Physical Ethics: Or, The Science of Action

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Williams and Norgate, 1869 - 387 pagina's
 

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Pagina 289 - she is the breath of the power of God, and a pure influence flowing from the glory of the Almighty: therefore can no defiled thing fall into her." "And being but one she can do all things : and remaining in herself, she maketh all things new: and in all ages entering into holy souls
Pagina 108 - is not moved with concord of sweet sounds, " Is fit for treasons, stratagems, and spoils ; " The motions of his spirit are dull as night, " And his affections dark as Erebus
Pagina 190 - may serve for all of them. They consist all of them in " so many contrivances for avoiding the obligation of appealing " to any external standard, and for prevailing upon the reader " to accept of the author's sentiment or opinion as a reason, " and that a sufficient one for itself. The phrases different but
Pagina 338 - To every form of being is assigned " An active principle: howe'er removed " From sense and observation, it subsists " In all things, in all nature, in the stars " Of azure heaven, the unenduring clouds, " The moving waters, and the invisible air.
Pagina 129 - the Almighty unto perfection ? It is as high as heaven ; what canst thou do ? deeper than hell; what canst thou know ?
Pagina 124 - but what am I ?" " An infant crying in the night; " An infant crying for the light; " And with no language but a cry.
Pagina 241 - By geometric scale ' Could take the size of pots of ale : ' Resolve by sines and tangents straight ' If bread and butter wanted weight; ' And wisely tell what hour o' th' day
Pagina 174 - virtue is the doing good to mankind in obedience to the will "of God and for the sake of everlasting happiness.

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