Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 138W. Blackwood & Sons, 1885 |
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Page 155
... mind the firm conviction that he was a favoured object of Providence , a chosen instrument for the execution of great designs . The interpretation and the duty thereby imposed on him had flashed into his mind this evening all of a ...
... mind the firm conviction that he was a favoured object of Providence , a chosen instrument for the execution of great designs . The interpretation and the duty thereby imposed on him had flashed into his mind this evening all of a ...
Page 263
... mind turned over and over the mysteries of faith , as in the desert it had brooded over the prob . lem of the slave . His favourite occupation was to follow out the analogies and possible parallels be- tween events in the natural life ...
... mind turned over and over the mysteries of faith , as in the desert it had brooded over the prob . lem of the slave . His favourite occupation was to follow out the analogies and possible parallels be- tween events in the natural life ...
Page 674
... mind with knowledge , as to develop and strength- en its powers , to train and not to cram it . But the mind is not to be trained to accuracy , endurance , and depth , by the hasty cultivation of a great variety of arts and sciences ...
... mind with knowledge , as to develop and strength- en its powers , to train and not to cram it . But the mind is not to be trained to accuracy , endurance , and depth , by the hasty cultivation of a great variety of arts and sciences ...
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