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... give them , as the days of heaven upon the earth . " That the Jewish parents did not perform their duties thoroughly is well known , but of the mode enjoined there can be no doubt ; and even at the present day , in Syria and amongst the ...
... give them , as the days of heaven upon the earth . " That the Jewish parents did not perform their duties thoroughly is well known , but of the mode enjoined there can be no doubt ; and even at the present day , in Syria and amongst the ...
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... give in accounts of them , and make it . clear that they have fulfilled their engagements in the administration , whether it be of the public monuments , or of the sums appropriated to provisions and baths , or of what is expended for ...
... give in accounts of them , and make it . clear that they have fulfilled their engagements in the administration , whether it be of the public monuments , or of the sums appropriated to provisions and baths , or of what is expended for ...
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... gives the following graphic summary of the times of which I have already cited Guizot's opinion . " I shall not stop to draw a picture of the horrid ignorance in which Europe was buried . We blush for our ancestors , and lament the ...
... gives the following graphic summary of the times of which I have already cited Guizot's opinion . " I shall not stop to draw a picture of the horrid ignorance in which Europe was buried . We blush for our ancestors , and lament the ...
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... give it currency , and would require the immaterial logic of a New- man to be long bestowed upon it , without proving that it contains either truth or religion ; though it must be admitted to enforce the virtue of obedience broadly ...
... give it currency , and would require the immaterial logic of a New- man to be long bestowed upon it , without proving that it contains either truth or religion ; though it must be admitted to enforce the virtue of obedience broadly ...
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George William Rusden. day of judgment , and say , Give , Lord , according as we have given . ' Persuaded as I am that the above impiety will be sym- pathised with by no Christian of the present day , I trust it will not be imputed to me ...
George William Rusden. day of judgment , and say , Give , Lord , according as we have given . ' Persuaded as I am that the above impiety will be sym- pathised with by no Christian of the present day , I trust it will not be imputed to me ...
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Page 268 - To conclude therefore, let no man, upon a weak conceit of sobriety or an ill-applied moderation, think or maintain that a man can search too far or be too well studied in the book of God's word or in the book of God's works ; divinity or philosophy; but rather let men endeavour an endless progress or proficience in both...
Page 223 - He paused, as if revolving in his soul Some weighty matter, then, with fervent voice And an impassioned majesty, exclaimed — " O for the coming of that glorious time When, prizing knowledge as her noblest wealth And best protection, this imperial Realm, While she exacts allegiance, shall admit An obligation, on her part, to teach Them who are born to serve her and obey ; Binding herself by statute to secure For all the children whom her soil maintains The rudiments of letters, and inform The mind...
Page 68 - I thank God, there are no free schools nor printing, and I hope we shall not have these hundred years; for learning has brought disobedience, and heresy, and sects into the world, and printing has divulged them, and libels against the best government. God keep us from both!
Page 62 - The end, then, of learning is to repair the ruins of our first parents by regaining to know God aright and out of that knowledge to love him, to imitate him, to be like him as we may the nearest by possessing our souls of true virtue, which being united to the heavenly grace of faith makes up the highest perfection.
Page 77 - For the purpose of public instruction, we hold every man subject to taxation, in proportion to his property, and we look not to the question, whether he, himself, have or have not children to be benefited by the education for which he pays. We regard it as a wise and liberal system of police, by which property, and life, and the peace of society are secured.
Page 194 - The wisdom of a learned man cometh by opportunity of leisure: and he that hath little business shall become wise. How can he get wisdom that holdeth the plough, and that glorieth in the goad, that driveth oxen, and is occupied in their labours, and whose talk is of bullocks?
Page 243 - More especially, we pray for the good estate of the Catholic Church; that it may be so guided and governed by Thy good Spirit, that all who profess and call themselves Christians may be led into the way of truth, and hold the faith in unity of spirit, in the bond of peace, and in righteousness of life.
Page 78 - We do not, indeed, expect all men to be philosophers or statesmen ; but we confidently trust, and our expectation of the duration of our system of government rests on that trust, that by the diffusion of general knowledge and good and virtuous sentiments, the political fabric may be secure, as well against open violence and overthrow, as against the slow but sure undermining of licentiousness.
Page 4 - That your days may be multiplied, and the days of your children, in the land which the LORD sware unto your fathers to give them, as the days of heaven upon the earth.
Page 62 - But because our understanding cannot in this body found itself but on sensible things nor arrive so clearly to the knowledge of God and things invisible as by orderly conning over the visible and inferior creature, the same method is necessarily to be followed in all discreet teaching.