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Page 154
... human nature than their predecessors . analysis is not the business of the poet . His office is to por- tray , not to dissect . He may believe in a moral sense , like Shaftesbury ; he may refer all human actions to self - interest ...
... human nature than their predecessors . analysis is not the business of the poet . His office is to por- tray , not to dissect . He may believe in a moral sense , like Shaftesbury ; he may refer all human actions to self - interest ...
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... human form . Yet even these transferred to the Sun the worship which , in speculation , they considered due only to the Supreme Mind . The history of the Jews is the record of a continued struggle between pure Theism , supported by the ...
... human form . Yet even these transferred to the Sun the worship which , in speculation , they considered due only to the Supreme Mind . The history of the Jews is the record of a continued struggle between pure Theism , supported by the ...
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... human race ; and every man who , in the contest which , in his time , divided our country , dis- tinguished himself on the right side , is entitled to our gratitude and respect . Whatever the editor of this book may think , those ...
... human race ; and every man who , in the contest which , in his time , divided our country , dis- tinguished himself on the right side , is entitled to our gratitude and respect . Whatever the editor of this book may think , those ...
Contents
HALLAMS HISTORY | 3 |
RANKES HISTORY OF THE POPES | 31 |
INDEX | 38 |
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