A treatise on the records of the Creation, and on the moral attributes of the Creator, Volum 2 |
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Side 4
... limited only by the extent of our observations upon the animate and inani- mate , the rational and irrational creation . From a subject so inexhaustible , and widening daily with the increase of knowledge and re- search , every ...
... limited only by the extent of our observations upon the animate and inani- mate , the rational and irrational creation . From a subject so inexhaustible , and widening daily with the increase of knowledge and re- search , every ...
Side 6
... limited facul- ties any idea of the wisdom of the Creator . The utmost elevation which the human mind can attain stops infinitely short of the absolute omniscience of the Deity . The only notion we can form upon the subject is relative ...
... limited facul- ties any idea of the wisdom of the Creator . The utmost elevation which the human mind can attain stops infinitely short of the absolute omniscience of the Deity . The only notion we can form upon the subject is relative ...
Side 13
... limited it , but beyond that which is compatible with the present state of our knowledge . Every year's experience in natural philosophy diminishes the number of those bodies which are necessarily considered as simple , because they ...
... limited it , but beyond that which is compatible with the present state of our knowledge . Every year's experience in natural philosophy diminishes the number of those bodies which are necessarily considered as simple , because they ...
Side 22
... limited the extent of their capacity by an impassable degree : man she empowered and obliged to become the artificer of his own rank in the scale of beings , by the peculiar gift of improvable rea- son : improvable , certainly not to an ...
... limited the extent of their capacity by an impassable degree : man she empowered and obliged to become the artificer of his own rank in the scale of beings , by the peculiar gift of improvable rea- son : improvable , certainly not to an ...
Side 49
... limited to the demands of nature . An intelli- gent traveller , who had an opportunity of ob- serving this on the spot , remarks exactly to the point , that " the Indians of Guiana have no interest in the accumulation of property , and ...
... limited to the demands of nature . An intelli- gent traveller , who had an opportunity of ob- serving this on the spot , remarks exactly to the point , that " the Indians of Guiana have no interest in the accumulation of property , and ...
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Side 243 - Because thou hast kept the word of my patience, I also will keep thee from the hour of temptation, which shall come upon all the world, to try them that dwell upon the earth.
Side 125 - Then Lot chose him all the plain of Jordan ; and Lot journeyed east : and they separated themselves the one from the other.
Side 124 - Is not the whole land before thee? separate thyself, I pray thee, from me : if thou wilt take the left hand, then I will go to the right ; or if thou depart to the right hand, then I will go to the left.
Side 241 - By myself have I sworn, saith the Lord, for because thou hast done this thing, and hast not withheld thy son, thine only son: that in blessing I will bless thee...
Side 243 - Fear none of those things which thou shalt suffer; behold, the devil shall cast some of you into prison, that ye may be tried ; and ye shall have tribulation ten days : be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee a crown of life.
Side 79 - Compared, indeed, with the more extravagant luxury of the great, his accommodation must no doubt appear extremely simple and easy; and yet it may be true, perhaps, that the accommodation of an European prince does not always so much exceed that of an industrious and frugal peasant, as the accommodation of the latter exceeds that of many an African king, the absolute master of the lives and liberties of ten thousand naked savages.
Side 283 - It is a happy world after all. The air, the earth, the water, teem with delighted existence. In a spring noon, or a summer evening, on whichever side I turn my eyes, myriads of happy beings crowd upon my view. "The insect youth are on the wing.
Side 323 - When providence divided the earth among a few lordly masters, it neither forgot nor abandoned those who seemed to have been left out in the partition. These last too enjoy their share of all that it produces. In what constitutes the real happiness of human life, they are in no respect inferior to those who would seem so much above them.
Side 383 - The Tartar, accustomed to roam over extensive plains, and to subsist on the product of his herds, imprecates upon his enemy, as the greatest of all curses, that he may be condemned to reside in one place, and to be nourished with the top of a weed. The rude Americans, fond of their own pursuits, and satisfied with their own lot, are equally...
Side 239 - Samuel, and of the prophets: who through faith subdued kingdoms, wrought righteousness, obtained promises, stopped the mouths of lions, quenched the violence of fire, escaped the edge of the sword, out of weakness were made strong, waxed valiant in fight, turned to flight the armies of the aliens.