Meliora, Volumes 9-10Partridge & Company, 1866 |
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Page 17
... light of expediency , Dr. Wichern's scheme is quite clear ; but viewed in the light of Christian liberty , it is a perfect mystery , and its realisation is a miracle . ' But what do the men them- selves say ? some one will ask . Have ...
... light of expediency , Dr. Wichern's scheme is quite clear ; but viewed in the light of Christian liberty , it is a perfect mystery , and its realisation is a miracle . ' But what do the men them- selves say ? some one will ask . Have ...
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... light in the field of disease . In a leader of the Medical Times ' for Feb. 7 , 1863 , it was argued that ' in some details a scientific basis can be predicated in medicine . Science , too , supplies infinite modes of exploration ...
... light in the field of disease . In a leader of the Medical Times ' for Feb. 7 , 1863 , it was argued that ' in some details a scientific basis can be predicated in medicine . Science , too , supplies infinite modes of exploration ...
Page 30
... light , but emit no heat . " Why insist on rash personal relations with your friend ? ' says Emer- son . Why go to his house , or know his mother and brother and sister ? Why be visited by him at your own ? Are these things material to ...
... light , but emit no heat . " Why insist on rash personal relations with your friend ? ' says Emer- son . Why go to his house , or know his mother and brother and sister ? Why be visited by him at your own ? Are these things material to ...
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... light a radical difference of opinion respect- ing the way certain things are to be regarded or dealt with . One man will cling to faith , the other will hold to reason ; one will dream of loyalty to a dynasty , the other of patriotism ...
... light a radical difference of opinion respect- ing the way certain things are to be regarded or dealt with . One man will cling to faith , the other will hold to reason ; one will dream of loyalty to a dynasty , the other of patriotism ...
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... light cast on us as by the saints and angels who stand over us ; gaze on us as you approach , and kindle as you gaze . We died - you thought us dead ; we live - we cannot return to you ; you must come to us , and you are coming . Do not ...
... light cast on us as by the saints and angels who stand over us ; gaze on us as you approach , and kindle as you gaze . We died - you thought us dead ; we live - we cannot return to you ; you must come to us , and you are coming . Do not ...
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Page 106 - Yea, thou shalt be as he that lieth down in the midst of the sea, or as he that lieth upon the top of a mast.
Page 359 - Is it not to deal thy bread to the hungry, and that thou bring the poor that are cast out to thy house ? when thou seest the naked, that thou cover him ; and that thou hide not thyself from thine own flesh?
Page 202 - These are good reasons for remonstrating with him, or reasoning with him, or persuading him, or entreating him, but not for compelling him, or visiting him with any evil in case he do otherwise.
Page 287 - ... sitting by their studious lamps, musing, searching, revolving new notions and ideas wherewith to present as with their homage and their fealty the approaching reformation, others as fast reading, trying all things, assenting to the force of reason and convincement.
Page 202 - The only part of the conduct of any one, for which he is amenable to society, is that which concerns others. In the part which merely concerns himself, his independence is, of right, absolute. Over himself, over his own body and mind, the individual is sovereign.
Page 202 - That the only purpose for which power can be rightfully exercised over any member of a civilized community, against his will, is to prevent harm to others.
Page 106 - Who hath woe ? who hath sorrow ? who hath contentions? who hath babbling? who hath wounds without cause ? who hath redness of eyes ? They that tarry long at the wine ; they that go to seek mixed wine.
Page 313 - And I am come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians, and to bring them up out of that land unto a good land and a large, unto a land flowing with milk and honey...
Page 287 - Methinks I see in my mind a noble and puissant nation rousing herself like a strong man after sleep, and shaking her invincible locks: methinks I see her as an eagle mewing her mighty youth, and kindling her undazzled eyes at the full mid-day beam...
Page 223 - As one, who, destined from his friends to part, Regrets his loss, but hopes again erewhile To share their converse, and enjoy their smile, And tempers, as he may, affliction's dart ; Thus, loved associates, chiefs of elder art, Teachers of wisdom, who could once beguile My tedious hours, and lighten every toil, I now resign you...