The New Englander, Volume 24A.H. Maltby, 1865 - Criticism |
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... knowledge , then in order to differentiate a miracle from other supernatural events - events , for example , which it may be thought possible for superhuman , created intelligences to bring to pass -we must add another element to the ...
... knowledge , then in order to differentiate a miracle from other supernatural events - events , for example , which it may be thought possible for superhuman , created intelligences to bring to pass -we must add another element to the ...
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... knowledge of the constitution of matter , and of the internal processes of Nature , of which only the phenomena are presented to our observation , to afford the shadow of a support to the presumptuous proposition that events like the ...
... knowledge of the constitution of matter , and of the internal processes of Nature , of which only the phenomena are presented to our observation , to afford the shadow of a support to the presumptuous proposition that events like the ...
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... knowledge of organic Nature , we should then have the same right , no less and no more , to deny , on account of the force of gravitation , the possibility of the upward growth of a tree , as the skeptic has now to deny the possibility ...
... knowledge of organic Nature , we should then have the same right , no less and no more , to deny , on account of the force of gravitation , the possibility of the upward growth of a tree , as the skeptic has now to deny the possibility ...
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... knowledge , which history and observation afford , of the credulity of mankind and the prevalence of superstition . HOW MAY THE PRESUMPTION ADVERSE TO MIRACLES BE REMOVED ? The uniformity of Nature , in the sense of excluding super ...
... knowledge , which history and observation afford , of the credulity of mankind and the prevalence of superstition . HOW MAY THE PRESUMPTION ADVERSE TO MIRACLES BE REMOVED ? The uniformity of Nature , in the sense of excluding super ...
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... knowledge of God was practi- cally inacessible ; salvation was something which fallen man could not achieve of himself . It accords , therefore , with the method of God to leave the diffusion of the blessings of Christianity , when they ...
... knowledge of God was practi- cally inacessible ; salvation was something which fallen man could not achieve of himself . It accords , therefore , with the method of God to leave the diffusion of the blessings of Christianity , when they ...
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Page 153 - Either some Caesar or Napoleon will seize the reins of government with a strong hand, or your republic will be as fearfully plundered and laid waste by barbarians in the twentieth century as the Roman Empire was in the fifth, with this difference, that the Huns and Vandals who ravaged the Roman Empire came from without, and that your Huns and Vandals will have been engendered within your own country by your own institutions.
Page 746 - For this man was counted worthy of more glory than Moses, inasmuch as he who hath builded the house hath more honour than the house.
Page 180 - And I further declare and make known that such persons of suitable condition will be received into the armed service of the United States to garrison forts, positions, stations, and other places, and to man vessels of all sorts in said service. And upon this act, sincerely believed to be an act of justice, warranted by the Constitution upon* military necessity, I invoke the considerate judgment of mankind and the gracious favor of Almighty God.
Page 19 - But I have greater witness than that of John : for the works which the Father hath given me to finish, the same works that I do, bear witness of me that the Father hath sent me.
Page 777 - In the Parliament of man, the Federation of the world. There the common sense of most shall hold a fretful realm in awe, And the kindly earth shall slumber, lapt in universal law.
Page 318 - COMFORT ye, comfort ye my people, saith your GOD. Speak ye comfortably to Jerusalem, and cry unto her, that her warfare is accomplished, that her iniquity is pardoned : for she hath received of the LORD'S hand double for all her sins.
Page 150 - For we that are in this tabernacle do groan, being burdened : not for that we would be unclothed, but clothed upon, that mortality might be swallowed up of life.
Page 180 - Now, therefore, I, ABRAHAM LINCOLN, President of the United States, by virtue of the power in me vested as Commander-in-Chief of the Army and Navy of the United States in time of actual armed rebellion against the authority and Government of the United States, and as a fit and necessary war measure for suppressing said rebellion...
Page 183 - But the proclamation, as law, either is valid or is not valid. If it is not valid it needs no retraction. If it is valid it cannot be retracted, any more than the dead can be brought to life.
Page 261 - And that ye study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, as we commanded you; 12 That ye may walk honestly toward them that are without, and that ye may have lack of nothing.