Christian PoliticsLongman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, 1806 - 445 pages |
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... consider , besides the art abstractedly in itself , the materials with which it is provided . For want of this it happens , that our most in- genious projects seldom succeed to the ex- tent of our expectations , and that sometimes B ...
... consider , besides the art abstractedly in itself , the materials with which it is provided . For want of this it happens , that our most in- genious projects seldom succeed to the ex- tent of our expectations , and that sometimes B ...
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... consider , that all Utopian theories , however pleasing in contempla- tion , are dangerous in their tendency ; as , by laying a ground for disappointment , they are calculated to generate secret dis- contents , which may proceed to open ...
... consider , that all Utopian theories , however pleasing in contempla- tion , are dangerous in their tendency ; as , by laying a ground for disappointment , they are calculated to generate secret dis- contents , which may proceed to open ...
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... consider the several mounds and barriers which , in its passage , it forces or surmounts . It overbears all regard to temporal in- terest . How often will a young man , with the brightest prospect of success before him , be drawn aside ...
... consider the several mounds and barriers which , in its passage , it forces or surmounts . It overbears all regard to temporal in- terest . How often will a young man , with the brightest prospect of success before him , be drawn aside ...
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... consider is the love of wealth . and adventitious . This is entirely foreign Wealth is not primarily sought for its own sake , but merely as an instrument for obtaining pleasure or conse quence , though gradually it becomes a final ...
... consider is the love of wealth . and adventitious . This is entirely foreign Wealth is not primarily sought for its own sake , but merely as an instrument for obtaining pleasure or conse quence , though gradually it becomes a final ...
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... considering ; and if religion fail of this effect , it is in vain to expect it from human discipline . In the best of men some fibres of depravity re- main , exhibiting melancholy proof of its stubborn inveteracy . But whatever be the ...
... considering ; and if religion fail of this effect , it is in vain to expect it from human discipline . In the best of men some fibres of depravity re- main , exhibiting melancholy proof of its stubborn inveteracy . But whatever be the ...
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