The Southern Review, Volume 1Albert Taylor Bledsoe, Sophia M'Ilvaine Bledsoe Herrick Bledsoe and Browne, 1867 - Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877) |
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... question is , then , what is meant by the Philosophy of History , or the Education of Mankind ? Two things , says ... questions with which the philosophy of history has to deal . The world , that is , " the spiritual , " " the ...
... question is , then , what is meant by the Philosophy of History , or the Education of Mankind ? Two things , says ... questions with which the philosophy of history has to deal . The world , that is , " the spiritual , " " the ...
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... question . The whole " philosophy of history , " says he , consists in " showing the relation of events with each other - the chain which con- nects them the causes and effects of events . " say , it shows us causes and means , but no ...
... question . The whole " philosophy of history , " says he , consists in " showing the relation of events with each other - the chain which con- nects them the causes and effects of events . " say , it shows us causes and means , but no ...
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... by whom the error in question was embraced , had no conception of the real source of the degradation and misery of the human race , nor of the magnitude of the obstacles which that degrada- 12 [ Jan. ' The Education of the World .
... by whom the error in question was embraced , had no conception of the real source of the degradation and misery of the human race , nor of the magnitude of the obstacles which that degrada- 12 [ Jan. ' The Education of the World .
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... question . We would not detract one iota from the golden opinions he may have won as an orator . On the contrary , if our voice could be heard , we should be glad to swell the tribute of praise , which the power and the beauty of his ...
... question . We would not detract one iota from the golden opinions he may have won as an orator . On the contrary , if our voice could be heard , we should be glad to swell the tribute of praise , which the power and the beauty of his ...
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... question , philosophy could only shed an unsatisfactory , unsteady , glimmering light . Clemens , a noble Roman , who lived during the dawn of Christianity , thus gave vent to the sad condition of his mind ; " I have consulted the ...
... question , philosophy could only shed an unsatisfactory , unsteady , glimmering light . Clemens , a noble Roman , who lived during the dawn of Christianity , thus gave vent to the sad condition of his mind ; " I have consulted the ...
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Page 309 - But I say, that the things which the Gentiles sacrifice, they sacrifice to devils, and not to God : and I would not that ye should have fellowship with devils.
Page 263 - In a society under the forms of which the stronger faction can readily unite and oppress the weaker, anarchy may as truly be said to reign as in a state of nature, where the weaker individual is not secured against the violence of the stronger...
Page 16 - Alas ! what can they teach, and not mislead, Ignorant of themselves, of God much more, And how the world began, and how man fell Degraded by himself, on grace depending?
Page 16 - That in our proper motion we ascend Up to our native seat : descent and fall To us is adverse.
Page 235 - Where the dead and dying lay, Wounded by bayonets, shells, and balls, Somebody's Darling was borne one day : — Somebody's Darling, so young and so brave, Wearing yet, on his pale, sweet face, Soon to be hid by the dust of the grave, The lingering light of his boyhood's grace. Matted and damp are the curls of gold...
Page 504 - The only freedom which deserves the name is that of pursuing our own good in our own way, so long as we do not attempt to deprive others of theirs or impede their efforts to obtain it.
Page 299 - And it came to pass at noon, that Elijah mocked them, and said, Cry aloud : for he is a god ; either he is talking, or he is pursuing, or he is in a journey, or peradventure he sleepeth, and must be awaked.
Page 77 - Whether the president in fulfilling his duties, as commander-in-chief, in suppressing an insurrection, has met with such armed hostile resistance, and a civil war of such alarming proportions as will compel him to accord to them the character of belligerents, is a question to be decided by him, and this court must be governed by the decision and acts of the political department of the government to which this power was entrusted. 'He must determine what degree of force the crisis demands.