The Spirit of the Age: Or Contemporary Portraits |
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... actually made up of atoms : so moral truth must present itself under a certain
aspect and from a certain point of view , in order to produce its full and proper
effect upon the mind . The laws of the affections are as necessary as those of
optics .
... actually made up of atoms : so moral truth must present itself under a certain
aspect and from a certain point of view , in order to produce its full and proper
effect upon the mind . The laws of the affections are as necessary as those of
optics .
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One human being is , no doubt , as much worth in himself , independently of the
circumstances of time or place , as another ; but he is not of so much value to us
and our affections . Could our imagination take wing ( with our speculative ...
One human being is , no doubt , as much worth in himself , independently of the
circumstances of time or place , as another ; but he is not of so much value to us
and our affections . Could our imagination take wing ( with our speculative ...
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Gratitude , promises , friendship , family affection give way , not that they may be
merged in the opposite vices or in want of principle ; but that the void may be
filled up by the disinterested love of good , and the dictates of inflexible justice ...
Gratitude , promises , friendship , family affection give way , not that they may be
merged in the opposite vices or in want of principle ; but that the void may be
filled up by the disinterested love of good , and the dictates of inflexible justice ...
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We may not be able to launch the bark of our affections on the ocean - tide of
humanity , we may be forced to paddle along its shores , or shelter in its creeks
and rivulets : but we have no right to reproach the bold and adventurous pilot ,
who ...
We may not be able to launch the bark of our affections on the ocean - tide of
humanity , we may be forced to paddle along its shores , or shelter in its creeks
and rivulets : but we have no right to reproach the bold and adventurous pilot ,
who ...
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birth in morals , it may be worth noticing , that volumes of sermons have been
written to excuse the founder of Christianity for not including friendship and
private affection among its golden rules , but rather excluding them . * Moreover ,
the ...
birth in morals , it may be worth noticing , that volumes of sermons have been
written to excuse the founder of Christianity for not including friendship and
private affection among its golden rules , but rather excluding them . * Moreover ,
the ...
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