The Principles of Moral Science: Vol. 1Bell & Bradfute, 1805 - 520 pages |
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... rational being must always consider two things ; first , the object or end which he proposes to attain by his actions ; and , secondly , the means by which that end is- to be successfully pursued . From this distinc- tion arises a ...
... rational being must always consider two things ; first , the object or end which he proposes to attain by his actions ; and , secondly , the means by which that end is- to be successfully pursued . From this distinc- tion arises a ...
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... tinual succession of pleasures , is the proper and most rational object of human pursuit ; and they boldly avowed , that a man acts absurdly when he neglects his own ease and enjoyments on account of any OF HUMAN PURSUIT .
... tinual succession of pleasures , is the proper and most rational object of human pursuit ; and they boldly avowed , that a man acts absurdly when he neglects his own ease and enjoyments on account of any OF HUMAN PURSUIT .
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... rational principles , or that prac- tice and theory should correspond , no apology can be necessary for an attempt to introduce greater precision and consistency into our con- ceptions concerning that which ought to be the employment of ...
... rational principles , or that prac- tice and theory should correspond , no apology can be necessary for an attempt to introduce greater precision and consistency into our con- ceptions concerning that which ought to be the employment of ...
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... rational beings , I. 1st , IN all undertakings , the first question among rational men is uniformly this : Suppo- sing us to engage in a particular pursuit , what prospect have we of success ? The object of the undertaking may be great ...
... rational beings , I. 1st , IN all undertakings , the first question among rational men is uniformly this : Suppo- sing us to engage in a particular pursuit , what prospect have we of success ? The object of the undertaking may be great ...
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... rational being can easily perceive that hunger is not given for our torment , nor is the pleasure of eating bestowed as a source of happiness : They are only given as the means of preserving our constitution in a sound state . The same ...
... rational being can easily perceive that hunger is not given for our torment , nor is the pleasure of eating bestowed as a source of happiness : They are only given as the means of preserving our constitution in a sound state . The same ...
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Page 7 - My story being done, • She gave me for my pains a world of sighs : She swore, in faith, 'twas strange, 'twas passing strange, 'Twas pitiful, 'twas wondrous pitiful; She wish'd she had not heard it, yet she wish'd That heaven had made her such a man...
Page 6 - She'd come again, and with a greedy ear Devour up my discourse: which I, observing, Took once a pliant hour, and found good means To draw from her a prayer of earnest heart That. I would all my pilgrimage dilate...
Page 35 - The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me : and I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy. I put on righteousness, and it clothed me : my judgment was as a robe and a diadem. I was eyes to the blind, and feet was I to the lame. I was a father to the poor : and the cause which I knew not I searched out.
Page 136 - Is aught so fair In all the dewy landscapes of the spring, In the bright eye of Hesper or the Morn, In Nature's fairest forms, is aught so fair As virtuous Friendship ? as the candid blush Of him who strives with fortune to be just ? The graceful tear that streams for others...
Page 35 - When the ear heard me, then it blessed me : and when the eye saw me, it gave witness to me : because I delivered the poor that cried, and the fatherless, and him that had none to help him. The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me ; and I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy.
Page 6 - And portance in my travel's history; Wherein of antres vast and deserts idle, Rough quarries, rocks, and hills whose heads touch heaven, It was my hint to speak, — such was the process: And of the Cannibals that each other eat, The Anthropophagi, and men whose heads Do grow beneath their shoulders.
Page 34 - When I went out to the gate through the city, when I prepared my seat in the street, The young men saw me, and hid themselves : and the aged arose, and stood up.
Page 6 - To the very moment that he bade me tell it; Wherein I spake of most disastrous chances, Of moving accidents by flood and field, Of hair-breadth 'scapes i...
Page 136 - Wheeling unshaken through the void immense ; And speak, O man ! does this capacious scene With half that kindling majesty dilate Thy strong conception, as when Brutus rose Refulgent from the stroke of Caesar's fate, Amid the crowd of patriots ; and his arm Aloft extending, like eternal Jove When guilt brings down the thunder, call'd aloud On Tully's name, and shook his crimson steel, And bade the father of his country hail ? For lo ! the tyrant prostrate on the dust, And Rome again is free...
Page 35 - But now they that are younger than I have me in derision, whose fathers I would have disdained to have set with the dogs of my flock Yea, whereto might the strength of their hands profit me, in whom old age was perished?