The Sacred History of the World, as Displayed in the Creation and Subsequent Events to the Deluge: Attempted to be Philosophically Considered, in a Series of Letters to a Son, Volume 3Longman, 1839 - 606 pages |
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... rience of our senses ; and still oftener differ from others in the information they convey . Sense is , therefore , not a more certain guide to truth than sound intellect , for it is this which is our real teacher and director in every ...
... rience of our senses ; and still oftener differ from others in the information they convey . Sense is , therefore , not a more certain guide to truth than sound intellect , for it is this which is our real teacher and director in every ...
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... rience , could be put to an arithmetical and appli- cable test . If I do not deceive myself , one has at last occurred to me , which I will now mention . This is , the rule , that no population any where can double in twenty - five ...
... rience , could be put to an arithmetical and appli- cable test . If I do not deceive myself , one has at last occurred to me , which I will now mention . This is , the rule , that no population any where can double in twenty - five ...
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... rience and enjoyment of its blessings . But the young do not merely please and assist ; they are also great benefactors to society , in the very qualities and passions which , without the predomi- nance and unrelaxing government of the ...
... rience and enjoyment of its blessings . But the young do not merely please and assist ; they are also great benefactors to society , in the very qualities and passions which , without the predomi- nance and unrelaxing government of the ...
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... rience , judgment and practised wisdom can confer , and are always imparting . Literature , science , polity , legislation , magistracy , all national cabinets and most of the active departments of life , attest the continual ...
... rience , judgment and practised wisdom can confer , and are always imparting . Literature , science , polity , legislation , magistracy , all national cabinets and most of the active departments of life , attest the continual ...
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