On the improvement of society by the diffusion of knowledge. The philosophy of a future state. The philosophy of religion. On the mental illumination and moral improvement of mankind. An essay on the sin and evils of covetousnessA. C. Goodman, 1850 |
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... body of the peo- ple , and it was never once surmised that they had any right to explore its treasures . " Dur- ing this period , " says Dr. Robertson , " the hu- man mind , neglected , uncultivated , and de- pressed , continued in the ...
... body of the peo- ple , and it was never once surmised that they had any right to explore its treasures . " Dur- ing this period , " says Dr. Robertson , " the hu- man mind , neglected , uncultivated , and de- pressed , continued in the ...
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... body about which all its parts are in equilibrio , or balance each other ; and consequently , if this point be supported , the whole body will be at rest , and cannot fall . An imaginary line drawn from the centre of gravity of any body ...
... body about which all its parts are in equilibrio , or balance each other ; and consequently , if this point be supported , the whole body will be at rest , and cannot fall . An imaginary line drawn from the centre of gravity of any body ...
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... body , therefore , were placed at H and viewed from the point A , it would appear as if it were raised to the point B , or one - fourth higher than it really is . A C B Be- This may be farther illustrated by the follow- ing common ...
... body , therefore , were placed at H and viewed from the point A , it would appear as if it were raised to the point B , or one - fourth higher than it really is . A C B Be- This may be farther illustrated by the follow- ing common ...
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... body to the earth , it might have been expected that the variety of scenery on her surface , and even some parts of her physical constitution , might have been ascertained and delineated . Yet all that has hitherto been discovered with ...
... body to the earth , it might have been expected that the variety of scenery on her surface , and even some parts of her physical constitution , might have been ascertained and delineated . Yet all that has hitherto been discovered with ...
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... body and mine . Each of these parts of the human constitution has its peculiar uses , and is susceptible of pe culiar gratifications . The body is furnished with external senses , which are both the sources of pleasure and the inlets of ...
... body and mine . Each of these parts of the human constitution has its peculiar uses , and is susceptible of pe culiar gratifications . The body is furnished with external senses , which are both the sources of pleasure and the inlets of ...
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Page 103 - Let all the earth fear the Lord : let all the inhabitants of the world stand in awe of him.
Page 91 - And in that day will I make a covenant for them with the beasts of the field, and with the fowls of heaven, and with the creeping things of the ground: and I will break the bow and the sword and the battle out of the earth, and will make them to lie down safely.
Page 78 - In My Father's house are many mansions; if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and receive you to Myself; that where I am, there you may be also.
Page 78 - How precious also are thy thoughts unto me, O God ! How great is the sum of them ! If I should count them, they are more in number than the sand. When I awake, I am still with thee.
Page 79 - Put on, therefore, as the elect of God. holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, long-suffering, forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if any man have a quarrel against any; even as Christ forgave you, so also do ye.
Page 71 - For, behold, I create new heavens and a new earth: And the former shall not be remembered, nor come into mind. But be ye glad and rejoice for ever in that which I create: For, behold, I create Jerusalem a rejoicing, and her people a joy.
Page 32 - ... hath made of one blood all nations of men to dwell on all the face of the earth...
Page 78 - A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another. By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another.
Page 133 - My substance was not hid from thee, when I was made in secret, and curiously wrought in the lowest parts of the earth.
Page 109 - Have ye not read, that he which made them at the beginning made them male and female, and said, For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife: and they twain shall be one flesh? Wherefore they are no more twain, but one flesh. What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.