Critical, Historical and Miscellaneous Essays, Volumes 3-4Hurd and Houghton, 1875 |
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... moral elevation . But his tal- ents , though not brilliant , were of an eminently useful kind ; and his principles , though not inflexible , were not more relaxed than those of his associates and com- petitors . He had a cool temper , a ...
... moral elevation . But his tal- ents , though not brilliant , were of an eminently useful kind ; and his principles , though not inflexible , were not more relaxed than those of his associates and com- petitors . He had a cool temper , a ...
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... moral character as Dr. Nares has extolled it is absurd . It would be equally absurd to represent him as a corrupt , rapacious , and bad- hearted man . He paid great attention to the interests of the state , and great attention also to ...
... moral character as Dr. Nares has extolled it is absurd . It would be equally absurd to represent him as a corrupt , rapacious , and bad- hearted man . He paid great attention to the interests of the state , and great attention also to ...
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... moral revolution was effected , a revolution the consequences of which were felt , not only in the cabinets of princes , but at half the firesides in Christendom . He was born when the great religious schism was just commencing . He ...
... moral revolution was effected , a revolution the consequences of which were felt , not only in the cabinets of princes , but at half the firesides in Christendom . He was born when the great religious schism was just commencing . He ...
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... moral boundaries . Nations made war on each other with new arms , with arms which no forti- fications , however strong by nature or by art , could resist , with arms before which rivers parted like the Jordan , and ramparts fell down ...
... moral boundaries . Nations made war on each other with new arms , with arms which no forti- fications , however strong by nature or by art , could resist , with arms before which rivers parted like the Jordan , and ramparts fell down ...
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... moral freedom , firm union , may supply in a great measure the defects of the worst representative system . A people whose edu- cation and habits are such , that , in every quarter of the world , they rise above the mass of those with ...
... moral freedom , firm union , may supply in a great measure the defects of the worst representative system . A people whose edu- cation and habits are such , that , in every quarter of the world , they rise above the mass of those with ...
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