The Complete Works of Thomas Dick, LL. D. ... Eleven Volumes in Two..., Volume 1Edwards & Bushnell, 1857 |
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... promote a general diffusion of knowledge among the various ranks of society , it becomes us likewise to inquire , whether the attempt would be ac- companied with such beneficial effects as to warrant the labour and expense which must ...
... promote a general diffusion of knowledge among the various ranks of society , it becomes us likewise to inquire , whether the attempt would be ac- companied with such beneficial effects as to warrant the labour and expense which must ...
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... promote the improvement and the happiness of our species . They are likewise inconsistent with the dictates of Divine Revelation , which plainly declare that " the knowledge of Jehovah shall cover the earth , as the waters cover the ...
... promote the improvement and the happiness of our species . They are likewise inconsistent with the dictates of Divine Revelation , which plainly declare that " the knowledge of Jehovah shall cover the earth , as the waters cover the ...
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... promote their own comfort , and the harmony of general society , and to prepare them for the nobler employ- ments of an immortal existence . Such moral and intellectual instructions ought to go hand in hand with the acquisition of the ...
... promote their own comfort , and the harmony of general society , and to prepare them for the nobler employ- ments of an immortal existence . Such moral and intellectual instructions ought to go hand in hand with the acquisition of the ...
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... promote the moral improvement of society . In the New States , one square mile in every township , or one thirty - sixth part of all the lands , has been devoted to the support of common schools , besides seven entire townships for the ...
... promote the moral improvement of society . In the New States , one square mile in every township , or one thirty - sixth part of all the lands , has been devoted to the support of common schools , besides seven entire townships for the ...
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... promote have been miserably neglected . A farrago of words has been substituted in the place of things ; the elements of language have been preferred to the elements of thought ; the key of knowledge has been exhibited instead of ...
... promote have been miserably neglected . A farrago of words has been substituted in the place of things ; the elements of language have been preferred to the elements of thought ; the key of knowledge has been exhibited instead of ...
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