The Flower Faded: A Short Memoir of Clementine Cuvier, Daughter of Baron Cuvier, with Reflections, by John Angell James |
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... heaven must be , where there are millions similar to her . What would earth be if its inhabitants were all as holy , as humane , as intelligent , as she was ? but the least in the kingdom of heaven is far greater than she was here below ...
... heaven must be , where there are millions similar to her . What would earth be if its inhabitants were all as holy , as humane , as intelligent , as she was ? but the least in the kingdom of heaven is far greater than she was here below ...
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... heaven had received his commission to arrest the philosopher , and was allowed no discretion in executing it ; turning a deaf ear therefore to the wishes of Cuvier for a respite , seconded though they were by those of the whole ...
... heaven had received his commission to arrest the philosopher , and was allowed no discretion in executing it ; turning a deaf ear therefore to the wishes of Cuvier for a respite , seconded though they were by those of the whole ...
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... , I feel that the least in the kingdom of heaven , is a hundred times more blessed than the great- est and most elevated of the men of the world . " Acknowledging with gratitude the com- forts she possessed , and 38 MEMOIR OF.
... , I feel that the least in the kingdom of heaven , is a hundred times more blessed than the great- est and most elevated of the men of the world . " Acknowledging with gratitude the com- forts she possessed , and 38 MEMOIR OF.
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... heaven over one sin- ner that repenteth , more than over ninety and nine just persons which need no re- pentance . " The sight of evil in others , produced also , in her , an increased feeling of her own weakness and unworthiness , and ...
... heaven over one sin- ner that repenteth , more than over ninety and nine just persons which need no re- pentance . " The sight of evil in others , produced also , in her , an increased feeling of her own weakness and unworthiness , and ...
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... heaven , without avowing himself a Christian , and give up the worship of the temple gods , but make no formal abjuration of them ! " How near akin to the experience of Solo- mon , the wisest and richest of men , as de- scribed in the ...
... heaven , without avowing himself a Christian , and give up the worship of the temple gods , but make no formal abjuration of them ! " How near akin to the experience of Solo- mon , the wisest and richest of men , as de- scribed in the ...
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