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... pursuit ; amused by hope , or elated by enjoyment ; they are sheltered by that crowd of trifles which surrounds them from serious thought . But conscience is too great a power , to remain always suppressed . There is in every man's life ...
... pursuit ; amused by hope , or elated by enjoyment ; they are sheltered by that crowd of trifles which surrounds them from serious thought . But conscience is too great a power , to remain always suppressed . There is in every man's life ...
Page 45
... pursuit is weakened . The gaiety of amusement is fled . The gratifications of sense languish . When his accustomed pleasures , one after another , thus steal treacherously away , what can he , who is an utter stranger to religion , and ...
... pursuit is weakened . The gaiety of amusement is fled . The gratifications of sense languish . When his accustomed pleasures , one after another , thus steal treacherously away , what can he , who is an utter stranger to religion , and ...
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... pursuits of happiness , Why , it may be said , has our gracious Creator denied us the con- solation of a full discovery of our future existence , if indeed such an existence be prepared for us ? — Reason , it is true , suggests many ...
... pursuits of happiness , Why , it may be said , has our gracious Creator denied us the con- solation of a full discovery of our future existence , if indeed such an existence be prepared for us ? — Reason , it is true , suggests many ...
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... pursuit of virtue would be steady ; his life would be undisturbed and happy . Superiour to the attacks of distress , and to the solicitations of pleasure , he would advance , by a regular process , towards those divine rewards and ...
... pursuit of virtue would be steady ; his life would be undisturbed and happy . Superiour to the attacks of distress , and to the solicitations of pleasure , he would advance , by a regular process , towards those divine rewards and ...
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... pursuits , the arts and labours which now employ the activity of man , which support the order , or promote the happiness of society , would lie neg- lected and abandoned . Those desires and fears , those hopes and interests , by which ...
... pursuits , the arts and labours which now employ the activity of man , which support the order , or promote the happiness of society , would lie neg- lected and abandoned . Those desires and fears , those hopes and interests , by which ...
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