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He places the human mind on an elevation , from which it commands a view of
the whole line of moral consequences ; and requires it to conform its acts to the
larger and more enlightened conscience which it has thus acquired . He
absolves ...
He places the human mind on an elevation , from which it commands a view of
the whole line of moral consequences ; and requires it to conform its acts to the
larger and more enlightened conscience which it has thus acquired . He
absolves ...
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By overshooting the mark , or by “ flying an eagle flight , forth and right on , ” he
has pointed out the limit or line of separation , between what is practicable and
what is barely conceivable - by imposing impossible tasks on the naked strength
of ...
By overshooting the mark , or by “ flying an eagle flight , forth and right on , ” he
has pointed out the limit or line of separation , between what is practicable and
what is barely conceivable - by imposing impossible tasks on the naked strength
of ...
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He might , keeping within the rigid line of his duty and professed calling , have
preached on for ever ; he might have divided the old - fashioned doctrines of
election , grace , reprobation , predestination , into his sixteenth , seventeenth ,
and ...
He might , keeping within the rigid line of his duty and professed calling , have
preached on for ever ; he might have divided the old - fashioned doctrines of
election , grace , reprobation , predestination , into his sixteenth , seventeenth ,
and ...
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His controversial daring is backed by his bodily prowess ; and by bringing his
intellectual pretensions boldly into a line with his physical accomplishments , he ,
indeed , presents a very formidable front to the sceptic or the scoffer . Take a cubit
...
His controversial daring is backed by his bodily prowess ; and by bringing his
intellectual pretensions boldly into a line with his physical accomplishments , he ,
indeed , presents a very formidable front to the sceptic or the scoffer . Take a cubit
...
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though this was the oblique inference liable to bé drawn from his line of defencé .
Mr . Tooke was uneasy and apprehensive for the issue of the Government -
prosecution ühile in confinément , and said , in speaking of it to a friend , with a ...
though this was the oblique inference liable to bé drawn from his line of defencé .
Mr . Tooke was uneasy and apprehensive for the issue of the Government -
prosecution ühile in confinément , and said , in speaking of it to a friend , with a ...
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