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... earth . Explore the most remote quarters of the east or the west . You may discover tribes of men without policy , or laws , or cities , or any of the arts of life : But no where will you find them without some form of religion . In ...
... earth . Explore the most remote quarters of the east or the west . You may discover tribes of men without policy , or laws , or cities , or any of the arts of life : But no where will you find them without some form of religion . In ...
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... earth to religious homage , has never been heard by thee ? Or , if it has been heard , by what strange and false refinements hast thou stifled those natural senti- ments which it tends to awaken ? Calling thyself a son , a citizen , a ...
... earth to religious homage , has never been heard by thee ? Or , if it has been heard , by what strange and false refinements hast thou stifled those natural senti- ments which it tends to awaken ? Calling thyself a son , a citizen , a ...
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... earth were left to act by the councils of their own wisdom ; while with- out interposition from above , generals conquered or fell , according to the vicissitude of human things ; to this good centurion an Angel was commissioned from ...
... earth were left to act by the councils of their own wisdom ; while with- out interposition from above , generals conquered or fell , according to the vicissitude of human things ; to this good centurion an Angel was commissioned from ...
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... earth is stable and assured . Dark clouds may soon gather over the heads of those whose sky is now most bright . In the midst of the deceitful calm which they enjoy , the storm that is to overwhelm them has perhaps already begun to ...
... earth is stable and assured . Dark clouds may soon gather over the heads of those whose sky is now most bright . In the midst of the deceitful calm which they enjoy , the storm that is to overwhelm them has perhaps already begun to ...
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... earth , they are remembered by the God of heaven . That sigh , heaved from the afflicted bosom , which is heard by no human ear , is listened to by him ; and that tear is remarked , which falls unnoticed or despised by the world . Such ...
... earth , they are remembered by the God of heaven . That sigh , heaved from the afflicted bosom , which is heard by no human ear , is listened to by him ; and that tear is remarked , which falls unnoticed or despised by the world . Such ...
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