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Page 5
... regard in all our actions to conscience and to the law of God . A religious , and a thoroughly virtuous character , therefore , I consider as the same . By the true honour of man is to be understood , not what merely commands . external ...
... regard in all our actions to conscience and to the law of God . A religious , and a thoroughly virtuous character , therefore , I consider as the same . By the true honour of man is to be understood , not what merely commands . external ...
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... regards particular distinguished talents ; the other looks up to the whole character . Hence the statesman , the orator , or the poet , may be famous ; while yet the man himself is far from being honoured . We envy his abilities . his ...
... regards particular distinguished talents ; the other looks up to the whole character . Hence the statesman , the orator , or the poet , may be famous ; while yet the man himself is far from being honoured . We envy his abilities . his ...
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... regard to character ; sometimes from fear , and even from selfishness , which obliges men to shew kindness , in order that they may receive returns of it . In such cases , the exterior of fair behaviour may be preserved . But all will ...
... regard to character ; sometimes from fear , and even from selfishness , which obliges men to shew kindness , in order that they may receive returns of it . In such cases , the exterior of fair behaviour may be preserved . But all will ...
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... sen- sible of its value , and begin to regard it While day after day is with a serious eye . wasted III . SERMON wasted in a course of idleness or [ 41 ] SERMON III On the Improvement of Time 8 And Paraoh said unto Jacob, How old art thou?
... sen- sible of its value , and begin to regard it While day after day is with a serious eye . wasted III . SERMON wasted in a course of idleness or [ 41 ] SERMON III On the Improvement of Time 8 And Paraoh said unto Jacob, How old art thou?
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... regard to futurity is regulated by two considerations : First , that much of what it contains , must remain to us absolutely unknown ; next , that there are also some events in which it may be cer- tainly known and foreseen . First ...
... regard to futurity is regulated by two considerations : First , that much of what it contains , must remain to us absolutely unknown ; next , that there are also some events in which it may be cer- tainly known and foreseen . First ...
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