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Page 11
... never rest satisfied till every discovery in the world of nature is laid at the foot of His altars , who is " the Way , the Truth , and the Life . " Although I may be able to do but little in carrying forward so impor- tant a service ...
... never rest satisfied till every discovery in the world of nature is laid at the foot of His altars , who is " the Way , the Truth , and the Life . " Although I may be able to do but little in carrying forward so impor- tant a service ...
Page 29
... never misleads . It " is Philoso- phy teaching by example . " Let us turn to it , and learn in what countries and under what kind of government the intellectual and moral faculties . which adorn and dignify our nature have been most ...
... never misleads . It " is Philoso- phy teaching by example . " Let us turn to it , and learn in what countries and under what kind of government the intellectual and moral faculties . which adorn and dignify our nature have been most ...
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... never maintain the number of its own pro- vinces ; and the Grecian Empire slumbered on with a declining population for eleven hundred years . ' 99 * Eloquent and glowing as these extracts may be regarded , they are not exaggerated or ...
... never maintain the number of its own pro- vinces ; and the Grecian Empire slumbered on with a declining population for eleven hundred years . ' 99 * Eloquent and glowing as these extracts may be regarded , they are not exaggerated or ...
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... never legislates too much , or too little . He leaves scope for the study and labors of the wise and the good ; and , at the same time , establishes by his express authority , those great boundary lines of truth and right which may hem ...
... never legislates too much , or too little . He leaves scope for the study and labors of the wise and the good ; and , at the same time , establishes by his express authority , those great boundary lines of truth and right which may hem ...
Page 77
... never be forgotten . But they had not the knowledge that could enable them to adjust the delicate frame- work of national government , so as to ensure effi- ciency and stability to the authorities , and yet secure the rights of the ...
... never be forgotten . But they had not the knowledge that could enable them to adjust the delicate frame- work of national government , so as to ensure effi- ciency and stability to the authorities , and yet secure the rights of the ...
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