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... look fur- ther back than either Athens or Sparta for the ori- gin of a blessing most deeply interwoven with the welfare of man ; and that it was not the wisdom of Greece in the halls of the Acropolis , but the wisdom of God speaking ...
... look fur- ther back than either Athens or Sparta for the ori- gin of a blessing most deeply interwoven with the welfare of man ; and that it was not the wisdom of Greece in the halls of the Acropolis , but the wisdom of God speaking ...
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... look at the influence of free- dom on those higher faculties of man which reach beyond his domestic enjoyments . The sentiment so beautifully expressed , " " Tis liberty alone that gives the flower " Of fleeting life its lustre and ...
... look at the influence of free- dom on those higher faculties of man which reach beyond his domestic enjoyments . The sentiment so beautifully expressed , " " Tis liberty alone that gives the flower " Of fleeting life its lustre and ...
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... look back upon her with high reverence for their “ fa- therland . " ' Or shall we look at another country to which , as a people , we can trace a more general ancestry ? Mark the stages of progress made by England , as a birthplace of ...
... look back upon her with high reverence for their “ fa- therland . " ' Or shall we look at another country to which , as a people , we can trace a more general ancestry ? Mark the stages of progress made by England , as a birthplace of ...
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... look down upon others who do not enjoy the same patronage . We all share equally in the favor of the State , and must all depend equal- ly on ourselves for favor among the people . We find it also in the enlarged munificence and in ...
... look down upon others who do not enjoy the same patronage . We all share equally in the favor of the State , and must all depend equal- ly on ourselves for favor among the people . We find it also in the enlarged munificence and in ...
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... refers . Let us then look at what Moses here declares to have been done when rulers were appointed ; and observe the mi- nuteness with which he pictures out the whole pro- ceedings from first to last . Deut . 1 : 3 * SECOND LECTURE . 57.
... refers . Let us then look at what Moses here declares to have been done when rulers were appointed ; and observe the mi- nuteness with which he pictures out the whole pro- ceedings from first to last . Deut . 1 : 3 * SECOND LECTURE . 57.
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