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... saying that every doctrine deserving to be called such , was , in its earliest history , a bit of personal experience , a part of the life and being of the soul that gave it birth . The trouble with doctrines in their 76 INTRODUCTION .
... saying that every doctrine deserving to be called such , was , in its earliest history , a bit of personal experience , a part of the life and being of the soul that gave it birth . The trouble with doctrines in their 76 INTRODUCTION .
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... gave it birth . The trouble with doctrines in their later history is , generally , that the original pulse has ceased to beat in them , the life blood has dried out of them , and they are no longer per- sonal , but furniture for the ...
... gave it birth . The trouble with doctrines in their later history is , generally , that the original pulse has ceased to beat in them , the life blood has dried out of them , and they are no longer per- sonal , but furniture for the ...
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... two years of such unremitting toil , he had saved several hundred dollars towards gaining an educa- tion for the practice of law , but now , in 1836 , strength and health gave way , and , acting under the physician's 62 SINGLENESS OF AIM .
... two years of such unremitting toil , he had saved several hundred dollars towards gaining an educa- tion for the practice of law , but now , in 1836 , strength and health gave way , and , acting under the physician's 62 SINGLENESS OF AIM .
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... gave way , and , acting under the physician's advice , he went to Washington , D. C. , for rest and recreation . Passing through Maryland , he saw for the first time what he had hitherto only heard of , the slave toiling under his ...
... gave way , and , acting under the physician's advice , he went to Washington , D. C. , for rest and recreation . Passing through Maryland , he saw for the first time what he had hitherto only heard of , the slave toiling under his ...
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... gave him to preside as vice - president of the country over the legislative body where , for nearly a score of years , he had been the bravest , most patriotic , most hard working , and incorruptible member . So scrupulous had he been ...
... gave him to preside as vice - president of the country over the legislative body where , for nearly a score of years , he had been the bravest , most patriotic , most hard working , and incorruptible member . So scrupulous had he been ...
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