look every man , not 24 On Sensibility .
... ment abounds with passages which enjoin the cultivation of this disposition . Being all one body and members one of another , we are commanded to love our neighbour as our- self ; II . self ; to look every man , not 24 On Sensibility .
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